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Title: Elderly woman's hands crossed on her lap
Subject: Genadendal (South Africa)—Social conditions, Women—South Africa—Genadendal,
Description: The hands of an elderly woman crossed on her lap.
Identifier: islandora:18287

Title: Young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony at the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. 2 August 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7308

Title: Bride arrives for the traditional part of her wedding
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Nompumelelo Mkhwanazi arrives for the traditional part of her wedding in the Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding at the homestead of the groom. 1999.
Identifier: islandora:7327

Title: Norma Nabe of Cape Town A[dvice] O[ffice] at her desk 1993, Mowbray
Description: Athlone Advice Office, Black Sash. Norma Nabe at her desk, 1993
Identifier: islandora:6549

Title: To Her Most Sacred Majesty Caroline, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland this Mapp of Africa, after the latest and best Observations is most humbly dedicated
Subject: Africa
Description: Borders illustrate thirteen scenes of African life and African forts., London. Overton, Henry, fl. 1706-1764
Identifier: islandora:25727

Title: A policewoman protects her eyes from the sun at a march, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Protection, Civil unrest, Gender, Weapons
Description: Outnumbered: A woman member of the Police's Internal Stability Unit, left, keeps a watchful eye on events near the intersection of Plein and Roeland Streets during yesterday's mass march.
Identifier: islandora:15948

Title: Young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A young girl at her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony at the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. 2 August 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7305

Title: Midwife Petersen on her rounds, Cape Flats, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Children, Primary health care, Medical personnel, Apartheid, Women
Description: Midwife Petersen of the Lotus River Day Hospital delivery plays Pied Piper to a flock of curious children who rush to greet the arrival of the midwife on her rounds.
Identifier: islandora:16731

Title: San woman with her child, Botswana
Subject: Botswana--Rural conditions, San (African people)--Women, San (African people)--Children,
Description: Two San women and a little girl sit on the sandy ground in Botswana.
Identifier: islandora:18636

Title: Grandmother comforts her grandson, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Grief, Youth, Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: "They knew those bullets will kill," said Mrs F. September. Confined to a wheelchair for 30 years, she now has to care for her grandchild, Randall, 5, whose father died on the night of June 17.
Identifier: islandora:16181

Title: Woman pushing her child in a pram, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, South Africa--Social life and customs, Women--South Africa, Mothers--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Boys--South Africa,
Description: A woman pushes her young boy in a pram on the pavement in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18624

Title: Pregnant woman stand holding her two kids hands, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Heavily pregnant: Mrs Nomaliso Mthensi appeared in the Langa Commissioners Court yesterday with her two children clinging to her skirts. Here, she leaves the court after paying a fine of R70 for Pass Law offences.
Identifier: islandora:15796

Title: Woman in the window of her home, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A woman looks through a window in her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18509

Title: A girl with her sibling
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Children--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Nyakyusa (African people)--Clothing
Description: A young girl carrying a load walks along a road with her sibling alongside her. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5688

Title: Lena Booysen and her family outside their Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa home
Subject: Booysen, Lena, 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: Lena Booysen is Lukas Bok's cousin and remembers calling him "Lukas viertien" (fourteen) because he was so tall.
Identifier: islandora:27078

Title: Pensioner votes for first time in her life, Soweto, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Soweto, Elections--South Africa--Soweto, Democracy--South Africa--Soweto, Voting--South Africa--Soweto, Older people--South Africa--Soweto
Description: On the day before the official voting day for South Africa's first all-race elections, black pensioners cast their vote, the first time in their lives. Soweto, South Africa, 26 April 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5377

Title: Woman shows her pass book, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Woman shows her pass book, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15795

Title: Woman walks past City hall with PFP signage next to her, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
Description: Caught between posters and police, a prospective voter looks for a way in at the City Hall polling station today.
Identifier: islandora:16010

Title: A district midwife on her way to work, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Children, Primary health care, Medical personnel, Apartheid, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: There is no easy road for the district midwives. Visits are often a hard slog over sand dunes and through scrub with the added burden of a medical bag.
Identifier: islandora:16730

Title: Young girl prepares for her wedding
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A young girl prepares for her wedding during a mass marriage ceremony at the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. 2 August 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7304

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