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Title: Girls pose in their traditional German dresses, Cape Town
Subject: Lederhosen, Dirndls, Youth, Gender, ,
Description: With their Aryan blond hair and blue eyes, many of the children are keen to dress up in their traditional German costumes.
Identifier: islandora:15822

Title: Conscientious objectors protest, UCT
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Youths--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Conscientious objectors--South Africa,
Description: A sign reads, "Support objectors! STOP the call-up", at a demonstration to end military conscription in South Africa, central Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12635

Title: Reisepass photo (passport photo) of young Edith Bruch, Germany, 1932-1934
Subject: Bruch, Edith, Identification photographs, Youth--Germany, ,
Description: A Reisepass photo (passport photo) of a young Edith Bruch, Germany, 1932-1934.
Identifier: islandora:29823

Title: Muslim boy holds Koran, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, Youth, Education, ,
Description: Nine months of intensive study after his ordinary school hours ended for a 10-year-old Moslem boy of Elsies River, Dien Mukkaddam, today, when he completed reading all the 30 suras (chapters) of the Koran. Dien, a pupil of Sheik Amien at Elsie's River, is in Standard 4 at St. Augustine's School, Parow. He will now set out to memorise the Koran, chapter by chapter.
Identifier: islandora:15504

Title: Anti-conscription protest, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Youths--South Africa, Conscientious objectors--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Conscientious objectors protesting for the release of imprisoned objectors, including David Bruce, Charles Bester and Saul Batzofin. Protesters' T-shirts read, "I refuse to serve in the SADF (South African Defense Force)". Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12661

Title: Children carry buckets of water hanging from sticks, Cape Town
Subject: Youth, Poverty, Water supply, ,
Description: Children carry buckets of water hanging from sticks, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15817

Title: Defending ANC flag, Langa township, 1987
Subject: Funeral service, Police, Youth--Political activity, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: The Muslim leader, Moulana Faried Essack, tries to stop police from removing an African National Congress (ANC) flag draped over the coffin of slain ANC member, Ashley Kriel, in Langa township, Cape Town, July 1987. Symbols of the ANC, though illegal, were visible at funerals, an insistent reminder of the political meaning of the deaths.
Identifier: islandora:904

Title: Collecting wood
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, labour, bushveld, wood, San, indigenous, Youth--Namibia, Veld--Namibia, Gobabis District (Namibia)
Description: Two boys gather dry branches in the veld. Gobabis, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11929

Title: Student protest, Durban, 1986
Subject: Student protesters, Youth--Political activity, Demonstrations, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Students at Lamontville High School protest against South African Defense Force (SADF) attacks on African National Congress (ANC) refugees in Zambia and Zimbabwe. The ANC was banned before these students were born.
Identifier: islandora:879

Title: Melon dance
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, children, youth, playing, ball, game, hut, traditional, dance, Children, San--Botswana, San (African people)--Recreation--Botswana, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Description: Melon dance. Children with a homemade ball. D'Kar, Botswana.
Identifier: islandora:12116

Title: Schoolboy arrested, Cape Town, 1987
Subject: Student protesters, Youth--Political activity, Political prisoners, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A schoolboy is arrested during protests against the 1987 white parliamentary elections in Athlone township, Cape Town, May 1987. In 1986, some 25,000 people were imprisoned without trial under the Emergency regulations. Of that number, 10,000 were children under the age of eighteen. In April 1987, the government stated that only 1,400 children were still in detention.
Identifier: islandora:880

Title: Saying goodbye, Leandra township, Transvaal, April 1986
Subject: Youth--Political activity, Vigilantes, Grief, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A mother from Leandra township is overcome with emotion as she says goodbye to her son. Many young activists from Leandra fled to Johannesburg to escape right-wing vigilantes, thereby disrupting their education.
Identifier: islandora:856

Title: Boy with guitar
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, youth, child, guitar, trees, boy, sand, laughing, San (African people)--Namibia--Music, Guitar--Namibia, Otjozondjupa (Namibia)
Description: A youth plays a homemade guitar. Bushmanland, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:12107

Title: Young Edith Bruch, Germany, 1932-1934
Subject: Bruch, Edith, Youth--Germany, ,
Description: A portrait photo of a young Edith Bruch, Germany, 1932-1934. This photo is the same as that used for Edith Bruch's ID for the Nederlandsche Jeugd-Herberg Centrale (see Edith Bruch documentation collection).
Identifier: islandora:29822

Title: Former YMCA and home of the Space Theatre, corner of Long and Hout Streets, Cape Town, 1976
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Theatre, Performing arts, Youth
Description: The YMCA building on the corner of Hout and Long Streets, Cape Town, built in 1883 and occupied by the Space Theatre in the 1970s.
Identifier: islandora:17514

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: ANC Youth march, East Rand, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa-- Brakpan, Demonstrations--South Africa-- Brakpan, Political activists--South Africa--Brakpan, Youth--South Africa-- Brakpan
Description: ANC (African National Congress) Youth Congress march for democracy, Tsakane township, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1448

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