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Title: On a Bushman trail
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, education, man, plant, talk, bushveld, Ecotourism--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Heritage tourism--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Game reserves--Botswana--Ghanzi District, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12127

Title: Tony Weaver on a Bushman trail
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, donkey, bushveld, travel, walk, tree, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Indigenous peoples--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Heritage tourism--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Game reserves--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Weaver, Tony, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12175

Title: Dongu
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, dance, child, San, indigenous, bowl, grass, girl, instrument, dress, San (African people)--Namibia--Music, Mbira--Namibia, Music and dance--Namibia, Namibia
Description: A young girl plays the dongu (thumb piano) while her mother dances. //Auru, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11986

Title: Dibe Sesana
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, portrait, woman, Sesana, Dibe, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12385

Title: San elder, Xade
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, elder, talking, land rights, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Rural elderly--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12294

Title: Quack Quack ... President Mbeki's chief adviser on medical matters
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: President Mbeki's denialist position on HIV/AIDS and his dependence on the quack opinions of his panel of his AIDS advisers baffled medical experts and confused the public. The duck quacking away inanely became a useful adjunct in many of my cartoons on this subject. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6125

Title: Oral history interview with Mr B. Risien [Part 3 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.17a.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 25:05 min. ; interview 17 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24984

Title: Cultivating the land
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, woman, cultivating, tool, hoe, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Agriculture--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12368

Title: Double-skin hourglass-shaped drum with beater (possibly Hausa)
Subject: Musical instruments--Africa, West, Hausa (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 211.242.11 Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing, Place of production: Africa, West, Probably Hausa
Identifier: islandora:20631

Title: Ugbhu
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.121.221 Mono-heterochord musical bows with resonator without tuning noose, Height: 150mm (5.9in), Width: 233mm (9.1in), Length: 1124mm, Place of production: Nongoma (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20755

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12087

Title: Woman with radio
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, radio, portrait, woman, San, indigenous, house, building, singing, dress, shadow, San (African people)--Recreation--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: Weekend festivities. A woman, who appears to be singing, holds a radio on her shoulder. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11898

Title: Sutherland
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Sutherland Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Sutherland area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24863

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12061

Title: /Ka/kanasi
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, San (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 3 Chordophone with resonator, A. Height: 16mm (0.4in), Width: 20mm (0.8in), Length: 97mm (3.5in), B. Height: 9mm (0.1in), Width: 9mm (0.1in), Length: 92mm (3.5in), Place of production: Twee Rivieren (Northern Cape, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20674

Title: Burghersdorp
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Burgersdorp Region (Eastern Cape, South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing towns including Burghersdorp, Albert, Steynsburg, Venterstad, Sterkstroom, Molteno and Maraisburg, with roads, rivers, hills, railways, telegraph lines, farm names, farm boundaries and fences, divisional boundaries, homesteads, cultivated land and trees., "Route taken by Gorringe's Flying Column with ambulance wagon, etc, and heaviest gun 15 pounder." "Other roads." "Bridletracks available for mounted squadrons and pack mules." "Tracks or roads over which guns, etc were taken on the march.", Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Inteligence"., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Map folds into an outer cover., Projection not given., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24818

Title: Graaff Reinet
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Graaff-Reinet Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Graaff Reinet area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Co-ordinates not given., Printed in black only., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24827

Title: Woman playing the g//oaci
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, music, portrait, tradition, San, indigenous, instrument, sand, bushveld, San (African people)--Namibia--Music, Plucked instruments--Namibia, Namibia
Description: A woman playing the g//oaci, a stringed instrument. N?aqmtjoha, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11709

Title: Man with fish
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, fisherman, hut, fish, san, indigenous, food, stick, cap, work, labour, tradition, bushveld, San (African people)--Fishing--Botswana, Okavango River Delta (Botswana)
Description: A 'River Bushman'. Man carrying a pole from which fish are hanging. Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Identifier: islandora:11831

Title: Dithleka
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, A. Length: 105mm (3.9in), Diameter: 47mm (1.6in), B. Length: 97mm (3.5in), Diameter: 43mm (1.6in), C. Length: 92mm (3.5in), Diameter: 40mm (1.6in), D. Height: 10mm (0.4in), Width: 13mm (0.4in), Length: 121mm (4.7in), String: Length: 565mm (22in), Diameter: 2mm (0.1in), E. Height: 19mm (0.4in), Width: 17mm (0.4in), Length: 95mm (3.5in), F. Height: 24mm (0.8in), Width: 14mm (0.4in), Length: 107mm (3.9in), Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20131

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