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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: 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: 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

Title: Summer hunting camp and meeting area near Twee Rivieren
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: Summer hunting camp and meeting area near Twee Rivieren used by the ǂKhomani San 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:26986

Title: Petrus Vaalbooi, Print # 90
Subject: Vaalbooi, Petrus, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Petrus is 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:27192

Title: |Una Rooi, |Abaka Koper and Kheis Brou rest at a roadside stop, Print #21
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Brou, Kheis ; Koper, |Abaka, 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--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi, |Abaka Koper and Kheis Brou reconnect with their cultural heritage during a research trip into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. They share their stories and memories with Hugh Brody and others, to strengthen their Land Claim and have their history recorded for future generations.
Identifier: islandora:27207

Title: ǂKhomani San : Tree of Family : trees are our heritage
Subject: Tree of Family, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, ,
Description: This poster outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. It explores the cultural and symbolic value of the Shepherd's Bush tree as "The Tree of Family". The poster includes photographs of Shepherd's Bush tree as well as San people.
Identifier: islandora:27319

Title: Elsie Vaalbooi and Petrus Vaalbooi.
Subject: Vaalbooi, Elsie ; Vaalbooi, Petrus, 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, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Elsie Vaalbooi was a fluent N|uu speaker and a member of the Council of Elders. In 1997 she gave the Northern Cape, South Africa's largest province, its moto: Sa ||a !aĩsi 'uĩsi (“We go to a better life”). She passed away in 2002.Petrus Vaalbooi is 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:27193

Title: Members of the San community share their knowledge and memories with researchers, Print # 57
Subject: Rooi, |Una, Koper, Abaka ; Brou, Kheis, 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--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi, Kheis Brou and |Abaka Koper reconnect with their cultural heritage during a research trip into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. They share their stories and memories with Hugh Brody and others, to strengthen their Land Claim and have their history recorded for future generations. |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.
Identifier: islandora:27183

Title: Anna Swarts
Subject: Swarts, Anna, 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, San (African people)--Languages, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Anna Swarts, a N|uu speaker, was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application.
Identifier: islandora:27154

Title: Living site at the Western Boundary : draft, Map item #6; Map item #28
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: A draft map showing the living site on the western boundary of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The map focuses on the living site and it's relation to water and fertile grounds for hunting and gathering, with specific reference to truffles. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27328

Title: Albert Bladweer
Subject: Bladweer, Albert, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Albert Bladweer, Dawid Kruiper's brother-in-law, a skilled lion tracker and former employee of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Identifier: islandora:27235

Title: An acacia tree near Mbiwe marks the location of a former living area for the ǂKhomani San.
Subject: Malgas, Jakob, 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: Jakob Malgas stands near an acacia tree in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The tree marks the site of the ǂKhomani San's former living. This area 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:26977

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