Special Report Transcript Episode 29, Section 4, Time 23:12

This melting pot of musicians, writers, artists and gangsters has often been described as our Chicago of the fifties. One loses oneself in the romance of ‘guys and dolls,’ of super cool, of cutting edge. It was a time of no constraints in a time of chains as legislation slowly disinherited non-white people of their rights they band together in Sophiatown and were free. It was the best of times. The importance of Sophiatown was not only in its cultural legacy and the images imprinted on the collective South African mind; it was a sign of things to come.

Notes: Dorothy Masuka; Historical photos: Sophiatown

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