Boy sits on minstrel's shoulders, Cape Town

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Title: Boy sits on minstrel's shoulders, Cape Town
Creator: Pithey, Doug
Subject: Entertainers, Performing arts, Amusements
Description: Delight is a big shoulder to sit on, a cheerful song and a whistle to blow on for this little fellow, a patient at Maitland Cottage Home for Cripple Children. He is six-year-old Bulelane Mehlomakube and the man with the big song is Boere Goosen of Nik Naks Cooning Minstrels who was one of a group of 34 Hanover Park entertainers who performed to raise money for the centre. The group is to give a repeat performance early in the New Year.
Publisher: University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date: 22/11/1980
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Format: black-and-white photographs, Still image, Image/jpeg
Identifier: islandora:15322
Source: va_independent_S16E_009.jpg, S16E Minstrels
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Coverage: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa)
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