District Six Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
It’s impossible not to be emotionally moved by this museum, which celebrates the once lively multiracial area that was destroyed during apartheid in the 1960s and 1970s, its 60,000 inhabitants forcibly removed. Inside the former Methodist Mission Church, home interiors have been recreated, alongside photographs, recordings and testimonials, all of which build an evocative picture of a shattered but not entirely broken community.
Many township tours stop here first to explain the history of the pass laws.
Epic South Africa Culture & Adventure Route © Monika Newbound
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