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Aug 2024
13m 35s

District Six

SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
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District Six is a neighborhood in Cape Town South Africa that was destroyed under the apartheid regime. Today, a museum stands as a monument to the people who once called the neighborhood home. 
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