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Boys watching destruction of District Six, South Africa, 1974

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The destruction of District Six was one of the worst insults inflicted upon the coloured people of the Cape by the National Party (NP). On a Sunday morning in 1974, three boys from a nearby shack strolled passed the demolition, sat on what used to be the pavement, and watched the destruction. Others also gathered, but no on said anything for a long time. When people have experienced too much pain, their senses become numb. The boys then got up and ran over the spaces of what used to be District Six

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Title
Boys watching destruction of District Six, South Africa, 1974
Creator
Alberts, Paul, 1946-2010
Subject
South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description
The destruction of District Six was one of the worst insults inflicted upon the coloured people of the Cape by the National Party (NP). On a Sunday morning in 1974, three boys from a nearby shack strolled passed the demolition, sat on what used to be the pavement, and watched the destruction. Others also gathered, but no on said anything for a long time. When people have experienced too much pain, their senses become numb. The boys then got up and ran over the spaces of what used to be District Six
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date
1974
Type
StillImage
Format
documentary photographs, black-and-white photographs
Identifier
islandora:924
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Rights
Copyright held by Charmaine Alberts. Please contact the Special Collections at the University of Cape Town Libraries for further information about using and/or publishing this photograph.

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