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Title: Oral history interview with Phillida Milano [ 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, Milano, Phillida
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., Cwc2.125b.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 29:27 min. ; interview 125 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24465

Title: Oral history interview with Fozia Salie [ Part 3 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, Salie, Fozia
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., Cwc2.152a.mp3: Part 3 of 6 ; 29:10 min. ; interview 152 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24550

Title: Oral history interview with Hadji Hoosain Hendricks [ Part 5 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, Hendricks, Hoosain, Hadji
Description: Ebrahim Edries interviews Hadji Hoosain Hendricks, an ex-resident of District Six, Cape Town., Cwc2.76a.mp3: Part 5 of 6 ; 29:28 min. ; interview 76 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18906

Title: Breathing exercises for children
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Breathing exercises--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Breathing exercises for children at the Community Arts Project.
Identifier: islandora:29104

Title: Oral history interview with Derrick Williams [ Part 3 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, Williams, Derrick
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., Cwc2.194a.mp3: Part 3 of 6 ; 29:19 min. ; interview 194 of 208
Identifier: islandora:19381

Title: Celebrations, Houses of Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Festivals, History, Colonialism
Description: Celebrations outside the Houses of Parliament, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14897

Title: Oral history interview with Rhona Howard [Part 4 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, Cwc6.20b.mp3: Part 4 of 6 ; 30:37 min; interview 20 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24733

Title: Women waiting, 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 group of women wait patiently in a room. District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18530

Title: Masked performance satirizing the Tricameral Parliament
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Theater--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Masked performance satirizing the Tricameral Parliament, at the Community Arts Project, Woodstock.
Identifier: islandora:29036

Title: Oral history interview with Zubeida Booley [ Part 13 of 16]
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, Booley, Zubeida
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., Cwc2.25a.mp3: Part 13 of 16 ; 29:33 min. ; interview 25 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12789

Title: Natal Arch, 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1910, History, Monuments, Colonialism
Description: South African union, Cape Town, 1910, Natal Arch
Identifier: islandora:14909

Title: Residents at their homes, 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: Residents stand around their homes and washing hangs on the front veranda of adjoined houses in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18545

Title: Two young girls hugging, 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: Two young girls sit on a pavement with arms around each other in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18539

Title: Dockland on Monday mornings, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour (South Africa), History
Description: On Monday mornings, Dockland is early astir. The berthing and unloading of the mail boat is always a scene of bustle and this is observable throughout this area of wharfs and shipping.
Identifier: islandora:17952

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Juliega Gaffoor [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, Gaffoor, Juliega, ,
Description: Karen Daniels interviews Mrs Juliega Gaffoor, 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, Cwc6.13b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 30:29 min; interview 13 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24722

Title: Cape Dutch homestead, Bergvliet Farm, Cape Town
Subject: Bergvliet (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Architecture, History, Housing, Cape Dutch architecture,
Description: Cape Dutch homestead in Bergvliet at Retreat
Identifier: islandora:16840

Title: Rondebosch Main Road, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Traders, Informal sector (Economics), Markets, History, Buildings, Suburbs
Description: Flower sellers bargain in Belmont Road. In the background is the old fountain, once the drinking place for horses.
Identifier: islandora:16611

Title: Young boy holding a wheel, 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 young boy stands in a field holding a large wheel in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18536

Title: Oral history interview with Emmanuel Wilson [ 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, Wilson, Emmanuel
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., Cwc2.198a.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 29:24 min. ; interview 198 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24533

Title: Technology, Cape Times Big Walk, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Sports, Charity, Newspapers, Technology, History
Description: The computer of Management Computer Services is fed with information to enable it to prepare lists of the winners of the "Cape Times' Big Walk.
Identifier: islandora:16979

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