post-Soweto, adjective

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EnglishShow more English prefix post + Soweto see Soweto.
Of or pertaining to a society (or period) transformed by the Soweto uprising of 1976. See also Soweto sense 1.
1977 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) 30 Sept. 4Recent clashes on and around campus have focused attention on a development which is inevitable and indeed essential in a post-Soweto South Africa.
1977 The 1820 Vol.50 No.12, 17In 1961..we were in what could be termed the post-Sharpville period, whereas today commentators are inclined to speak of ‘post-Soweto’.
Of or pertaining to a society (or period) transformed by the Soweto uprising of 1976.
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