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Title: !xu? consonantal features
Subject: African languages, San languages, Ju/'hoan language, Linguistics
Description: A manuscript dealing with the consonantal features of the !x? language. An early copy of mss_bc1143_c15.5.4.pdf
Identifier: islandora:7702

Title: z/hai (Tsau)
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Additional notes on tape box: (1) z/hai (Tsau); (2) Yei songs (Nokaam?)/ !xũ (G!angwa) speech & songs, Tape numbered 28.
Identifier: islandora:22520

Title: Mother carrying child and wood
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Mother and child--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Fuelwood gatherers--Tanzania--Rungwe Di
Description: Portrait of a mother carrying her child on her back and wood on her head. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5591

Title: Pilgrimage to the holy mountain Nhlangakazi
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. Vangeli or evangelists from the church leadership lead a 100,000 pilgrims leave the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe on a three day barefoot march to the holy mountain Nhlangakazi. 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.
Identifier: islandora:7317

Title: N|amani (1)
Subject: KhoeSan languages, African languages--History
Description: Title on box: ŋ, amani (1), Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Recording with Abbedis (also spelled Abadis in Westphal's notes) in the N, amani language
Identifier: islandora:22635

Title: Placing flowers on the graves of the church forebears
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Young members of the AmaNazaretha or Nazareth Baptist Church place flowers on the graves of the church forebears at a cemetery near their headquarters. 26 July 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7344

Title: Sotho folk-tales
Subject: African languages, Linguistics, Bantu languages, Sotho language, Westphal, Ernst (Ernst O. J.), 1919-1991
Description: An M.A. dissertation on Sotho folk tales
Identifier: islandora:7728

Title: Mahimba women
Subject: supporters, traditional dressElections--Namibia--1989, Himba (African people)--Clothing--Namibia, Women
Description: Himba women supporting the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA).
Identifier: islandora:8218

Title: Funeral ceremony
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Church members hold a funeral ceremony at a cemetery near 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. 26 July 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7281

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: Cleansing ceremony prior to a wedding
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: A cleansing ceremony prior to a wedding in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The Nazareth Baptist Church, or 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. 1999
Identifier: islandora:7393

Title: Umrhubhe
Subject: Musical instruments--South African, Xhosa (African people)--Music, Pondo (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.21 Musical bow cum stick, A. Height: 28mm (0.8in), Width: 110mm (4.3in), Length: 1039mm (40.6in), B. Length: 485mm (18.9in), Diameter: 7mm (0.1in), Place of production: Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20731

Title: Vowel systems revealed in x-ray photography
Subject: African languages, San languages, Phonetics, Linguistics
Description: A manuscript dealing with vowels and the position of mouth parts during speech, including diagrams
Identifier: islandora:7716

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: Outline vocabulary for Bantu languages
Subject: African languages, Bantu languages, Vocabulary, Linguistics
Description: A manuscript dealing with the vocabulary of African languages of the northwest Kalahari basin
Identifier: islandora:7756

Title: Umquangala
Subject: Musical instruments, Tsonga (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.2 -3 Stick zithers sounded by blowing, Height: 16mm (0.4in), Width: 29mm (0.8in), Length: 630mm
Identifier: islandora:20858

Title: Ukumoga dance at a funeral
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Men--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A men's ukumoga dance at a funeral.
Identifier: islandora:5514

Title: A young chief's trees
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Landscapes--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Trees--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A young chief's trees.
Identifier: islandora:5559

Title: !Gabus/outa
Subject: Musical instruments--Namibia, Nama (African people)--Music, Damara (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.121.12 Mono-heterochord musical bows without resonator with tuning noose, A. Height: 12mm (0.4in), Width: 54mm (2in), Length: 825mm (32.3in), B. Length: 363mm (14.2in), Diameter: 4mm (0.1in), Place of production: Haruchas (Namibia)
Identifier: islandora:20741

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