Kofifi, noun

/kɔˈfi(ː)fi/
Origin:
Isicamtho, SothoShow more Isicamtho, perhaps from Sotho fifi, lefifi darkness, obscurity, or fifi, sefifi carcass, corpse, or bofifi, fifi mourning.
historical, colloquial
Especially in township English: a nickname for Sophiatown, a Black residential area in Johannesburg which was razed during the 1950s after residents had been forcibly removed.
1975 Drum 22 Sept. 44Kid, ek is a ou clever van Sophiatown. Kofifi. Blackjacks are not my worry.
1982 D. Bikitsha in Rand Daily Mail 14 Oct. (Eve) 5As we danced and sang our way to Apartheid the Tsotsi language flourished...Former famous black residential areas like Sophiatown, Western Native Township and Alexandra went under quaint names like ‘Kofifi’, ‘Casbah’ and ‘Dark City’.
1988 New Nation 11 Feb. 17The author paints a vivid picture of Kofifi before the forced removal of Dr Hendrik Verwoerd’s government. Interestingly, the destruction of the community did not matter much to him then.
1990 M. Isaacson in Staffrider Vol.9 No.22, 16Now all that remains of ‘Casbah’ or ‘Kofifi’, other slang names for Sophiatown, is our home — this cheap white suburb with the name that means ‘triumph’.
1992 O. Musi in Drum Dec. (Then & Now) 54The hurly-burly razzmatazz that was the life in townships like Sophiatown, better known as ‘Kofifi’.
a nickname for Sophiatown, a Black residential area in Johannesburg which was razed during the 1950s after residents had been forcibly removed.
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