Jennifer Hudson

When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated.

American Musician

James Howard Kunstler

The model of the human habitat dictated by zoning is a formless, soul-less, centerless, demoralizing mess. It bankrupts families and townships. It disables whole classes of decent, normal citizens. It ruins the air we breathe. It corrupts and deadens our spirit.

American Author

Michael Sata

Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.

Zambian Politician

Alexis Wright

That attitude that I wouldn't succeed didn't come from my family; it came from school and then the township we lived in. I wasn't going to settle for that, and my mother warned us not to settle for less, to make the most of our lives.

Australian Writer

Bam Margera

The neighbors could be as mad as they want, but I'm not running a business at the house. It's just a location. It will never get me out of here, because I don't have offices set up at my house, and that's what the township thinks.

American Celebrity

Petina Gappah

The first thing I remember when I moved to a school in the suburbs was, 'My gosh, all these books!' The classroom and school had a library; I'd never seen so many books in my life! It was something we didn't have in the township.

Zimbabwean Writer

Jesse White

The art of compromise should be always alive and well. You represent the people of your district, the people of your county, your city, your township. Make sure that you do it for the people rather than your party or issue.

Hugh Masekela

In some townships, political parties are run by thugs financed from Cape Town. If we don't have support of the police, we can not have the ability to organize and to gain even a slight semblance of power.

South African Musician

Wen Jiabao

If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.

Chinese Statesman

Kushal Pal Singh

Without land, how can you have development of roads, highways, townships, etc?

Indian Businessman

A 'township' often indicates a smaller population and area than a city.

Size Indicator

'Township' emphasizes a sense of local community and togetherness.

Community Aspect

South African 'townships' were historically linked to racial segregation.

Historic Segregation

'Township' in South Africa carries a legacy of struggle and resilience.

Legacy of Apartheid

In the US, 'townships' have specific local government responsibilities.

Administrative Function

'Township' often implies a place with its own local elected officials.

Local Governance

In Scotland, 'townships' are often associated with scenic, rural landscapes.

Rural Identity

Scottish 'townships' embody traditional lifestyles and local culture.

Scots Tradition

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 this one comes with a package, is you get a real sense of shame, because your friends go, "Oh come on, show me the lump, show me the x-rays," and of course you've got nothing to show, so you're, like, really disgusted with yourself because you're thinking, "I'm not being carpet-bombed. I don't live in a township."

What's so funny about...

 at how far we have come in such a short period of time. I remember, just a few years ago, speaking about climate change, and people heckling me in the back and saying it doesn't even exist. I've just come back from giving a series of speeches in some of the poorest townships in South Africa

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 need is a safe space where you can take a step back and look at your life through a bigger perspective and try and understand what that violence means to you truly is a young woman from the township in johannesburg and a friend of mine and she was raised as a child and

Violence is a failure of...

 thousands of kids from the township of Soweto walked out of schools. And they marched peacefully through the streets to protest the law. At an intersection, they met up with the police, and when the kids refused to turn back, the police officers set dogs on them

How teachers can help...

 what we are expecting from climate change a lot of the blame made by politicians is to the public saying that their wasteful of resources it's a shame for a city to say so what are crises because most of us in especially and they let townships forget a lot of

How Cape Town's...

 I'm here to tell you how my team and I are trying to change that. If you go to an online map and look at a favela in Brazil or a township in South Africa, you'll see a few streets but a lot of empty space. But if you flip to satellite view,

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 japanese-controlled saipan she was imprisoned then smuggled back to the u.s disguised as a nun and if that weren't enough as a final twist she settled down to live at her life in monroe township new jersey as a housewife

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 are living in slums and informal settlements. Almost every city in the global south has large slums in the size of townships. Kibera, in Nairobi, Dharavi, in Mumbai,

What if the poor were...

 the call has brought maria to a poor township where selling a pangolin could bring great wealth