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Description
1959. Death Of Sophiatown – Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all.
City
Johannesburg
State / Province
Gauteng
Country
South Africa
Filename
APN256050.jpg
File Type
JPG
File Size
8 MB
Dimensions
4500 × 2936 px
Date Created
2 January 1959
Date Uploaded
10 October 2025
Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 2477
1959. Death Of Sophiatown – Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all.
