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Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Towerkop Staatsbos 1, Seweweekspoort, Swartberg Mountain range, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of an elephant in red. The weathering could be due to drops of water.
Identifier: islandora:21576

Title: Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major op. 38 "Spring" (2. Larghetto)
Subject: Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 38, B♭ major, Symphonies, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: UCT Symphony Orchestra, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28448

Title: Oral history interview with Thandeka Beauty Manxiwa [Part 1 of 2]
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., Pin8.04a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:36 min. ; interview 4 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29645

Title: Oral history interview with Ray Alexander [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Simons, R. E. (Ray Esther)
Description: This sub-collection of interviews with political activists includes themes such as African National Congress (ANC) party politics, ANC underground training in Angola and Soviet Union, Jabulani Nobleman 'Mzala' Nxumalo, 1980s schools boycotts and the United Democratic Front(UDF). Interviewees include Gertrude Fester, Joe Marks, Lizo Ngqugwana, and Ray Alexander. Date of the interview is unknown., Pin6.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 46:30 min. ; interview 9 of 10
Identifier: islandora:19448

Title: Oral history interview with Achmad Cassiem, a political activist and prisoner on Robben Island [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso, Political activists--South Africa--Biography, Pan Africanist Congress--History, South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History, Government, Resistance to--South Africa,
Description: The interviews in this collection focus on the life history of Robert Sobukwe, teacher, lecturer, lawyer, secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) Branch in Standerton and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Interviewees include Achmat Cassiem (activist and Robben Island prisoner), Benjamin Pogrund (author of his autobiography), Charmaine van Tonder (Robert Sobukwe's neighbour) and Dinilesizwe Sobukwe (Robert Sobukwe's son). Themes include: the controversy regarding his burial; the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); reflections on his funeral; his life on Robben Island; Sobukwe as a father; the Sharpeville Massacre and his work at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) . This sub-collection originated as research for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians award 2010., Pin13.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 47:02 min. ; interview 1 of 5
Identifier: islandora:19438

Title: Community Arts Project feature [Part 1]
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History
Description: Community Arts Project feature for Bush Radio, produced by Lotta Stjerndaiv. Interviews with Vanessa Davidson, education convenor at the Community Arts Project, broadcast on SAFM and P4. Bush Radio interview with Pogiso and Thozama of the Community Arts Project.
Identifier: islandora:31426

Title: Oral history interview with Emily Foza and Mrs Jack [ Part 1 of 2]
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, Foza, Emily,
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., Cwc2.60a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 30:20 min. ; interview 60 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18848

Title: Oral history interview with Cheryl Carolus [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, United Democratic Front (South Africa), Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government, ,
Description: The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; effects of apartheid; key figures involved with the UDF (including: Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett, Phyllis Orner); religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 01:03:24 min. ; interview 1 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24447

Title: Oral history interview with Elizabeth Gaywood, Chairperson of the Tibet Society of South Africa [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Tibet Society of South Africa
Description: After the Chinese Civil War, China incorporated Tibet into mainland China in 1950. This affirmed Chinese sovereignty over the region, but granted it autonomy. The 14th Dalai Lama repudiated this agreement and established a rival government in exile. This project uses the poetry and politics of pro-Tibet activists in South Africa to explore the styles and temporal modes through their narratives. Themes include: Buddhism; generating compassion; key figures; Office of Tibet; political consciousness; religious experiences; religious teachers; Tibet Society of South Africa., Pin12.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 56:52 min.; interview 1 of 2
Identifier: islandora:19434

Title: Oral history interview with Hosea Jaffe [Part 1 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Colored people (South Africa)--Political activity, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Non-European Unity Movement, Jaffe, Hosea
Description: This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.25a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 30:59 min. ; interview 25 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25852

Title: Jazz suite no. 1 (1. Baroque and Blue)
Subject: Bolling, Claude. Suites, flute, jazz ensemble, no. 1, Suites (Flute with jazz ensemble), Jazz, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Claude Bolling jazz suites for flute and jazz piano trio, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28351

Title: Oral history interview with Ebrahim 'Braima' Lippert [ Part 1 of 2]
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, Lippert, Ebrahim
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., Cwc2.119.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 18:16 min. ; interview 119 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18987

Title: Oral history interview with Fatiema Diedericks [ Part 1 of 2]
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, Diedericks, Fatiema
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., Cwc2.47a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 29:39 min. ; interview 47 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18819

Title: Oral history interview with Gadija Jacobs [ Part 1 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., Cwc2.91a.mp3: Part 1 of 9 ; 29:30 min. ; interview 91 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18939

Title: Jazz suite no. 1 (5. Versatile)
Subject: Bolling, Claude. Suites, flute, jazz ensemble, no. 1, Suites (Flute with jazz ensemble), Jazz, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Claude Bolling jazz suites for flute and jazz piano trio, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28355

Title: Oral history interview with Monty Weber, a drummer [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Weber, Monty, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Drummer--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Description: This is one interview in a collection of interviews composed of the life histories of twenty Cape Town jazz musicians. Some of the themes explored are the effects of apartheid in the music scene in the 1950's and 1960's; priorities of recording labels; music reception across social groupings in District Six and the extensive influence of American jazz. Music genres referred to span big band, the avant garde, bebop, dance, jive, marabi, township jazz, goema and Latin., Amu1.22a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:29 min ; interview 22 of 23
Identifier: islandora:24621

Title: Oral history interview with Wes Siyaka [Part 1 of 2]
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., Pin7.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 29:38 min. ; interview 13 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22555

Title: Oral history interview with Aisha Pitt [ Part 1 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, Pitt, Aisha
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., Cwc2.134a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 29:05 min. ; interview 134 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24491

Title: Oral history interview with Abdiel Majiet Voterson [ Part 1 of 4]
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, Voterson, Abdiel Majiet
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., Cwc2.181a.mp3: Part 1 of 4 ; 30:10 min. ; interview 181 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24473

Title: Oral history interview with Joe Marks [Part 1 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Marks, Joe
Description: This sub-collection of interviews with political activists includes themes such as African National Congress (ANC) party politics, ANC underground training in Angola and Soviet Union, Jabulani Nobleman 'Mzala' Nxumalo, 1980s schools boycotts and the United Democratic Front(UDF). Interviewees include Gertrude Fester, Joe Marks, Lizo Ngqugwana, and Ray Alexander., Pin6.04a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 30:42 min. ; interview 3 of 10
Identifier: islandora:19456

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