Ke ola nei ka ʻuhane ʻoiaʻiʻo o Sophiatown, a hiki mai i ka Pōʻaono, ʻOkakopa 24, ʻo Kofifi, e like me ka ʻike aloha ʻia o ke kaona, e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kona 60th anniversary ke ala wale nō e ʻike ai - ma o ke mele a me ka hula.
I nā makahiki 1950, ʻo Sophiatown kahi ipu hoʻoheheʻe o nā hana kālai'āina a me ka moʻomeheu, e hana ana i kekahi o nā alakaʻi koʻikoʻi o Johannesburg. Akā naʻe, ua hiki mai ke ola maikaʻi i ka hopena ʻeha a me ka ʻeha i ka makahiki 1955 i ka wā i hoʻoneʻe ikaika ai ke aupuni apartheid i nā kamaʻāina a hoʻoneʻe iā lākou i nā wahi like ʻole o Soweto, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Meadowlands.
Ke manaʻo nei ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Johannesburg iā Sophiatown ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi hōʻailona o Jozi e pono e mālama ʻia no ko lākou hoʻoilina a mahalo ʻia no kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana i ka moʻomeheu moʻomeheu o ʻApelika Hema.
ʻO ka 60th Anniversary Festival, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Tiffany's Foundation, e mālama ʻia ma ka Extreme Park. "Ke kākoʻo a paipai mākou i nā hana e like me kēia i ko lākou hāʻawi ʻana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o Johannesburg ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi hoihoi a like ʻole," wahi a Laura Vercueil o Joburg Tourism.
Wahi a Christo Morolong, ka mea hoʻolauleʻa hoʻolauleʻa, e hōʻike ana ka papahana o ka lā i nā mea hoʻokani kiʻekiʻe e like me Kofifi FM DJ Pops, DJ Yogi Bear, Ray, Die Afrikaans Volk Museik, Fikile Farrow, The Funk and Gospel Ensemble a me nā hula Tswana a me Zulu.
"Ke hōʻike nei ʻo Sophiatown i ka wiwo ʻole, ke ʻano a me ka manaʻo paʻa o ka poʻe o ʻApelika Hema i ka pale ʻana i nā mea nani maoli. ʻO ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana o 1955 i luku i nā hale a me nā ola o nā tausani o nā kānaka. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ia i luku i ko lākou ʻuhane, "wahi a Morolong.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻoiai kēia mau hana ʻino, ua ʻike ʻia ka nui o nā kamaʻāina a me nā mea pena kiʻi ma ke ʻano he mau ʻelele honua no ka ʻoihana mele ʻApelika Hema.
"Mai ka makahiki 1994, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe noho mua o Sophiatown e hoʻi i ko lākou hoʻoilina a kūkulu hou a hoʻoulu hou i kona nani kahiko.
He kanaono makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana, mahalo mākou i nā poʻe koa i kū no ka hoʻopono a me ke kūʻokoʻa a me ka pololei o ʻApelika Hema.
"E hōʻike pū ana ka ʻahaʻaina i kā mākou kūpaʻa lōʻihi i ka pilikanaka a me ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe hoʻomau, a e hōʻike i ka waiwai o ke kālena a me ka ʻoihana i loko o ke kaiāulu. He mau pahuhopu hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia e hana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mākau i makemake nui ʻia a me nā manawa hana.
ʻO Dance to be Wild, kahi hui aloha mālama mālama, e hōʻike i nā pilikia i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā hewa holoholona hihiu.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
- Ke ola nei ka ʻuhane ʻoiaʻiʻo o Sophiatown, a hiki mai i ka Pōʻaono, ʻOkakopa 24, ʻo Kofifi, e like me ka ʻike aloha ʻia o ke kaona, e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kona 60th anniversary ke ala wale nō e ʻike ai - ma o ke mele a me ka hula.
