Expiry: 
Saturday, June 24, 2017 - 00:00
 

Join Judith Muindisi of Tsica Heritage Consultants for a guided walk through the southern Joburg suburb of La Rochelle.

The walks starts at La Rochelle's Portuguese Evangelical Church at 37 2nd Street. Stops include a look around Parreirinha, a former jail that was converted into a Portuguese restaurant in 1975, a visit to the African fruit and vegetable market at Diaz Mall, visits to historic wood and corrugated iron homes and shops that date back to the early 1900s and a stroll along multicultural Johannesburg Road, La Rochelle's high street which is lined with Portuguese bakeries and shops, Nigerian restaurants, churches and bars. 

The tour ends back at the Portuguese Evangelical Church with an African food tasting. Dishes include Egusi soup, fried plantain and jollof rice (common in West and Central Africa) and traditional Portuguese cuisine like Portuguese pork and cabbage soup.

In particular this JoziWalk looks at the architectural styles, the unique history, local foods and various immigrant cultures that have shaped the historic suburb of La Rochelle and follows the neighbourhood's journey from a residential area for Joburg's first miners to the multicultural melting pot it is today.

Saturday, June 24 at 10 AM - 1 PM

* TO BOOK EMAIL tsica.culturalheritage@gmail.com *

*** All #JoziWalks tours are free but you MUST confirm your place on the tour with the tour organiser beforehand. For logistical reasons space on all tours is limited and prior booking is absolutely essential. 

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Created
Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 16:16
 
 

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