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World Service,19 Sep 1997,29 mins

The Coloured Community of South Africa

African Perspective

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In South Africa the word 'coloured' is used to describe people of mixed heritage and was used during Apartheid to describe a distinct racial group. This programme explores aspects of identity in Cape Town's coloured community. With interviews from people living in the coloured township of Mitchells Plain and the Nigerian-Scottish writer and poet Adewale Maja-Pearce. Presenter: Penny Boreham

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