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Mapping personal histories to reclaim a place in history, recover lost land and promote social justice

The District Six Museum in South Africa spearheaded the land claim which ultimately recovered the property and the dignity people had lost in forced removals under apartheid and continues to be a space where people can collect, disseminate and exchange memories of the neighborhood.  In 1966, as a result of the Group Areas Act, the racially integrated neighborhood of District Six in Cape To