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Shepherd's Bush tree, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

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This small Shepherd's Bush tree, Boscia Albitrunca,  is located on a dune near the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park's landing strip. Kheis Brou, |Abaka Koper, |Una Rooi and Anna Swarts recalls how Lukas Bok attempted suicide in 1935 after he was driven mad with his unrequited love for Tibilas. Because of this the tree is also known as "the hanging tree". Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

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Title
Shepherd's Bush tree, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
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Subject
Tree of Love; Bok, Lukas, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, University of Cape Town. Libraries
Description
This small Shepherd's Bush tree, Boscia Albitrunca,  is located on a dune near the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park's landing strip. Kheis Brou, |Abaka Koper, |Una Rooi and Anna Swarts recalls how Lukas Bok attempted suicide in 1935 after he was driven mad with his unrequited love for Tibilas. Because of this the tree is also known as "the hanging tree". Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Publisher
circa 1997-1999
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), ‡Khomani San Hugh Brody Archive: Photographs (contributor), .jpg; (contributor)
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Identifier
islandora:27304
Source
mss_bvf41_517-T3-1.jpg
Language
Relation
Coverage
Crawhall, N. T. (Nigel T.), Still image
Rights
Colour photographs

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