AFDA
AFDA is a South African private tertiary education institution that offers higher certificates, undergraduate degrees, and postgraduate degrees in film, television, performance, business innovation, technology, radio and podcasting, and creative writing.- Type: College
- Description: school in City of Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy” and “AFDA, The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance”
- Address: 18 Lower Scott Road, Salt River, Cape Town
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salt River and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Salt River
Railway station
Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salt River railway station is a Metrorail railway station in Salt River, Cape Town. It is the second station from the Cape Town terminus on the old main line to Bellville, and the junction where the Southern Line branches from the main line. Salt River is situated 540 metres northwest of AFDA.
Groote Schuur Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 1¼ km southwest of AFDA.
Observatory War Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Observatory War Memorial is situated 700 metres south of AFDA.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Observatory and Salt River.
Observatory
Suburb
Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Salt River
Suburb
Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town CBD. The area is noted for its association with the clothing and textiles industry. The name Salt River is a translation of the Dutch "Soutrivier".
Woodstock
Suburb
Woodstock is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, situated between the docks of Table Bay and the lower slopes of Devil's Peak. One of the city's oldest suburbs, Woodstock is located around 1 kilometre east of Cape Town CBD, the city's main economic hub.
AFDA
- Categories: school and education
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.93159° or 33° 55′ 54″ southLongitude
18.46764° or 18° 28′ 4″ eastOpen location code
4FRW3F99+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 229024738OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=collegeWikidata ID
Q4651463
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“AFDA” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “AFDA”
- French: “AFDA”
- French: “African Film and Drama Academy”
- Hausa: “AFDA, Makaranta don Ƙarfafa Tattalin Arziki”
- Spanish: “Escuela Sudafricana de Medios Cinematograficos y Actuaciones en Vivo”
- Spanish: “Escuela Sudafricana de Medios Cinematográficos y Actuaciones en Vivo”
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