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Elsie Vaalbooi and Petrus Vaalbooi.

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Elsie Vaalbooi was a fluent N|uu speaker and a member of the Council of Elders. In 1997 she gave the Northern Cape, South Africa's largest province, its moto: Sa ||a !aĩsi 'uĩsi (“We go to a better life”). She passed away in 2002.Petrus Vaalbooi is a former chairperson of the San Council and a member of the Community Property Association. He was one of the first community members to go overseas to promote the Land Claims process.Petrus worked alongside his mother, Elsie Vaalbooi, to locate other N|uu speakers in the townships in and around Upington, South Africa.

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Elsie Vaalbooi and Petrus Vaalbooi.
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Vaalbooi, Elsie ; Vaalbooi, Petrus, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern
Description
Elsie Vaalbooi was a fluent N|uu speaker and a member of the Council of Elders. In 1997 she gave the Northern Cape, South Africa's largest province, its moto: Sa ||a !aĩsi 'uĩsi (“We go to a better life”). She passed away in 2002.Petrus Vaalbooi is a former chairperson of the San Council and a member of the Community Property Association. He was one of the first community members to go overseas to promote the Land Claims process.Petrus worked alongside his mother, Elsie Vaalbooi, to locate other N|uu speakers in the townships in and around Upington, South Africa.
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
Contributor
Chennells, Roger (contributor), Crawhall, N. T. (Nigel T.) (contributor), Brody, Hugh (contributor), Kemp, Bill (contributor), Blasevic, Valter (contributor), Chamberlin, J. Edward, 1943- (contributor), Comic Relief (Organization) (contributor), University of the Fraser Valley (contributor), Open Channels (contributor), South African San Institute (contributor)
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islandora:27193
Source
mss_bvf41_S.Kalahari Archive_0052.jpg
Language
Relation
ǂKhomani San Hugh Brody Archive: Photographs
Coverage
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), 1997-2002
Rights
For copyright information and terms of usage, click here: http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/brody-khomani-san-rights.html

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