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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: The evidence from linguistic classification south of the Zambezi. African History Seminar (November 3rd 1960)
Subject: African languages - History
Description: Notes. Handwritten.
Identifier: islandora:7629

Title: Notes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa- Fact Paper presented by Western Cape Region at National Conferenc
Description: Notes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa- Fact Paper presented by Western Cape Region at National Conference on 12 March 1975, discussing: Constitution, Coloured vote, Franchise qualifications for Blacks, High Court of Parliament Act, Senate Act, Natives Act.
Identifier: islandora:7092

Title: Members of the |Khasi-Kassie Family reconnect with their ancestral history at the former living site of Donald Bain
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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: In 1935 Donald Bain attempted to secure live specimens for his Live Bushmen Display at the 1936 Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg and Durban. Bain persuaded 77 San men, women and children to accompany him under the auspices that their active involvement might encourage the government to give back the San's ancestral land. When they returned from the Empire Exhibition they discovered their homes and belongings had been burnt.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:27037

Title: Of our museums, all but a handful ' three percent ' represent the kind of heritage that glorified mainly white and colonial history.
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918- --Caricatures and cartoons, Museum exhibits--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: President Mandela complained about the neglect of black heritage in our Museums and its focus on colonial history and the stereotyping of black people. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6169

Title: Oral history inteview with Mrs Kafoerah Dollie [ Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Dollie, Kafoerah
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.50b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 21:36 min. ; interview 50 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18824

Title: History of the Kwanyama people according to tradition
Subject: African languages, Linguistics, Kuanyama language, Bantu languages
Description: A manuscript dealing with the history of the Kwanyama people
Identifier: islandora:7811

Title: Oral history intervew with Abdulla Ahmed Parker
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Windermere/Kensington in the Western Cape focuses on the coloured residents of the area and examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: discriminatory laws, government policy, housing, racialised spaces and the smuggling of alcohol by residents and shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold)., Pin9.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 28:49 min. ; interview 13 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29641

Title: Oral history inteview with Mrs Kafoerah Dollie
Identifier: islandora:18822

Title: Oral history inteview with Mrs Kafoerah Dollie [ Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Dollie, Kafoerah
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.50a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 29:28 min. ; interview 50 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18823

Title: History as she is taught
Subject: History--Study and teaching--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, Education--Political aspects--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: The official white version of South African history was biased, simplistic and distorted. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6184

Title: Oral history interivew with Elizabeth Gaywood, Chairperson of the Tibet Society of South Africa [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Tibet Society of South Africa
Description: After the Chinese Civil War, China incorporated Tibet into mainland China in 1950. This affirmed Chinese sovereignty over the region, but granted it autonomy. The 14th Dalai Lama repudiated this agreement and established a rival government in exile. This project uses the poetry and politics of pro-Tibet activists in South Africa to explore the styles and temporal modes through their narratives. Themes include: Buddhism; generating compassion; key figures; Office of Tibet; political consciousness; religious experiences; religious teachers; Tibet Society of South Africa., Pin12.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 27:18 min.; interview 1 of 2
Identifier: islandora:19435

Title: Oral history interivew with Elizabeth Gaywood
Identifier: islandora:19433

Title: The role of physical anthropology in the study of African history
Subject: archaeological skeletons physical anthropology historical studies
Description: manuscript of paper presented at UCT Department of History Seminar
Identifier: islandora:32619

Title: The role of physical anthropology in the study of African history
Subject: archaeological skeletons, physical anthropology, historical studies
Description: manuscript of paper presented at UCT Department of History Seminar
Identifier: islandora:33251

Title: The role of physical anthropology in the study of African history
Subject: archaeological skeletons, physical anthropology, historical studies
Description: manuscript of paper presented at UCT Department of History Seminar
Identifier: islandora:33316

Title: The role of physical anthropology in the study of African history
Subject: archaeological skeletons, physical anthropology, historical studies
Description: manuscript of paper presented at UCT Department of History Seminar
Identifier: islandora:33297

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