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Thousands attend annual minstrel parade in S.Africa's Cape Town

Thousands lined the streets of Cape Town Monday for the colourful annual minstrels' parade, a cornerstone of South African ...
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Cape Town Minstrel Carnival marks 2 January, once the only day off granted to enslaved people

Each year around 2 January, the streets of Cape Town host the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, also known as Kaapse Klopse. Rooted in the nineteenth century, the event combines music, parades and ...

The heartbeat of the Mother City: Generations gather for a historic Kaapse Klopse parade

Cape Town’s Kaapse Klopse returned this January with colourful costumes, lively performances and generations of Capetonians ...
Getaway Magazine

Cape Town for the repeat visitor: What you only do on your third or fourth trip

Discover what you only do on your third or fourth trip, from hidden hikes and local markets to township experiences and ...
Hyperallergic

The Understudied History of Enslaved Women in Colonial Cape Town

At the Iziko Slave Lodge in Cape Town, an exhibition gives voice to a group of women whose lives were written out of history because they were considered too marginal to bother with. Gabrielle Goliath ...
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Cape Town or Johannesburg: Which city should you travel to for your first trip to South Africa?

One is built next to the mountains facing the ocean, and is popular for its breathtaking scenery. The other lives to the pulse of its changing neighbourhoods, its museums and its history. Cape Town ...