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Title: The Peopling of Southern Africa
Subject: physical anthropology human genetics, Khoesan peoples
Description: notes from the Peopling of Africa Human Genome Initiative Workshop, Lanserac, Stellenbosch
Identifier: islandora:32602

Title: The Peopling of Southern Africa
Subject: physical anthropology, human genetics, Khoesan peoples
Description: notes from the Peopling of Africa Human Genome Initiative Workshop, Lanserac, Stellenbosch
Identifier: islandora:33242

Title: The Peopling of Southern Africa
Subject: physical anthropology, human genetics, Khoesan peoples
Description: notes from the Peopling of Africa Human Genome Initiative Workshop, Lanserac, Stellenbosch
Identifier: islandora:33307

Title: The Peopling of Southern Africa
Subject: physical anthropology, human genetics, Khoesan peoples
Description: notes from the Peopling of Africa Human Genome Initiative Workshop, Lanserac, Stellenbosch
Identifier: islandora:33288

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: Vingerpol
Subject: vingerpol, 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, Medicinal plants--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Hunting and gathering societies--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: For the ǂKhomani San the vingerpol, a fleshy succulent found in the Kalahari and the Karoo, has several traditional uses. These plants and their uses are generally guarded secrets and kept in the community, passed on from one generation to the next.
Identifier: islandora:27232

Title: Washing hands
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, bushveld, can, San, indigenous, water, hygiene, bucket, wash, sticks, tree, clothes, sand, San (African people)--Health and hygiene--Namibia, Hand washing--Namibia, Otjozondjupa (Namibia)
Description: A woman, sitting on the ground, washes her hands. Bushmanland, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11911

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: Kxao /Ai!ae with pipe
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, portrait, pipe, San, indigenous, hand, Pipe smokers--Namibia, San (African people)--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: Kxao /Ai!ae, the gardener, at the end of a day, with a pipe in his mouth. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11725

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: Members of the San community at the South African San Institute (SASI) office
Subject: Kassie, Antjie ; Esau, Katriena, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Antjie Kassie, Katriena Esau and an unidentified member of the San community rest outside the South African San Institute (SASI) offices in Upington, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:27041

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: Members of the San community share their knowledge and memories with researchers, Print # 3
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Brou, Kheis ; Koper, |Abaka ; Namaseb, Levi, 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, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Research--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Kheis Brou, |Una Rooi and |Abaka Koper reconnect with their cultural heritage in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Here |Abaka Koper points out something in the distance to Levi Namaseb.
Identifier: islandora:27199

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: 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: |Una Rooi and Piet Rooi connect with an unidentified member of the San Community
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Rooi, Piet, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi and Piet Rooi with an unidentified male standing near a road between Andriesvale and Welkom, Northern Cape, South Africa. |Una Rooi was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application. She was a fluent N|uu speaker and taught N|uu and San cultural history to children in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa, and was a member of Council of Elders. She was born in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park in 1931 and passed away in 2012. Piet Rooi married |Una Rooi In 1948 and in 1967 they were employed in the then-Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. He died a few years before her.
Identifier: islandora:27072

Title: Making an ostrich egg necklace
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, tool, San, indigenous, hut sticks, thatch, sticks, woman, craft, skill, tradition, jewellery, bangle, Shellcraft--Namibia, San (African people)--Jewelry--Namibia, Necklaces--Namibia, Otjozondjupa (Namibia)
Description: A woman, sitting on the ground, making an ostrich egg necklace. Bushmanland, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11837

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

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