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Manenberg is a township of Cape Town, South Africa, that was created by the apartheid government for low-income Coloured families in the Cape Flats in 1966, South African History Online. [1]

35 relations: Abdullah Ibrahim, African National Congress, Afrikaans, Anti-Apartheid Movement, Apartheid, Bo-Kaap, Cape Flats, Cape Town, Citizen journalism, City Bowl, Civil disobedience, Coloureds, Constantia, Cape Town, Crawford, Cape Town, District Six, English language, Group Areas Act, Gugulethu, Hanover Park, Cape Town, Hard Livings (gang), Heideveld, Lansdowne, Cape Town, Mannenberg, National Geographic (U.S. TV channel), National Party (South Africa), Nyanga, Cape Town, Public housing, Sea Point, South Africa, Table Mountain, The Americans (gang), United Democratic Front (South Africa), White South Africans, Wynberg, Cape Town, Xhosa language.

Abdullah Ibrahim

Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a South African pianist and composer.

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African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Anti-Apartheid Movement

The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), originally known as the Boycott Movement, was a British organisation that was at the centre of the international movement opposing the South African apartheid system and supporting South Africa's non-White population who were persecuted by the policies of apartheid.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Bo-Kaap

The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter.

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Cape Flats

The Cape Flats (Die Kaapse Vlakte) is an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central business district of Cape Town.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Citizen journalism

The concept of citizen journalism (also known as "public", "participatory", "democratic", "guerrilla" or "street" journalism) is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information."Bowman, S. and Willis, C. "" 2003, The Media Center at the American Press Institute.

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City Bowl

The City Bowl is a part of Cape Town in South Africa.

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Civil disobedience

Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government or occupying international power.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) are a multiracial ethnic group native to Southern Africa who have ancestry from various populations inhabiting the region, including Khoisan, Bantu speakers, Afrikaners, and sometimes also Austronesians and South Asians.

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Constantia, Cape Town

Constantia is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, situated about 15 kilometres south of the centre of Cape Town.

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Crawford, Cape Town

Crawford is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located to the east of the City Centre (CBD) on the Cape Flats to the south of the N2 highway.

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District Six

District Six (Afrikaans Distrik Ses) is a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Group Areas Act

Group Areas Act was the title of three acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa.

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Gugulethu

Gugulethu or Guguletu is a township 15 km from Cape Town, South Africa.

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Hanover Park, Cape Town

Hanover Park is a township of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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Hard Livings (gang)

The Hard Livings gang is a large street gang and organized crime group based in Manenberg, Cape Town.

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Heideveld

Heideveld is a town or suburb in the Athlone part of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Lansdowne, Cape Town

Lansdowne is a former whites only suburb in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Mannenberg

"Mannenberg" is a Cape jazz song by South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim, first recorded in 1974.

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National Geographic (U.S. TV channel)

National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel and also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by National Geographic Partners, majority-owned by 21st Century Fox with the remainder owned by the National Geographic Society.

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National Party (South Africa)

The National Party (Nasionale Party), also known as the Nationalist Party, was a political party in South Africa founded in 1914 and disbanded in 1997.

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Nyanga, Cape Town

Nyanga is a township in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Sea Point

Sea Point (Afrikaans: Seepunt) is one of Cape Town's most affluent and densely populated suburbs, situated between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District (CBD).

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Table Mountain

Table Mountain (Khoekhoe: Huri ‡oaxa, where the sea rises; Afrikaans: Tafelberg) is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa.

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The Americans (gang)

The Americans gang is a large street gang and organized crime group based in Cape Flats area of Cape Town.

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United Democratic Front (South Africa)

The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a major anti-apartheid organisation of the 1980s.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans descended from any of the white racial groups of Europe and the Levant who regard themselves, or are not regarded as, not being part of another racial group (for example, as Coloureds).

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Wynberg, Cape Town

Wynberg is a southern suburb of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape, South Africa.

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Xhosa language

Xhosa (Xhosa: isiXhosa) is a Nguni Bantu language with click consonants ("Xhosa" begins with a click) and one of the official languages of South Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manenberg

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