Between 1955 and 1956 Sophiatown, a district of Johannesburg famous for its vibrant culture, was forcibly razed and turned into a white-only district in one of the most infamous examples of apartheid in action.

World affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge reports from Sophiatown, which has come to symbolise change in South Africa.

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