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It is former president Barack Obama who opined in his national bestseller autobiography aptly named The Bridge that there was a distinct difference between European literary writers and the African-American type.
The story of Mofolo, and indeed Soweto, will not be complete if it does not include a long chapter on the Tshabalala family, led by Ephraim Batana Tshabalala and his wife Caroline Kinini Tshabalala (née Ngcobo). By all accounts, this couple were the retail giants of their times and made an indelible mark with the plethora of enterprises in the township and beyond.
Residents of Mofolo, Soweto, where the iconic Eyethu Cinema is situated still reminisce about how the historic building was the place to be in the 1960s.