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Title: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Elsie and Petrus Vaalbooi at Rietfontein
Subject: Vaalbooi, Pieter, Koper, Jan, Khomani language, Khomani (African people)--History, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: Pieter Vaalbooi, Jan Koper and Nigel Crawhall discuss local history
Identifier: islandora:31480

Title: Traditional herders on a mountain, Lesotho
Subject: Lesotho--Social conditions, Lesotho--Social life and customs, Zulu (African people)--Lesotho,
Description: Traditional herders on a mountain in Lesotho.
Identifier: islandora:18628

Title: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Elsie and Petrus Vaalbooi, Rietfontein
Subject: Vaalbooi, Elsie, Khomani (African people)--History, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: Elsie Vaalbooi and Nigel Crawhall in a conversation discussing local history, with particular reference to a time during World War II
Identifier: islandora:31474

Title: Petrus Vaalbooi explains the history and significance of the N|uu language
Subject: Vaalbooi, Petrus ; N|uu language, 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, Khomani language, San (African people)--Languages, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Petrus Vaalbooi, a former chairperson of the San Council and a member of the Community Property Association. He was one of the first community members to go overseas to promote the Land Claims process.Petrus worked alongside his mother, Elsie Vaalbooi, to locate other N|uu speakers in the townships in and around Upington, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:27134

Title: Sana Gooi
Subject: Gooi, Sana, 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, Women--South Africa--Northern Cape, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Sana Gooi is Lukas Bok's cousin. She remembers calling him Lukas viertien (fourteen) because he was so tall.
Identifier: islandora:27079

Title: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Elsie and Petrus Vaalbooi, Rietfontein
Subject: Vaalbooi, Elsie, Khomani (African people)--History, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: Elsie Vaalbooi and Nigel Crawhall in a conversation discussing local history, with particular reference to a time during World War II where there was contact with German prisoners of war
Identifier: islandora:31473

Title: Ritual dance of novice and amagqira
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Clothing, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: Ritual dance of novice and amagqira.
Identifier: islandora:5414

Title: Beer-drink
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs, Pondo (African people)--Clothing
Description: A beer-drink out of doors.
Identifier: islandora:5423

Title: Elsie Vaalbooi and Petrus Vaalbooi's home
Subject: San (African people)--South Africa--Noenieput, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Noenieput, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Dwellings, Khomani (African people)--Dwellings, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Elsie Vaalbooi and Petrus Vaalbooi's home in Noenieput, South Africa. Around 1964, Elsie Vaalbooi moved in with Petrus where he had a job at the Farmers Co-operative.
Identifier: islandora:27087

Title: Grave of an unidentified park ranger 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, Tombs--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The grave of an unidentified ranger who died of malaria. The grave is fenced in to protect it from animals and vehicles which may damage it. 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:26988

Title: Bee hive for annual honey collection, 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, Beehives--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: The ǂKhomani San would travel to the bee hive once a year to collect honey. The San differentiate between two types of bees based on their size. It is the smaller one that stings. 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:26954

Title: A small assegai and whetstone discovered at the archaeological site of the ǂKhomani San 's former living area
Subject: Kleinman, Karel "Vet Piet"', 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, San (African people)--Implements, Khomani (African people)--Implements, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman shows a small assegai and an whetstone of San origin found at the archaeological site of the ǂKhomani San 's former living area near Mbiwe.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:26981

Title: Aenki Kassie and Magdalena Kassie
Subject: Kassie, Aenki ; Kassie, Magdalena, 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, Khomani language, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Aenki Kassie and her daughter Magdalena Kassie in Paris as guests of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to present on a heritage management project they launched with the South African San Institute (SASI). Magdalena Kassie played a pivotal role in promoting the language to San youth and the wider public. She passed away in 2010. Aenki Kassie was a key played ion the revitalisation of the N|uu language. She was one of the last recorded N|uu speakers. She died in 2013 at the age of 71.
Identifier: islandora:27175

Title: An acacia tree near Mbiwe marks the location of the ǂKhomani San 's former living area
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, Acacia erioloba---Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: A research team stands near an acacia tree in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The tree marks the site of a former living area for the ǂKhomani San and is now an archaeological site.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:26978

Title: Hand dug borehole, 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, Wells--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: One of the first boreholes made in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. It is a 110ft/33.5m deep and hand dug. 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:26956

Title: Abu [surname unknown] playing on sand dunes between two graveyards
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, Children--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Sand dunes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: During one of the early research trips to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, a trip was made to two adjacent grave sites near a former settlement near Twee Rivieren. Several historically significant Bushmen are buried in these graveyards. While walking between these graveyards, the elders rest to catch their breath and the children play on the dunes.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:27160

Title: Hugh Brody driving a red minivan, Print # 33
Subject: Brody, Hugh, 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, Anthropology--Research, Indigenous peoples--Research--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: As part of the research process several trips were made into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park with large numbers of researchers and San community members. A minivan was a practical solution.
Identifier: islandora:27211

Title: Jakob Malgas and Lena Malgas at the limestone grottoes at Witdraai
Subject: Malgas, Jakob ; Malgas, Lena, 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, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Jakob Malgas and Lena Malgas posing in front of limestone grottoes at Witdraai in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. These grottoes played an important part in the ǂKhomani San's cultural heritage. At one time, they were used as a prison for the San and inmates were chained to the interior walls. In later times, upon returning from the Empire Exhibition, the participants discovered their homes had been burnt down by Basters (the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women). Several San community members including Ouma |Una Rooi came to live here.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:26982

Title: Women of the Mose clan carrying beer for the feast of ukunikela emlanjeni
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Women of the Mose clan carrying beer for the feast of ukunikela emlanjeni., Missing negative (a).
Identifier: islandora:5703

Title: Image of rock painting site
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, Rock paintings--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: A rock art drawing of two figures in red.
Identifier: islandora:27169

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