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Title: Tourist and San man
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, woman, bushveld, San, indigenous, bow, arrow, hut, thatch, rock, Heritage tourism--South Africa, Tourists--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa, Western Cape (South Africa)
Description: A woman tourist poses with a San man at the Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve. To the right, part of a grass hut can be seen, and in the background, rock formations. Kagga Kamma, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11864

Title: Healing dance demonstration at the Kalahari Cultural Week
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, San (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Khomani (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: During the 2005 Cultural Week in the Kalahari, San community members from Botswana and South Africa (including Buks Kruiper and Dawid Malgas) were invited to make crafts and demonstrate tracking, hunting and other activities. Here, San people demonstrate the healing dance know as |qû. The elders are dressed in pants and shirts dancing with the ǂKhomani dance group. The dance is intended to assist in the healing of sick individuals. Traditionally men would dance while the women and children would sing and clap. The men occasionally go into a trance and enter the spirit world where the ancestors would guide them in the healing.
Identifier: islandora:27149

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:12048

Title: Church service
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, church, pulpit, pastor, San, indigenous, banner, religion, Christianity, sermon, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: Dutch Reformed Church service. Dominee Mario Mahongu is at the pulpit. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11750

Title: Playing soccer
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, return, home, land rights, settlement, soccer, children, playing, ball, youths, San (African people)--Recreation--South Africa--Western Cape, San (African people)--Sports--South Africa--Western Cape, Indigenous youth--South Africa--Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12333

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:12052

Title: Willem Swarts and his adopted family
Subject: Swarts, Willem;, 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, Khomani (African people)--Dwellings, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Willem Swarts is a local San community leader living in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:27085

Title: Child at Schmidtsdrift
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, land rights, army, youth, tent, !Xun, Khwe, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Indigenous children--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12212

Title: GPS Land Use and Occupancy Survey : Jakob Malgas, Map item #13
Subject: Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Africa, Southern--Maps, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), ,
Description: A map of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park showing various numbered points of interest within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. There is no legend but these numbers are believed to correspond with GPS co-ordinates taken at sites of cultural significance gleaned from interviews with members of the San community.
Identifier: islandora:27337

Title: Bernardo Rumao, San artist
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, man, painting, portrait, 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:12469

Title: Bridal couple
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, wedding, couple, San, indigenous, ceremony, ritual, suit, dress, man, woman, bride, groom, husband, wife, Weddings--South Africa, San (African people)--Marriage customs and rites--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: A bride and groom at a mass wedding ceremony held for 36 couples. There are seated people in the background. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11888

Title: [Screenshot of GPS data maps], Map item #9
Subject: water hole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Africa, Southern--Maps, ,
Description: A screenshot of geo-positioning software showing several points within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The details of one point - a water hole - are revealed in an open window.
Identifier: islandora:27333

Title: Members of the San community meet to discuss the land claim
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, San (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, Khomani (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Members of the community meet in Au#gas (Bitterpan) to discuss their land claim. The area got its name from the very bitter tsamma melons (Citrullus lanatus) growing near the pan. Nigel Crawhall can be seen on the right.
Identifier: islandora:27135

Title: Khomani San win their land claim
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, Thabo Mbeki, Dawid Kruiper, Petrus Vaalbooi, Kruiper, Dawid, Vaalbooi, Petrus, Mbeki, Thabo, Khomani (African people)--Claims, Khomani (African people)--Relocation--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape--Claims, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12319

Title: Anna Swarts and her extended family
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, family, hut, village, San, indigenous, work, thatch, sand, woman, man, children, San (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Anna Swarts (sitting on the right) and her extended family in the Mier area just outside of the Kalahari Gemsbok Park, from where they were resettled in the 1960s. Welkom, Northern Province, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11973

Title: Traditional dance
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dispossessed, trance dance, return, land, fire, night, tradition, celebration, ritual, Khomani San--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa--Social life and customs, Dance--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Evening gathering with traditional dancing at the fire. Khomani San, on their return to their land in the Kalahari, dance at night at a fire. Northern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12115

Title: Stefaans Samcuia at home
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, family, sunset, home, man, woman, children, baby, Artists--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Family relationships--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12508

Title: Xausendi pan within 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, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: An area known as Xausendi meaning "diarrhoea". The pans in this region have water that causes bad stomach cramps and diarrhoea. The bad water discourages animals from congregating here which reduces the number of predators.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:26966

Title: Members of the San community rest at a roadside stop, Print # 20
Subject: San (African people)--South Africa--Welkom, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Welkom, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Members of the San community including |Una Rooi, |Abaka Koper and Kheis Brou reconnect with their cultural heritage during a research trip into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. They share their stories and memories with Hugh Brody and others, to strengthen their Land Claim and have their history recorded for future generations.
Identifier: islandora:27204

Title: Healing dance demonstration at the Kalahari Cultural Week
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, San (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Khomani (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: During the 2005 Cultural Week in the Kalahari, San community members from Botswana and South Africa (including Kheis Kruiper) were invited to make crafts and demonstrate tracking, hunting and other activities. Here, San people demonstrate the healing dance know as |qû. The elders are dressed in pants and shirts dancing with the ǂKhomani dance group. The dance is intended to assist in the healing of sick individuals. Traditionally men would dance while the women and children would sing and clap. The men occasionally go into a trance and enter the spirit world where the ancestors would guide them in the healing.
Identifier: islandora:27150

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