Sophiatown

Sophiatown Sof'town, Kofifi, Triomf
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Coordinates: 26°10′36″S 27°58′54″E / 26.1767°S 27.9816°E / -26.1767; 27.9816
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	0.95 km2 (0.37 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	5,371
• Density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	26.8%
• Coloured	25.8%
• Indian/Asian	5.1%
• White	41.4%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	44.5%
• English	31.9%
• Tswana	4.7%
• Zulu	4.5%
• Other	14.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2092

Sophiatown /soʊˈfaɪətaʊn/, also known as Sof'town or Kofifi, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Sophiatown was a poor multi-racial area and a black cultural hub that was destroyed under apartheid. It produced some of South Africa's most famous writers, musicians, politicians and artists, like Father Huddleston, Can Themba, Bloke Modisane, Es'kia Mphahlele, Arthur Maimane, Todd Matshikiza, Nat Nakasa, Casey Motsisi, Dugmore Boetie, and Lewis Nkosi.

Rebuilt as a whites-only area under the name of Triomf ("Triumph") in the 1960s, in 2006 it was officially returned to its original name. Sophiatown was one of the oldest black areas in Johannesburg and its destruction represented some of the excesses of South Africa under apartheid.^[2]