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Title: Timpani
Subject: Musical instruments--England--London
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs numbers: 211.11 Separate vessel drums, Place of production: London (England), Creator: Hawkes and Son, Date of creation: Late 19th century, Reverse loop. The cable is turned on metal hoops.
Identifier: islandora:20513

Title: Soup kitchen, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Soup kitchens, Homeless persons
Description: Right: Homeless squatters at a soup kitchen set up by the Islamic Medical Association and the Muslim Youth Movement. The soup kitchen and a first-aid post are in Lansdowne Road.
Identifier: islandora:17575

Title: Gold mining
Subject: gold extractionMiners--Bunia (Congo), Gold mines and mining--Bunia (Congo)
Description: Gold mining in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Identifier: islandora:8153

Title: Jazz musicians, Winston 'Mankunku' Ngozi, Phil Schilder and Chris Schilder, Mbabane, Swaziland
Subject: Musicians, Black--Swaziland, Jazz musicians--Swaziland, Bassists--Swaziland, Saxophonists--Swaziland, Pianists--Swaziland, Jazz bands--Swaziland, Ngozi, Winston Mankunku, 1943-2009, Schilder, Phil, Schilder, Chris
Description: Jazz musicians, Winston 'Mankunku' Ngozi, Phil Schilder and Chris Schilder, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Identifier: islandora:18182

Title: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Welkom ; Rietfontein ; The people of Uitkoms
Subject: Malgas, Jakob, Kruiper, Dawid, Struizen Dam, Boksputs, Nama language, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Land tenure, ,
Description: Dawid Kruiper, Jakob Malgas and Tony Traill discuss land claims with particular reference to Struizen Dam and Boksputs
Identifier: islandora:31452

Title: Violence in Site B the night before the press conference November 1991
Description: [Taxi wars, Cape Town, 1991].Group of children standing beside burnt out vehicles.
Identifier: islandora:6571

Title: Congo Belge. Katanga. Feuille Tshinsenda
Subject: Tshinsenda (Congo)--Maps, Katanga (Congo)--Maps, ,
Description: Map of the Tshinsenda region in the Belgian Congo on the border of Rhodesia, showing colonial and sistrict boundaries,,with triangulation points of second and third orders and points determining the plane tables, rivers, motor routes, old traction routes, cycle paths and routes of indigenous importance. Indigenous paths, contours, railways, Important European communities, agricultural, commercial and industrial establishments, mines and quarries, small native communities, important native communities, bush, marsh, grass, Savannah woods, forests. Relief is shown in form lines and landform drawings. Colour. Scale 1 : 200.000.
Identifier: islandora:25041

Title: Maroc
Subject: Morocco--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing Morocco, parts of adjacent countries, the Atlantic Ocean with Madeira and the Canary Islands, and international boundaries, intercolonial boundaries, provincial boundaries, frontier district boundaries, with towns of 1st importance to 5th importance, unsurveyed water courses, canals, marshes, ground liable to flooding, trigonometrical points, height and depth in metres, water points, ruins of historical interest, wireless stations, landing grounds, mines or quarries, lighthouses, fortified houses, oases, roads,track paths, mountain ranges, camps and petrol depôts. Second edition, ground/air. Some colour. Relief shown by form lines, hachures and hill shading. Scale 1 : 2,000,000
Identifier: islandora:19154

Title: Ramkie
Subject: Musical instruments--Botswana, Tswana (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.31 Spike lutes, Height: 140mm (5.5in), Width: 123mm (4.7in), Length: 561mm (22in), Place of production: Botswana
Identifier: islandora:20240

Title: North facing slopes of southern boundary of Key Area, vicinity 147/81
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa,
Identifier: islandora:9558

Title: SA Airways, station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Buildings
Description: Argus Chief Photographer Jim McLagan goes a bit glassy-eyed when he used the sheet of window pane in the station to get this double image.
Identifier: islandora:15103

Title: Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman and members of the -Kassie Family stand in front of the Tree of Family.
Subject: Tree of Family ; Kleinman, Karel, 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, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park--Religious aspects, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Found on the eastern border of the Old Bushman Camp, the Tree of Family is of great importance to the ǂKhomani San community and was both a resting and meeting place for the community. The tree also marks the grave of a member of the San community who died there in 1935. 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.
Identifier: islandora:27067

Title: House on a cobbled road, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A dog runs passed a home on a cobbled road in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18542

Title: Interior, Hondeklipbaai, Namaqualand
Subject: Older people--South Africa--Hondeklipbaai, Dwellings--South Africa—Hondeklipbaai, Hondeklipbaai (South Africa)--Social conditions,
Description: Elderly women sitting on a bed, Hondeklipbaai, Namaqualand.
Identifier: islandora:5166

Title: Molombo performing live, Mbabane, Swaziland
Subject: Musicians, Black--Swaziland, Jazz musicians--Swaziland, Jazz bands--Swaziland
Description: Malombo Jazz Makers performing live at the Royal Swazi Spa in Mbabane, Swaziland.
Identifier: islandora:18183

Title: Comparative study of trees
Subject: Trees, Arboriculture
Description: Illustrated table of comparison. Protea caffra, Tarchonanthus camphoratus and Euclea crispa., Blue print (ammonia copy) of original hand-drawn series.
Identifier: islandora:28030

Title: Freed prisoner receiving hug, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Elated: An excited well-wisher hugs Mr Mpumelelo Gaba, who spent nine years on Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16495

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