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Bibliography
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Hlongwane, A.K., “The Soyikwa Institute of African Theatre and the cultural movement of the 1970s to 1990s: Reflections on the making of cultural history in Soweto” in Ndlovu, S.M and Hlongwane, A.K. (eds) Public History, Heritage and Culture in South Africa: The Struggle Continues (Johannesburg: Skotaville Publishing, 2021): 185-209.
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Manaka, M and Davis, V.G. Beyond the Echoes of Soweto: Five Plays (Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997).
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Mbembe, A., Dlamini, N. and Khonou, G. “Soweto Now” in Nuttall, S., and Mbembe, A. (eds) Johannesburg: The Elusive Metropolis (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2008): 239-247.
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Ndlovu, S.M. The Soweto Uprisings: Counter-Memories of June 1976 (Ravan Press: Randburg, 1998).
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Research Reports & Dissertations
Cobley, Alan Gregor. “‘On the Shoulders of Giants”: The Black Petty Bourgeoisie in Politics and Society in South Africa, 1924 to 1950” (PhD Thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1987).
Crankshaw, O. “Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour Under Apartheid” (PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand 1994).
French, K. “James Mpanza and the Sofasonke Party in the Development of Local Politics in Soweto” (MA Dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, 1983).
Glaser, C. “Youth Culture and Politics in Soweto, 1958-1976” (PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994).
Hlongwane, A.K. “The Historical Development of the Commemoration of the June 16 1976 Uprisings: A Study of Representation, Commemoration and Collective Memory” (PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, 2015).
Maguire, R. “The People’s Club: A Social and Institutional History of Orlando Pirates Football Club 1937-73” (BA Hons Dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, 1991).
Majeke, A. “The 1976 Soweto Uprisings: Education, Law, and the Language Issue in South Africa” (Phd Thesis, University of Iowa, 1994).
Moorosi, Mabitle. “The Notion of Commitment in Selected Works of Maishe Maponya” (MA Thesis, Rhodes University, 1998).
Morapeli, M.M, The Rock: The History of Orlando High School 1939- 1984, A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education, 1984.
Pohlandt-McCormick, H. “‘I Saw a Nightmare…’ Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976” (PhD Thesis, University of Minnesota, 1999).
Shubuane, K. “The Soweto Rent Boycott” (Honours Dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, 1983).
Steadman Ian Patrick. “Drama And Social Consciousness: Themes In Black Theatre On The Witwatersrand Until 1984” (PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, 1985).
Working Papers
Phillips, H. “Locating the Location of a South African Location: The Paradoxical Pre-History of Soweto”, Paper Presented at Shadow Cities Conference, University of London, June 2011.
Seekings, J. “Why is Soweto Different?”, African Studies Institute Seminar Paper, University of the Witwatersrand, 1986.