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Title: |Una Rooi, Print # 2
Subject: Rooi, |Una, 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, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi participating in the data collection for the Land Claims process. |Una Rooi was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application. She was a fluent N|uu speaker and taught N|uu and San cultural history to children in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa, and was a Member of Council of Elders. She was born in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park in 1931 and passed away in 2012.
Identifier: islandora:27198

Title: Vegetation in the arid landscape of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Subject: 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, Plants--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Vegetation located just North West of Gemsbokplein in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, the ancestral home of ǂKhomani San. This open area was used as a hunting ground. This image was taken during one of the first data collection excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Images from this period were key in building a strong foundation for the oral history and mapping processes in the early years of the Land Claim research process.
Identifier: islandora:26453

Title: Bongi Kasiki at home
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, woman, children, home, doorway, Artists--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12502

Title: Oral history interview with H. Rensberg [ 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, Rensberg, H
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., Cwc2.137a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 29:09 min. ; interview 137 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24573

Title: Traditional dance
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, traditional, man, men, fire, sand, night, Khomani (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa--Social life and customs, Dance--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Evening gathering with dancing at the fire. Khomani San perform a traditional dance. Kalahari, Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:12050

Title: ǂKhomani San : Tree of Family : trees are our heritage
Subject: Tree of Family, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, ,
Description: This poster outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. It explores the cultural and symbolic value of the Shepherd's Bush tree as "The Tree of Family". The poster includes photographs of Shepherd's Bush tree as well as San people.
Identifier: islandora:27319

Title: Sitlanjani
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 242 Tube- or vessel-kazoos, Height: 21mm (0.8in), Width: 30mm (1.2in), Length: 77mm (2.8in), Place of production: Spelonken (Limpopo, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20124

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: Soldier with pipe
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, army, soldier, road, !Xun, Khwe, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Soldiers--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12229

Title: Oral history interview with Gadija Adams [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Adams, Gadija, ,
Description: Karen Daniels Oral history interviews Gadija Adams, an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These Oral history interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the Oral history interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each Oral history interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the Oral history interview dynamics and the date of the Oral history interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.04b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 30:34 min; interview 4 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24694

Title: Malay and Malay Priests - Cape flats - Table Mountain in the distance
Subject: Malays (Asian people) in art, South Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Malay woman and man centrally placed in the Cape Flats landscape with two Malay priests in right foreground, with Table Mountain in the distance. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26399

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, woman, San, indigenous, hut, sticks, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa. Kauduma, Kalahari Gemsbok Park.
Identifier: islandora:12041

Title: Simon Ngwenya, goat farmer
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, man, boots, stick, goats, farmer, San (African people)--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, San (African people)--Agriculture--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, Goat farmers--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, Chrissiesmeer (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12439

Title: Old man Gerrick returns to the mountain
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, elderly man, being led, helped, walking, mountain, woman, San (African people)--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal--Rites and ceremonies, San (African people)--Drakensberg Mountains--Rites and ceremonies, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12432

Title: Bill Kemp and unidentified researcher standing beside the Tree of Family.
Subject: Tree of Family ; Kemp, Bill, 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--Research--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The Tree of Family is found on the Eastern border of the Old Bushman Camp and is of great importance to the ǂKhomani San community. The tree is was both a resting and meeting place for the community and also marks the grave of a member of the San community who died there in 1935. Bill Kemp of Strata360 was essential in the cartographic research conducted during the ǂKhomani San Land Claim process.
Identifier: islandora:27065

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20789

Title: Piet Rooi and Buks Kruiper inside the park.
Subject: Rooi, Piet ; Kruiper, Buks, 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, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Piet Rooi and Buks Kruiper connect inside the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Buks Kruiper was a skilled hunter and known for catching cheetah and jackals.
Identifier: islandora:27127

Title: ǂKhomani San : trees are our heritage, Map item #23
Subject: Tree of Life ; Tree of Love ; Tree of Family ; Tree of Healing, San (African people), San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--History, Empire Exhibition (1936 : Johannesburg, South Africa), San (African people)--Social life and customs, , ,
Description: This poster introduces and outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. This explains the forced removal and land claim of the San including the influence of Donald Bain. The map in the poster's centre shows ǂA ka ǂnaus, the traditional Living Area of ǂKhomani San (including the Tree of Life, Tree of Love, Tree of Family and Tree of Healing) within the Kalagadi Transfrontier National Park. Photographic images depict Donald Bain and an image of Bushmen being trucked to his Empire Exhibition.
Identifier: islandora:27318

Title: Oral history interview with Wallace Rossouw [Part 5 of 6]
Subject: Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Rossouw, Wallace, ,
Description: Karen Daniels interviews Wallace Rossouw, an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the interview dynamics and the date of the interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.33a.mp3: Part 5 of 6 ; 30:20 min; interview 33 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24753

Title: Oral history interview with Ismail Abrahams [ Part 3 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, Abrahams, Ismail
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., Cwc2.05a.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 29:31 min. ; interview 5 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12728

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