Upcoming events
Past events
25 February 2023
17 & 18 February 2023
Tumi Mogorosi presented Group Theory: Black Music remembering the late Dr AB Xuma
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.
10 & 11 February 2023
03 February 2023
The Palestine Solidarity
Alliance in collaboration with Trevor Huddleston Memorial Centre hosted a
thriving music and poetry session "HAIDAR EID & THE MAVR!X" on the 3rd of February. Follow us on our
social media platforms to stay up to date on what is happening in Sophiatown, the Trevor Huddleston CR Memorial Building.
May 2022
Abigail Kubeka at the Sophiatown Revival Concert
On the 7th of May 2022, we hosted one of the music legendary icons of old times Abigail Kubeka at the Concert of Remembrance and the reactivating of Dr. A B Xuma heritage house, the community came in large numbers to celebrate this day with us and danced to the tunes of Mme Abigail's angelic voice.
May 2022
Sophiatown jazz encounter presents Mandisi Dyantyis
27th of March 2022, Sophiatown Jazz Encounters kick-started the series since nationwide lockdown with Mandisi Dyantyis the 2022 SAMA award winner of The best African adult contemporary album award.