Sophiatown Was the Heart and Soul of South Africa Although the apartheid government’s policies created Sophiatown to restrict people, its Black residents transformed it into a place of freedom.

Sophiatown was hardly the Black Wall Street of South Africa, yet because Black people were enjoying freedom there, it was a threat to the apartheid government and therefore it had to be destroyed. #BlackSky #bhm #sophiatown lestercraven.substack.com/p/sophiatown...