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Title: Oral history interview with Derrick Williams [ Part 2 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., Cwc2.193b.mp3: Part 2 of 6 ; 29:22 min. ; interview 193 of 208
Identifier: islandora:19380

Title: Oral history interview with Mr H.J. Bates [Part 5 of 5]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.04a.mp3: Part 5 of 5 ; 17:50 min. ; interview 4 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24999

Title: Anti-COSATU parade, Durban, May Day 1986
Subject: Labor unions, Labor union members--Political activity, Inkatha Freedom Party, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Thomas Mandla Shabalala, Inkatha central committee member, leads an anti-COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) parade at the launch of Inkatha's trade union wing, the United Workers Union of South Africa (UWUSA). Rural chiefs were instructed to fill buses with their people for the event, and special trains brought Inkatha supporters to the UWUSA rally. To complete the extravaganza, Chief Buthelezi arrived in a helicopter.
Identifier: islandora:858

Title: Young girls standing at a fence in 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 peer over a fence outside a shared property in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18523

Title: Rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Description: Addressing the crowd at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released political prisoners, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12609

Title: Kgalagadi Music
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., ""!Kung Broadcasting Corporation, Bechuanaland""
Identifier: islandora:22593

Title: Oral history interview with Stoto Zibi, a jazz saxophonist [Transcript]
Subject: Oral history, Zibi, Joseph Stoto, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Saxophonist--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.
Identifier: islandora:24630

Title: Oral history interview with Otillie Abrahams [Part 2 of 7]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- Namibia--Interviews, Namibia--Politics and government, Government, resistance to--Namibia, Abrahams, Otillie
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), Pin4.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 7 ; 48:25 min. ; interview 1 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25840

Title: Mime performance
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Pantomime--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Community Arts Project mime group performance.
Identifier: islandora:29037

Title: Madagascar. Plate 16
Subject: Protestant Churches--Missions--Madagascar--History, Madagascar--Description and travel--Maps, Protestant churches--Missions--Madagascar--Maps,
Description: Map of the northern part of Madagascar showing protestant mission stations, names of places, Channel of Mozambique, islands, and commucaton links. Some colours. Scale 100 English miles to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30018

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Hanna [Part 2 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 Windermere/Kensington in the Western Cape focuses on the coloured residents of the area and examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: discriminatory laws, government policy, housing, racialised spaces and the smuggling of alcohol by residents and shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold)., Pin9.07b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 03:05 min. ; interview 7 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29634

Title: Africa
Subject: Transportation--Africa--History, Africa--Description and travel--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Africa showing the story of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route, with names of countries or territories, proposed railways, railways under construction, railways in operation, lakes, rivers, and motor routes. Relief shown by altitude tints. Coloured. Scale 1:9,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:30038

Title: Plan of the Transkeian Territories, sheet no. 7
Subject: South Africa--Bantustans--Maps, Transkei (South Africa)--History--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing sheet no. 7 of the Plan of the Transkeian Territories, with the District of Elliot Slang River and parts of Maclear and Engcobo, reserves, major settlements, names of places, plan numbers, district boundaries, rivers, roads, plantations, and forests. Scale: 800 Cape roods to 1 in. Relief shown by shading. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:30067

Title: Oral history interview with Otillie Abrahams [Part 5 of 7]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- Namibia--Interviews, Namibia--Politics and government, Government, resistance to--Namibia, Abrahams, Otillie
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), Pin4.03a.mp3: Part 5 of 7 ; 48:01 min. ; interview 3 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25843

Title: Silkscreen poster production
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Serigraphy--South Africa--Cape Town, Posters--South Africa--Cape Town--Design and construction,
Description: Silkscreen poster production at the CAP Media Project.
Identifier: islandora:29030

Title: Oral history interview with Brian Eggelsohn, a bassist [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Egglesohn, Brian, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape-- Interviews, Bassist--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., Amu1.04b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 01:59 min ; interview 4 of 23
Identifier: islandora:24585

Title: Stellenbosch Wine Waggon - Table Mountain in the Distance
Subject: Wagons in art, Transportation--South Africa--History--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Ox-drawn waggon carrying barrels crossing a plain with mountains in the background. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26368

Title: g//abake
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Continuation of recordings from questionnaire with (a) O.R. Monaheng, Box 14, Serowe (g//aba); (b) Keitumele Marekwa, Nata Camp, including future tens, Tape numbered 5.8, 9
Identifier: islandora:22188

Title: Union of South Africa
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--Maps, , , ,
Description: Map of the Union of South Africa showing parts of the Cape of Good Hope, South-West Africa and the Bechuanaland Protectorate, names of towns and places, international boundaries, enlargement of Cape Town, railways, roads, pans, reserves, and mountains. Scale: 1 in 1,500,000. Projection not given.
Identifier: islandora:29963

Title: Overture
Subject: Vaalbooi, Petrus, San (African people) --History, San (African people)--Land tenure--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park,
Description: This short clip is an extract from Tracks across sand : the ǂKhomani San of the southern Kalahari : the story of a land claim, and provides a brief introduction to the San of the Southern Kalahari.
Identifier: islandora:26335

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