| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Soweto |
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| (suh-WET-oh, suh-WAY-toh) Collective name for a group of townships inhabited by black Africans, located southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. | 1 |
| ‡ Soweto was the site of severe racial violence before the dismantling of apartheid. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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