O le agaga moni o Sophiatown o loʻo ola pea, ma e oʻo mai ile Aso Toʻonaʻi, Oketopa 24, Kofifi, e pei ona lauiloa ile taulaga, o le a faʻamanatuina lona 60 tausaga talu ai naʻo le auala na te iloa ai - ala ile pese ma siva.

I le 1950s, Sophiatown o se liu suavai o polokiki ma faaleaganuu gaoioiga, gaosia nisi o Johannesburg sili lauiloa taʻitaʻi. Peitai, o le olaga lelei na oʻo i se faʻaiuga faafuaseʻi ma le tiga i le 1955 ina ua aveʻesea faamalosi e le pulega faʻaituʻau tagata nonofo ma toe siitia i latou i vaega eseese o Soweto, aemaise lava i Meadowlands.

O le taulaga o Johannesburg manatu Sophiatown o se tasi o Jozi a iloga nofoaga e tatau ona faʻasaoina mo a latou measina ma faʻamanatuina mo lo latou sao i Aferika i Saute aganuʻu, atisi ma musika laufanua.

O le 60th Anniversary Festival, faʻatulagaina e le Tiffany's Foundation, o le a faia i le Extreme Park i le taulaga. "Matou te lagolagoina ma faʻamalosia fuafuaga faʻapenei a o latou saofagā i le apili a Johannesburg e avea o se nofoaga faʻafiafia ma eseese tagata tafafao maimoa," o le tala lea a Laura Vercueil o Joburg Tourism.

Taʻua e le faatonu o le Festival, Christo Morolong, o le polokalame o le ao o le a faaalia ai le aufaafiafia e pei o le Kofifi FM DJ Pops, DJ Yogi Bear, Ray, Die Afrikaans Volk Museik, Fikile Farrow, The Funk and Gospel ensemble faapea foi ma le au siva o Tswana ma Zulu.

"Sophiatown e fai ma sui o le lototele, amio ma le naunautaiga o tagata Aferika i Saute i le puipuia o mea uma e sili ona matagofie. O le aveʻesea faamalosi o le 1955 na faʻaleagaina fale ma ola o le faitau afe o tagata. Peitaʻi, e leʻi faʻaumatia ai o latou agaga, ”o le tala lea a Morolong.

Fai mai a ia, e ui lava i nei mea leaga, o le tele o tagata sa nonofo ai ma atisi na avea ma amepasa faavaomalo i le itu i lalo o le pulega a musika i Aferika i Saute.
"Talu mai le 1994, tagata sa nonofo muamua i Sophiatown ua amata ona toe foi i o latou tofi ma toe fausia ma toefaʻafouina ia i lona mamalu muamua.

Ono sefulu tausaga talu ona aveʻesea faamalosi, matou te faamamaluina toa na tutu mo le faamasinoga tonu ma se saolotoga ma le saʻo o Aferika i Saute.

"O le tausamiga o le a faʻaalia ai foi lo tatou tuuto i se taimi umi i le vafealoaloai ma le siitia gafatauleleia, ma faʻamamafaina le tamaoaiga o taleni ma entrepreneurship i totonu o le alalafaga. O ni sini ia e mafai ona ausia o le a fausia ai ni tomai e moomia tele ma ni avanoa faigaluega. ”

Dance to be Wild, o se faʻasao alofa faʻalapotopotoga, o le a faʻailoa ai faʻafitauli mafua mai i manu feʻai.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

However, the good life came to an abrupt and painful end in 1955 when the apartheid regime forcibly removed the residents and relocated them to various parts of Soweto, most notably Meadowlands.
The city of Johannesburg considers Sophiatown as one of Jozi's iconic locations that should be preserved for their heritage and celebrated for their contribution to South Africa's cultural, artistic and musical landscape.
O le agaga moni o Sophiatown o loʻo ola pea, ma e oʻo mai ile Aso Toʻonaʻi, Oketopa 24, Kofifi, e pei ona lauiloa ile taulaga, o le a faʻamanatuina lona 60 tausaga talu ai naʻo le auala na te iloa ai - ala ile pese ma siva.