
Noor Nieftagodien
Noor Nieftagodien is a history professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, specializing in Johannesburg's complex social history, which includes the enduring inequalities rooted in the city’s past.
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Noor Nieftagodien is a professor of history at the University of the Witwatersrand and the author of The Soweto Uprising: A Jacana Pocket History.
What Youth Day keeps getting wrongMail & Guardian·
South Africa· 2026-06-19
Nieftagodien is a history professor who discusses the social fractures in Johannesburg's history.
‘Is there a place for the poor?’ Artists and activists try to revive Johannesburg, crumbling City of Gold | South AfricaThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2025-04-19

















