Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Kofifi n.

[? Sotho (le)fifi, darkness, (se)fifi, corpse or (bo)fifi, mourning]

(S.Afr. township) Sophiatown, a black residential area of Johannesburg, razed during the 1950s after the forcible removal of its inhabitants.

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Drum (Johannesburg) 22 Sept. 44: Kid, ek is a ou clever van Sophiatown. Kofifi. Blackjacks are not my worry [DSAE].
[SA] in Rand Daily Mail 14 Oct. (Eve.) 5: Former famous black residential areas like Sophiatown, Western Native Township and Alexandra went under quaint names like ‘Kofifi’, ‘Casbah’ and ‘Dark City’ [DSAE].
[SA]Staffrider IX:22 16: Now 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’ [DSAE].