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Dance hall, Sophiatown, 1952

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There were dance halls throughout South Africa, from Orlando to Mamelodi, and to Sophiatown. The stages were often improvised and there was real sound, without microphones and amplifiers. Sophiatown, 1952.

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Title
Dance hall, Sophiatown, 1952
Creator
Schadeberg, Jurgen, 1931-
Subject
Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Musicians, Black--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Nightclubs--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg)
Description
There were dance halls throughout South Africa, from Orlando to Mamelodi, and to Sophiatown. The stages were often improvised and there was real sound, without microphones and amplifiers. Sophiatown, 1952.
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
Contributor
Date
1952
Type
Format
still image, documentary photographs, black-and-white photographs, Image/jpeg
Identifier
islandora:7440
Source
Best of SA collection
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Rights
Copyright held by the photographer, Jrgen Schadeberg. Please contact the Special Collections at the University of Cape Town Libraries for further information about using and/or publishing this photograph.

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