Image Number: dm1999121019
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Bailey's African History Archive /
Drum Stories
Description: DM1999121019:SAED:MUSIC:THEATRE:APARTHEID:AUG1956 - Shantytown In City Hall - It all started with the huge, compelling party poster splashed majestically over Johannesburg. The poster also carried a controversy, sensitive as a winter blister. There would be shows for Euros only and shows for Non-Euros only. All this would take place at the Johannesburg City Hall. There the music, song and dance of the townships would be presented by the Union of South African Artists. So if this Union claims to champion the cause of us Blacks, why the heck should they go in for segregation and separate audiences and black dates and white dates? At the end of the seventh show, Township Jazz moved to the Taj Mahal Night Club where the artists and friends were treated to a pary to celebrate the success of the run. (Photograph by Bob Gosani © Baileys Archive) Manhattan Brothers, Dennis Godblatt. NEG T497
Collections: Baileys African History Archive
Subcollections:
Drum Stories
Orientation: portrait
Pixel Size: 1934 x 2431
Media Id: 23_477
Credit: Drum Stories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
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