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A PLACE CALLED MANENBERG Exodus – We used to live as one in our mother city Cape Town underneath the shadow of majestic Table Mountain. Every shade and religion existed in a peaceful jubilant utopia baptized District Six – A vibrant eclectic cultural mix where the beat of our feet signalled a nightly retreat to the famous seven steps – There to show off our dance moves hoping to impress the ladies and the gents witnessing our happy dance as onlookers cheered and jeered our artistic efforts but in the distance dark apartheid 129