1) Soweto. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Soweto, [acronym for south-west townships], city (1991 pop. 596,632), located 10 mi (16 km) SW of Johannesburg, South Africa. Soweto grew as black workers came to...
2) Soweto. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Soweto (suh-WET-oh, suh-WAY-toh) Collective name for a group of townships inhabited by black Africans, located southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. 1 Soweto was...
3) Soweto. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...South Africa southwest of Johannesburg. Comprised of a number of townships inhabited by Black South Africans, it was the scene of violent rioting in 1976, when a...
4) Tlali, Miriam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , 1933-, South African novelist, b. Johannesburg. One of the first to write about Soweto, Tlali is known for her semiautobiographical novel Muriel at Metropolitan...
5) 54228. Sisulu, Nontsikelelo Albertina. The Columbia World of Quotations.
1996
...relieve us from all this oppression and depression. The rent boycott that is happening in Soweto now is alive because of the women. It is the women who are on the...
6) 1976, Feb. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...by the U.S. Congress to further military activity in Angola. 1 June 16 Beginning of Soweto uprising. Initiated by African high school students' objections to the...
7) 1976. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of Rhodesian leaders in Geneva (Oct.-Dec.) failed to produce agreements. Riots in Soweto (June) spread to other black townships in South Africa, drawing international...
8) Mahotella Queens. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...perform with the support of other established singers (including Mahlathini, the "Lion of Soweto") and the vocal group Abafana. Though the Queens are prolific recording...
9) 37676. Mandela, Nelson. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...was read by Zindzi Mandela, Nelson's daughter, at a UDF rally at the Jabulani Stadium, Soweto....
10) Johannesburg. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...groups were once restricted to separate residential areas; most blacks still live in Soweto. Formerly a group of townships southwest of the city, Soweto became an...
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