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Title: Members of the research team drive along Xausendi pan
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:26972

Title: Pan African Congress (PAC) supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Pan Africanist Congress, Politics, Azanian People's Liberation Army, Demonstrations, ,
Description: Sticking to their guns: Azania People's Liberation Army (APLA) cadres on the march at yesterday's Gugulethu rally.
Identifier: islandora:15681

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: Quartzite crystals found at the ||Guruxainâs pan
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, Quartz crystals, Hunting and gathering societies--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: A pan known is ||Guruxainâs (meaning "shiny stone within") contains white quartzite stones. These stones are used to start fires for cooking or protection. The ǂKhomani San would beat the gunu plant to make a cotton-like material that was then pushed inside a hollow bone. A spark from striking quartzite against the bone would like the gunu and allow the user to carry the embers from one place to another. 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:26984

Title: Chansons de Bilitis - Pierre Louys (La flûte de pan)
Subject: Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Chansons de Bilitis (Songs). Flûte de Pan, Songs (Middle voice) with piano, Mezzo-sopranos (Singers), Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Kamal Khan presents An evening of Debussy songs, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28233

Title: Plan No. 2, Plan of reservoir and arable land, Rooiberg Pan, Kenhardt
Subject: Reservoirs--South Africa--Kenhardt--Maps, Land capability for agriculture--South Africa--Kenhardt--Maps,
Description: Map showing land along the Hartebeeste River to the village of Kenhardt, including a plan for a reservoir, 1400 acres of arable land, lines of furrows, two roads, a cattle post and relief shown by shading. Colour. Scale 2 inches to 1 mile.
Identifier: islandora:29813

Title: Garimpeiro panning for diamonds, Lunda Norte, Angola
Subject: Lunda Norte (Angola), Diamond miners--Angola--Lunda Norte, Diamond mines and mining--Angola--Lunda Norte,
Description: A garimpeiro (an independent prospector for minerals) from the Congo (then referred to as Zaire) pans a river in the Lunda Norte Province of Angola for diamonds. The mass exodus of mining companies and civilians from the diamond towns and cities of Lunda Norte gave many foreigners the chance to become rich.
Identifier: islandora:7023

Title: Plot 23 [Side of Mele Pan Road above Little Berg houses - Aarendsig][23]
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9308

Title: Pan African Congress salute, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Langa (Cape Town, South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations
Description: Riots, Langa.
Identifier: islandora:16473

Title: Plan No. 2, Plan of reservoir and arable land, Rooiberg Pan, Kenhardt
Subject: Reservoirs--South Africa--Kenhardt--Maps, Land capability for agriculture--South Africa--Kenhardt--Maps,
Description: Map showing land along the Hartebeeste River to the village of Kenhardt, including a plan for a reservoir, 1400 acres of arable land, lines of furrows, two roads, a cattle post and relief shown by shading. Colour. Scale 2 inches to 1 mile.
Identifier: islandora:25152

Title: Children, orphans of the Angolan Civil War, pan for diamonds
Subject: Children--Angola, Diamond miners--Angola--Lunda Norte, Lunda Norte (Angola),
Description: Children, orphaned by the Angolan Civil War, pan for sugar diamonds near Dundo, an Angolan mining town in the Lunda Norte Province. The orphans, ganged together as a collective, and sold their stock to Lebanese diamond buyers based in Kinshasha.
Identifier: islandora:6993

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