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Title: A Camel Thorn tree inside 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, Acacia erioloba---Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: A Camel Thorn tree (Acacia Erioloba) located east of Gemsbokplein in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, the ancestral home of ǂKhomani San. This tree was used as a resting point for men on the hunt and women collecting berries in the area. 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:26940

Title: Members of the San community present posters beneath the Tree of Life
Subject: Tree of Life, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Members of the community stand below the Tree of Life, where |Una Rooi was born. They show one of the completed maps created in the cultural mapping process. Community members in attendance include, Dawid Kruiper, Kheis Brou, |Una Rooi, Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman, and Anna Swart.
Identifier: islandora:27142

Title: Gemsbok cucumber
Subject: gemsbok cucumber, 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, Medicinal plants--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Plants, Edible--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: A gemsbok cucumber - named such because they are a favourite of the gemsbok - is an edible trailing plant with a bitter taste. 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:27022

Title: Anna Swarts
Subject: Swarts, Anna, 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, San (African people)--Languages, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Anna Swarts, a N|uu speaker, was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application.
Identifier: islandora:27154

Title: Joao Dikuanga, San artist
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, man, painted hat, Art, San--South Africa--Northern Cape, Artists--South Africa--Northern Cape, Handicraft--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12468

Title: Kheis Kruiper and Levi Namaseb
Subject: Kruiper, Kheis ; Namaseb, Levi, 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--Research--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Ouma Kheis Kruiper, Dawid Kruiper's wife, works closely with Levi Namaseb to record her family's genealogy.
Identifier: islandora:27180

Title: Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman stands beside a dry borehole to demonstrate size and scale
Subject: Kleinman, Karel "Vet Piet", 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, Wells--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Game wardens--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Pits were originally dug for water but when these dry up, they are left uncovered and open to the elements, leaving a hole with an opening wide enough for children and young animals to fall into. Unfortunately, there have been incidences where children have fallen in and died.Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman demonstrates the size and scale of one of the pits. Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman was a skilled and well-known field ranger until his death in 2004. He was trained by Regopstaan Kruiper and was passing this ethnoecological knowledge on to a new generation of San trackers in a training project known as ||Uruke. 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:27017

Title: Hanna Koper
Subject: Koper, Hanna, 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, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Hanna Koper viewing a photographic exhibition in the Information Centre at the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park access gate.
Identifier: islandora:27145

Title: Vegetation inside 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, Acacia erioloba---Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Facing North East of Gemsbokplein (towards Botswana), a large grey Camel Thorn tree (Acacia Erioloba) marks the area where ǂKhomani San women used to come to gather berries. These berries start appearing between October and November and are picked towards the end of December, around Christmas. The tree was occasionally also used as a resting and meeting place. 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:26451

Title: The Tree of Life
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, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park--Religious aspects, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: This large Camel Thorn tree (Acacia Erioloba), is situated near the Old Bushman Camp near Twee Riverien in what became the Park warden's garden. It is here, under this tree, that |Una Rooi was born and marks the place where she and her sisters, grew up. This tree is, however, also a symbolic marker of what the San community lost when their homes and belongings were burnt and they were forced to leave the area.
Identifier: islandora:27132

Title: Jakob Malgas, overlooking the three trees, takes a private moment to reconnect with his ancestral heritage
Subject: 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, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Jakob Malgas views the Tree of Healing, Tree of Family and Tree of Love from a nearby dune. The three trees, found on the outskirts of the Old Bushman Camp, form an integral part of the ǂKhomani San's cultural heritage and marks the location of births, graves and sites of great cultural significance. Today the trees act as symbolic markers of what the San community lost when they were evicted from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.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:27028

Title: Southern Kalahari San place names, Map item #24; Map item #31
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), Names, Geographical, San (African people), San (African people)--Africa, Southern--Ethnic identity, , ,
Description: This map shows the original Khoekhoegowab place names of sites in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as recounted by ǂKhomani and other San informants, includes an inset map of the Northern Cape province (bordering with Namibia and Botswana). The place names usually reflect the characteristics or the use of the area. The map includes photographs of San contributors and archival images from D.F. Bleek and A.M. Duggan-Cronin. [Scale included]. [Coordinates estimated]
Identifier: islandora:27314

Title: Monto Masako Hasjenda, San artist
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, man, painting, home, Art, San--South Africa--Northern Cape, Artists--South Africa--Northern Cape, Painters--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12472

Title: Former soldier smoking
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, man, pipe, San, indigenous, smoke, cup, mug, window, light, coat, hat, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa, Veterans--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: A former !Xun soldier smoking. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11755

Title: Outside Schmidtsdrift army camp
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:12232

Title: Two San men
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, boy, man, San, indigenous, hut, thatch, sand, chair, hat, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: Two San men outside a hut. They are two of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok Park. Motsemenong, Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12017

Title: Carving wood
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, army, woman, craft, !Xun, Khwe, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Handicraft--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12225

Title: Playing the guitar
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dispossessed, celebration, guitar, dance, ancestral, land, return, pots, sand, music, Khomani (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa--Music, Dance--South Africa, San (African people)--Recreation--South Africa, Guitar--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Khomani San return to their ancestral land in the Kalahari. One man plays a guitar while another dances. Northern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12113

Title: Unidentified house in Loubos, Northern Cape, South Africa
Subject: San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Dwellings, Rehoboth Basters (African people)--Dwellings, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The residential community of Loubos, Northern Cape, South Africa, is a mixture of San and Basters (descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women). The houses here are near the salt pan.
Identifier: islandora:27217

Title: Children in the Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, land rights, children, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Western Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Western Cape, San (African people)--Dwellings--South Africa--Western Cape, Indigenous children--South Africa--Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12209

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