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Title: Sol Rachilo, Johannesburg, 1958
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Commercial photography--South Africa--Johannesburg, Magazine covers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Drum (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Description: Sol Rachilo, actor and entrepreneur, posing for a promotional pamphlet for Drum, the first magazine in South Africa that featured black cover-girls. Johannesburg, 1958.
Identifier: islandora:7472

Title: Gangster's funeral, South Africa, 1995
Subject: Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Soweto, Gangsters--South Africa--Soweto, Criminals--South Africa--Soweto, Soweto (South Africa)--Social conditions, Best of Marinovich
Description: Gang members who specialised in car hijacking, celebrate at the funeral of slain gangster, Darkie, in Soweto's Avalon Cemetery, 16 Oct 1995. It is customary to have a party and celebrate rather than mourn at the funerals of gangsters and criminals.
Identifier: islandora:1189

Title: A man holding large stick, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Social conditions--South Africa, Urban areas--South Africa, Male violence--South Africa,
Description: A man walks passed a clothing store, holding a large stick, on a pavement in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:1239

Title: New Xade
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, return, home, land rights, hut, sand, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District--Social conditions, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District--Claims, San (African people)--Relocation--Botswana--Ghanzi District, San (African people)--Housing--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Huts--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12308

Title: Edmund 'Ntemi' Piliso, Johannesburg, 1952
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Saxophonists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Musicians, Black--South Africa--Johannesburg, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Johannesburg, Entertainers--South Africa
Description: Ntemi Piliso, a major force on the local music scene in the fifties, formed his own hot-and-happening Alexandra All-Star Band. Johannesburg, 1952.
Identifier: islandora:7441

Title: Residents of Bonteheuwel
Subject: familySouth Africa--Rural conditions, Women, Children
Description: A mother and her children stand inside the doorway of their house.
Identifier: islandora:8433

Title: Mr President, Schalk McVenter, Frikkie McBotha and Jock van der Merwe of the Gauteng Bolanders want a Scottish homeland of their own
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918- --Caricatures and cartoons, Whites--South Africa--Social conditions--21st century--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Certain whites, feeling their cultural heritage and independence threatened, continued to yearn for an exclusive homeland. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6170

Title: Child at the Mai Mai hostel, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Children--South Africa--Johannesburg, Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Urban housing--South Africa--Johannesbueg
Description: A young girl stands outside a room in the Mai Mai hostel in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18574

Title: Traditional herders on a mountain, Lesotho
Subject: Lesotho--Social conditions, Lesotho--Social life and customs, Zulu (African people)--Lesotho,
Description: Traditional herders on a mountain in Lesotho.
Identifier: islandora:18628

Title: Two men walking with backpacks, Genadendal, South Africa
Subject: Genadendal (South Africa)—Social conditions, Men—South Africa--Genadendal,
Description: Two men walking with backpacks along a gravel road in Genadendal, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18293

Title: Portrait of a farm worker standing outside a thatched building, Genadendal, South Africa
Subject: Genadendal (South Africa)—Social conditions, Men—South Africa--Genadendal,
Description: A farm worker stands outside a thatched barn in Genadendal, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18297

Title: Lighting up, Johannesburg, 1953
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Cigarette smokers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Young men--South Africa--Johannesburg, Blacks--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Lighting up a cigarette, Johannesburg, 1953.
Identifier: islandora:7430

Title: Ukumoga dance at a funeral
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Men--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Nyakyusa (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: The ukumoga dance at a funeral. This photograph depicts the same ritual event as seen in: Good company: a study of Nyakyusa age villages. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute. Plate XIV. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5655

Title: Woman pushing her child in a pram, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, South Africa--Social life and customs, Women--South Africa, Mothers--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Boys--South Africa,
Description: A woman pushes her young boy in a pram on the pavement in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18624

Title: Young woman carrying a basket
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Young women--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Baskets--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Portrait of a young woman carrying a basket. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5593

Title: Ditch-workers, Johannesburg, 1951
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Blue collar workers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Men--South Africa--Johannesburg, Unskilled labor--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Ditch-workers in Johannesburg, pounding rhythmically and singing, 1951.
Identifier: islandora:7427

Title: Oral history interview with Wilhelmina Trout [Part 3 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Labor unions--Social aspects--South Africa, Economic conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Labor union members--South Africa--Interviews
Description: The interviews trace the working lives and political consciousness of three people involved with trade unions in industry. Themes include: Combined Workers Union, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), family background, gender discrimination, job reservation, student activism 1976-1985, shop stewards, political consciousness, working conditions, working environment and the 1980 school boycotts., Por3.04.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 07:35 min. ; interview 4 of 4
Identifier: islandora:25027

Title: Army tents
Subject: Bushman, San, South Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, army camp, tents, community, landscape, !Xun, Khwe, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--Housing--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)--Social conditions, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12492

Title: Sandrift
Subject: Richtersveld (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Nama (African people)--Dwellings, Self-help housing--South Africa--Richtersveld, Housing, Rural--South Africa--Richtersveld,
Description: Building a matjieshuis (mat house), the traditional house of the Nama people.
Identifier: islandora:5024

Title: Farm labourer, Merebank
Subject: Subsistence farming--South Africa, Agricultural workers--South Africa, Casual labor--South Africa, Informal sector (Economics)--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A farm labourer who finds work from market gardeners.
Identifier: islandora:5720

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