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Past Events & Programmes
February 2023
Tumi Mogorosi presented Group Theory: Black Music, remembering the late Dr. A.B. Xuma and honouring his enduring legacy - February 2023
Within the historical memory of Sophiatown lies the debris of yesteryear’s urban Black life, We can think of Can Themba’s House of Truth and Bloke Modisane’s Shangri-la as such spaces that lie beneath the rubble of a once-was dream of freedom, perennially deferred. Dr Xuma’s house (which is one of the houses left after the demolition and forced removals) remains, within this historical memory of freedom fighters, as a site where Black theory as resistance was practiced. Tumi Mogorosi’s Group Theory: Black Music as an interrogation of the “afterlife” of Apartheid finds an articulation within the walls of Xuma’s house. The Black freedom project (unfinished) is revisited by Mogorosi’s insistence on Black Music as a socio-political terrain that drives, at its core, a meditation on continually deferred dreams of liberation. The concert at the Trevor Huddleston Centre was dedicated to Xuma and his comrades.
February 2023
February 2023 , the Palestine Solidarity Alliance, in collaboration with the Trevor Huddleston Memorial Centre, hosted a vibrant music and poetry session, “HAIDAR EID & THE MAVR!X.”
The event brought together music and poetry in a lively celebration at the Trevor Huddleston CR Memorial Building in Sophiatown.
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Abigail Kubeka Performed at the Sophiatown Revival Concert - May 2022
On 7 May 2022, we hosted one of South Africa’s legendary music icons, Abigail Kubeka, at the Concert of Remembrance and the reactivation of the Dr. A.B. Xuma Heritage House.
The community came out in large numbers to celebrate this special occasion with us, enjoying an unforgettable performance and dancing to the beautiful tunes of Mme Abigail Kubeka’s angelic voice.
Sophiatown Jazz Encounter Presented Mandisi Dyantyis - May 2022
On 27 March 2022, Sophiatown Jazz Encounters kick-started its series following the nationwide lockdown, featuring Mandisi Dyantyis, the 2022 SAMA Award winner for Best African Adult Contemporary Album.

























