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Title: Umzi
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Huts--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: An umzi of "school people".
Identifier: islandora:5395

Title: Man and child outside Schmidtsdrift
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, army, soldier, road, child, !Xun, Khwe, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Soldiers--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12231

Title: Tourist with bow and arrow
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, bow, woman, man, San, indigenous, Heritage tourism--South Africa, Bow and arrow--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa, Western Cape (South Africa)
Description: A tourist tests out a bow and arrow; another woman uses her camera; Michael Daiber, manager of the Kagga Kamma nature reserve carries a San child. Kagga Kamma, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11976

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:20784

Title: House of Representatives, Tricameral Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Coloured people (South Africa), South Africa. Tricameral Parliament, Segregation
Description: New House: The new National Party Ministers' Council in the House of Representatives got down to business with its first official meeting today. Council chairman, centre, Mr Jac Rabie and Reverend Andrew Julies, left, Minister of Health and Welfare, are in front with Mr Patrick McEnery, Director General of the House. In the back row are Mr Pieter Saaiman, Minister of Local Government, Housing and Agriculture, Education and culture Minister Mr Abe Williams, Budget Minister Mr Gerald Morkel, and Mr Cecil Heradien, Deputy Minister of Local Government, Housing and Agriculture.
Identifier: islandora:16923

Title: Jakob Malgas collecting tsamma melons, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Subject: tsamma melons ; Malgas, Jakob, 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, Edible--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Hunting and gathering societies--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Jakob Malgas collecting tsamma melons (Citrullus lanatus) between Kij Kij and Tierkop. 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:26945

Title: Women's self-help project
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, portrait, San, indigenous, group, gathering, dress, San (African people)--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: Women at a women's self-help project. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11749

Title: Oral history interview with Ragmat Buffkins [ 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, Buffkins, Ragmat
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., Cwc2.28a.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 28:27 min. ; interview 28 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12797

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, woman, portrait, hut, thatch, settlement, 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 National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12036

Title: School children
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Primary school facilities--South Africa--Eastern Cape, School children--South Africa--
Description: School children during break at Auckland Village Primary School.
Identifier: islandora:5461

Title: Oral history interview with Mr September [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Civil rights movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Colored people (South Africa)--Political activity, South Africa--Politics and government--1909-1948
Description: The interviews in this collection cover a wide range of topics linked to coloured identity, political organisations and activities in South Africa during the 1940s and post-1948 era. It includes information on protest actions, the defiance campaign, the torch commando, boycotts and train resistance efforts following the 1948 National Party election. Themes include the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department movement (Anti-CAD), civic organisations, education and welfare, the introduction of the Group Areas Act, political parties, race and class issues, the removal of coloured men from the national voters roll in 1956 and the Unity Movement., Pin3.08b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 10:17 min. ; interview 8 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19421

Title: Bushman - Another Method
Subject: San (African people) in art, San (African people)--South Africa--Hunting, Ostriches in art, South Africa--In art
Description: Depicts two Bushman disguised as ostriches creeping up on unwary game. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26390

Title: Duma family on the mountain
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, group, silhouette, fire, sunset, 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:12434

Title: Oral history interview with Beatrice Jaftha [ Part 4 of 5]
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, Jaftha, Beatrice
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., Cwc2.98a.mp3: Part 4 of 5 ; 29:46 min. ; interview 98 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18954

Title: Sitting in the sun
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, army, tent, man, !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:12220

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:12055

Title: Mag'g'bya dance to celebrate an initiation
Subject: Lobedu (African people)--South Africa--Limpopo--Rites and ceremonies, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: HaModjadji, Lebowa, Northern Transvaal (Limpopo Province) South Africa. A male mag�g�bya dancer in the kh�r� or royal courtyard of the Balobedu people at their capital haModjadji in northern South Africa, then part of the Lebowa homeland. The dancers are there to celebrate the initiation of the so called Vyali from the male initiation school - the Vuhwera. This image was taken during the reign of Mokope Modjadji V, who was the fifth Rain Queen. She played a very traditional role, followed all the customs she was expected to and lived in seclusion at the royal compound. In time past, tribes from all over Southern Africa paid homage to the reigning Modjadji as it was believed she could control the rain. Sir Ryder Haggard used her as a model for his character Ayesha in 'She'. 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7204

Title: Social event
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Weddings--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: A social event, possibly a Christian wedding.
Identifier: islandora:5464

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Jamie Kariem [ Part 6 of 6]
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, Kariem, Jamie
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., Cwc2.107b.mp3: Part 6 of 6 ; 16:25 min. ; interview 107 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18971

Title: Oral history interview with Rhona Howard [Part 2 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, Howard, Rhona, ,
Description: Karen Daniels interviews Rhona Howard, 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, Cwc6.19b.mp3: Part 2 of 6 ; 30:47 min; interview 19 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24731

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