Crossroads

November 1, 2020

During South Africa's apartheid, Black men working in whites-only Cape Town endured squalid "bachelor hostels" while women and families were pushed into distant, all-Black "Bantustans." In the 1970s, women-led groups built Crossroads, an in-city shantytown where they lived with their families. But Cape Town officials objected. This title looks at the struggles for housing and social support involving the courageous women, Black male leaders, and city officials that have continued for decades.

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