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Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20768

Title: Sipho drinking beer ritually at the kraal gate
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs, Men--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Sipho drinking beer ritually at the kraal gate., Missing negative (a).
Identifier: islandora:5702

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: Music (Gemsbok Park)
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Additional notes on box: (1) Gemsbok Dance; (2); (3) Matteljakkals Dance
Identifier: islandora:22534

Title: Thungwa
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 211.212.1 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, Place of production: Fundudzi, Lake (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20823

Title: Nine years ' for pacifism
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, Conscientious objectors--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Heavy penalties were imposed on conscientious objectors who refused to fight in the South African Defence Force. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6165

Title: Female dance group preparing to perform at a coming of age ceremony
Subject: Initiation rites--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Msinga Top, Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, December 1998. A dance group in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal prepare to perform at a young girl's coming of age, or memulo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:7238

Title: Studio portrait of a Zulu couple
Subject: Zulu (African people)--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa--Clothing,
Description: A Young Zulu man and woman pose for a studio portrait dressed in traditional clothing.
Identifier: islandora:18332

Title: Transkei
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Transkei (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows main roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, farm names, farm boundaries, divisional boundaries, outspans and homesteads in the Transkei region., Relief shown by hachures., "South Africa having never been properly surveyed, this map must necessarily contain many inaccuracies.", Projection not given., Printed in black, red, brown and blue., The maps are printed on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24861

Title: ANC Women's League protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, African National Congress, African National Congress. Women--s League, Demonstrations
Description: Boarding Party: Members of the ANC's Women's League on board a Robben Island ferry last night.
Identifier: islandora:15930

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20785

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: Yeyi (1)
Subject: khi, Yeyi language, African languages--History
Description: Recording mostly in English and Afrikaans. There may be some Yeyi on the reverse track., Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Note on box: Booitjie, bnt
Identifier: islandora:22664

Title: Himba family
Subject: traditional lifestyle, traditional dressHimba (African people)--Clothing--Namibia, Women, Children, Cooking
Description: A Himba woman in traditional dress cooking outside her hut.
Identifier: islandora:8194

Title: Watching the celebration of an initiation
Subject: Lobedu (African people)--South Africa--Limpopo--Rites and ceremonies, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: HaModjadji, Lebowa, Northern Transvaal (Limpopo Province) South Africa. Female initiates watch a male mag�g�bya dancer In the kh�r� or royal courtyard of the Balobedu people at their capital haModjadji in northern South Africa, then part of the Lebowa homeland. The dancers are there to celebrate the initiation of the so called Vyali from the male initiation school - the Vuhwera. This image was taken during the reign of Mokope Modjadji V, who was the fifth Rain Queen. She played a very traditional role, followed all the customs she was expected to and lived in seclusion at the royal compound. In time past, tribes from all over Southern Africa paid homage to the reigning Modjadji as it was believed she could control the rain. Sir Ryder Haggard used her as a model for his character Ayesha in 'She'. 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7195

Title: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Welkom ; Rietfontein ; The people of Uitkoms
Subject: Kruiper, Dawid, Thys, Ragel, N|uu language, Khomani language, Nama language, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, ,
Description: Dawid Kruiper and Ragel Thys talk about the N|uu and Nama languages, music and coming of age rites.
Identifier: islandora:31444

Title: Protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police, Youth
Description: Part of a group of about 250 protesters move along Sir Lowry Road before their protest march was stopped by police at the intersection at Darling Street today.
Identifier: islandora:17720

Title: Moropa
Subject: Musical instruments--Lesotho, Sotho (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 211.26 Goblet-shaped drums, Height: 108mm (9.8in), Diameter: 36mm (3.7in), Place of production: Lesotho
Identifier: islandora:20204

Title: Laingsburg
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Laingsburg Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Laingsburg area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24838

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

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