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- Title
- Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Elsie and Petrus Vaalbooi, Rietfontein
- Subject
- Vaalbooi, Elsie, Khomani (African people)--History, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Nama language, ,
- Description
- Elsie Vaalbooi and Nigel Crawhall in a conversation discussing family history with particular reference to Nama speakers
- Identifier
- islandora:31475
- Title
- Oral history interview with Gadija Jacobs [ Part 3 of 9]
- 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, Jacobs, Gadija
- 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., Cwc2.92a.mp3: Part 3 of 9 ; 29:27 min. ; interview 92 of 208
- Identifier
- islandora:18941
- Title
- Oral history interview with Mpathi Gocini, 27 May 1997
- Subject
- Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History
- Description
- Interview with Mpathi Gocini, former resident artist at the Community Arts Project (circa 1978). The interview was conducted by Heidi Bolton and commissioned by Mario Pissarra for Community Arts Project 'Histories of CAP' project.
- Identifier
- islandora:31397
- Title
- Mandla Vanyaza at Visual Arts Group workshop, Zolani Centre, 1992
- Subject
- Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Art--Study and teaching--South Africa--Cape Town
- Description
- Artist Mandla Vanyaza, attending his first art workshop, at a Visual Arts Group workshop at Zolani Centre, Nyanga East.
- Identifier
- islandora:29048
- Title
- Nama choir; Vocab Nama (Beach)
- Subject
- KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
- Description
- Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Nama recordings continued, at Grootfontein, South West Africa
- Identifier
- islandora:22625
- Title
- Oral history interview with Yoliswa Yvonne Mzozoyana
- Subject
- Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
- Description
- This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin8.10.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 32:00 min. ; interview 10 of 17
- Identifier
- islandora:29656
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jasmine Sprinkle [Part 2 of 2]
- Subject
- Oral history, Gun Free South Africa (Organization), Gun control--South Africa
- Description
- Gun Free South Africa is an advocacy group formed in 1994 with the aim of building a safer country through the reduction of firearms in society. In association with "Gun Free South Africa", the interviewer focuses on youth activists and young members of the community sharing their experiences of gun violence and opinions on gun control. Themes include: biographical information; civic organisations; community involvement; crime and organisational affiliations., Por1.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 03:10 min. ; interview 1 of 6
- Identifier
- islandora:24637
- Title
- Sisulu and wife on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
- Subject
- Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
- Description
- Walter Sisulu with his wife, Albertina, and Ahmed Kathrada, amongst others, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
- Identifier
- islandora:12596
- Title
- Oral history interview with Mrs Florrie Malan [Part 2 of 2]
- Subject
- Oral history, Calvinia (South Africa)--History, Calvinia (South Africa)--Social conditions, South African War, 1899-1902, Missions--South Africa--Calvinia, Church schools--South Africa--Calvinia,
- Description
- These interviews present a discussion on missionary schooling in Calvinia, South Africa, the characters and their memories of the Anglo-Boer War. Themes include: Boers, the relationship between the British troops and the missionaries, the community of Calvinia, key figures such as Hugo Nieuwoudt, a Boer leader and Abraham Esau, memories of the Esau murder, National Party meeting, political tensions, racial aggression and tension and trade relations. Abraham Esau was a coloured blacksmith and leader from Calvinia. He was murdered by the Boers in 1901 as a result of his unfailing support for the British., Pol4.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 23:02 min. ; interview 1 of 2
- Identifier
- islandora:24760
- Title
- Frances Baard at UDF launch, Cape Town, 1983
- Subject
- Women political activists, Public meetings, Anti-apartheid movements, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
- Description
- Frances Baard, a former president of the African National Congress's Women's League (ANCWL), salutes the crowd gathered to launch the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town. The UDF drew together over 600 democratically-based community, student, trade union, women's, and church organisations and was the major legal oppositional force until the government severely curtailed its activities in 1988.
- Identifier
- islandora:889
- Title
- Oral history interview with Mr B. Risien [Part 2 of 3]
- Subject
- Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
- Description
- This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.16b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 32:07 min. ; interview 16 of 19
- Identifier
- islandora:24983
- Title
- Verkeersweё. Die verhaal van 300 jaar van vervoer in Suid-Africa tesame met 'n geїllustreerde kaart aangebied deur die administratie van die Suid-Afrikaanse spoorweё en hawens by geleentheid van die Van Riebeeck-fees
- Subject
- Transportation--South Africa--History--Maps, Transportation and state--South Africa--Maps,
- Description
- Map showing the story of 300 years of transport in South Africa with illustrated forms of transport, and description on the back. White lines indicate air routes, black lines indicate rail routes, and red lines indicate bus or road routes. Illustrated. Coloured. No scale given
- Identifier
- islandora:29952
- Title
- Nharo Vocab
- Subject
- KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
- Description
- Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Additional notes on box: Nharo vocabulary (verbals). (1) Vocab (Verbals); (2) Vocab (Verbals)
- Identifier
- islandora:22617
- Title
- ≠hũa
- Subject
- KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
- Description
- Sound recording by Ernst Westphal.
- Identifier
- islandora:22599
- Title
- ANC refugees, South Africa, 1994
- Subject
- Apartheid--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Refugees--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Social conditions, Best of Marinovich
- Description
- A family carry their belongings home after months in a refugee camp for African National Congress (ANC) supporting families from the Sonkombo area from which they had fled months earlier because of attacks by rival Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Sonkombo, KwaZulu-Natal, 1994.
- Identifier
- islandora:1199
- Title
- Sources of mine native labour
- Subject
- Labour--Southern Africa--History--Maps, Contract labor--Southern Africa--Maps, Miners--Southern Africa--Recruitment, ,
- Description
- Map of Southern Africa showing native mine workers' recruiting stations of the Native Recruiting Corporation (N.R.C.) and the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (W.N.L.A.), international boundaries, native transport routes, names of places, and rivers. Illustrated. Scale: 1.5 in. to 100 Statute Miles.
- Identifier
- islandora:29948
- Title
- Mandela returns to Robben Island with fellow Rivonia treason trialists, South Africa
- Subject
- Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
- Description
- Nelson Mandela and his fellow convicted Rivonia treason trialists, all former political prisoners on Robben Island, return to the island on the fourth anniversary of Mandela's release from jail. Here they are pictured in the quarry in which the black prisoners were made to dig out lime daily. Some say Mandela's eyes were damaged by the lime dust. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
- Identifier
- islandora:5374
- Title
- Oral history interview with Abdul Aziz Slamdien [ Part 2 of 3]
- 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, Slamdien, Abdul Aziz
- 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., Cwc2.164b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 29:21 min. ; interview 164 of 208
- Identifier
- islandora:24480
- Title
- Theatre students performing in the children's art classroom
- Subject
- Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Theater rehearsals--South Africa--Cape Town, Theater--Study and teaching--South Africa--Cape Town,
- Description
- Community Arts Project theatre students performing in the children's art classroom. Itumeleng wa Lehulere is on the left.
- Identifier
- islandora:28987
- Title
- Oral history interview with Mr J.J.P Esterhuizen [Part 3 of 4]
- Subject
- Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
- Description
- This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.08a.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 30:26 min. ; interview 8 of 19
- Identifier
- islandora:25004
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