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A Window on Soweto by Joyce Sikakane-Rankin was part life writing and part sociology. Its publication in the UK in 1977 was hugely significant. (Image: Rand Daily Mail/Tiso Blackstar Group)
A WINDOW ON SOWETO

A distress signal from Soweto in 1977

A Window on Soweto by Joyce Sikakane-Rankin provided insight during apartheid censorship

  • Mbali Sikakana
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