Oral history interview with Gadien Hoffman [ Part 1 of 5]

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Title: Oral history interview with Gadien Hoffman [ Part 1 of 5]
Creator: Interviewer unknown
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Hoffman, Gadien
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.78a.mp3: Part 1 of 5 ; 29:30 min. ; interview 78 of 208
Publisher: Centre for Popular Memory (University of Cape Town)(www.popularmemory.org.za)
Contributor: Hoffman, Gadien (interviewee) (contributor)
Date: 12/08/1986
Type: Sound, interviews
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Identifier: islandora:18920
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Language: afr
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Rights: Centre for Popular Memory, University of Cape Town. Creative Commons Licence - Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivative Works