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Title: Kys
Subject: Housing, Rural--South Africa--Namaqualand, Namaqualand (South Africa)--Rural conditions,
Description: A resident of the rural area of Kys.
Identifier: islandora:5096

Title: Social gathering
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Clothing, Crowds--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Social gathering. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5501

Title: Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Lapsley, Michael, Truth and Lies,
Description: Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997. A New Zealander, he arrived at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 1973 and deported to Lesotho in 1976 where he joined the ANC and trained Anglican priests. In April 1990, after the release of Nelson Mandela, he received a letter bomb believed to have been sent by a government death squad. He lost an eye and both hands.
Identifier: islandora:785

Title: 'The dignity of the homestead'
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Dwellings, Huts--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: 'The dignity of the homestead' - old style. Note the tree planted and carefully protected, in the courtyard. Photograph taken at Rungwe Mission Station.
Identifier: islandora:5519

Title: Waiting for the 'whites only' bus, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: Buses--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Social conditions--South Africa--Pretoria, Segregation----South Africa--Pretoria, Race discrimination--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Waiting for a 'whites only' bus under apartheid's policies of racial segregation, Pretoria, South Africa, November 1988.
Identifier: islandora:5352

Title: Cattle at pasture
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Cattle--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Cattle at pasture.
Identifier: islandora:5551

Title: Exhumation, Vlakplaas, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Tholakele Ngqulunga, during an exhumation at her husband's grave, Vlakplaas 1998.
Identifier: islandora:803

Title: Women in defiance, Johannesburg, 1952
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Women political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Race discrimination--South Africa--Johannesburg, Women, Black--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Women of the African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg participating in the Defiance Campaign, 1952.
Identifier: islandora:7463

Title: Pushing their vehicle
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, removal, return, home, land rights, Alternative Nobel Prize, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District--Social conditions, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District--Claims, San (African people)--Relocation--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12197

Title: Tattersalls betting shop, Johannesburg, 1959
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Gambling--South Africa--Johannesburg, Leisure--South Africa--Johannesburg, Book-making (Betting)--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Many betting shops were to be found in old Johannesburg. Horse-racing was one of the oldest established sports in the city. 1959.
Identifier: islandora:7470

Title: Women of Nourivier
Subject: Namaqualand (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Rural elderly--South Africa--Namaqualand, Women--South Africa--Namaqualand,
Description: Women of Nourivier.
Identifier: islandora:5040

Title: Flooding, Mozambique, 2000
Subject: Floods--Mozambique--Maputo, Maputo (Mozambique)--Rural conditions, Children, Black--Mozambique--Maputo, Girls--Mozambique--Maputo
Description: The results of flooding in Chokwe Township in southern Maputo after severe flooding in Mozambique, 2000.
Identifier: islandora:1475

Title: Hostels of migrant workers
Subject: East London (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Migrant labor--Housing--South Africa--East London, Industrial housing--South Africa--East London
Description: Hostels of migrant workers.
Identifier: islandora:5640

Title: Two young girls walking side-by-side, Turkey
Subject: Turkey--Social conditions, Girls--Turkey, Children--Turkey,
Description: Two young girls walk side-by-side and converse with each other, Turkey.
Identifier: islandora:18646

Title: Young child, Johannesburg, 1975
Subject: Children--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, Winer Batch01,
Description: Child from Newclare "coloured" township, Johannesburg, 1975.
Identifier: islandora:12519

Title: Maria, a Christian elder
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Women--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Christian women--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Maria, a Christian elder. Photograph taken at Rungwe Mission Station.
Identifier: islandora:5542

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Florrie Malan [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Calvinia (South Africa)--History, Calvinia (South Africa)--Social conditions, South African War, 1899-1902, Missions--South Africa--Calvinia, Church schools--South Africa--Calvinia,
Description: These interviews present a discussion on missionary schooling in Calvinia, South Africa, the characters and their memories of the Anglo-Boer War. Themes include: Boers, the relationship between the British troops and the missionaries, the community of Calvinia, key figures such as Hugo Nieuwoudt, a Boer leader and Abraham Esau, memories of the Esau murder, National Party meeting, political tensions, racial aggression and tension and trade relations. Abraham Esau was a coloured blacksmith and leader from Calvinia. He was murdered by the Boers in 1901 as a result of his unfailing support for the British., Pol4.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 23:02 min. ; interview 1 of 2
Identifier: islandora:24760

Title: Social gathering
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Children--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Social gathering. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5498

Title: Dancing at the Ritz, Johannesburg, 1952
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Entertainers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Dancers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Nightclubs--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: The Ritz, downtown Johannesburg, was the place to go for a jive come Friday night. The Johannesburg townships expressed all the vigour and optimism of the new post-war generation with exuberant music and dance, before the full oppression of apartheid closed in on them. Johannesburg, 1952.
Identifier: islandora:7439

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