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Title: T-shirt with slogans- Hambani kahle! Produce generic antiretrovirals Treat HIV/AIDS
Subject: AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--South Africa, Social movements--South Africa
Description: Person wearing t-shirt: "Hambani Kahle! Produce generic antiretrovirals. Treat HIV/AIDS"
Identifier: islandora:1044

Title: Oral history interview with Hadji Hoosain Hendricks [ Part 4 of 6]
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, Hendricks, Hoosain, Hadji
Description: Ebrahim Edries interviews Hadji Hoosain Hendricks, an ex-resident of District Six, Cape Town., Cwc2.75b.mp3: Part 4 of 6 ; 29:19 min. ; interview 75 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18905

Title: Terry's son with domestic worker
Subject: Domestic employees--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa,
Description: Terry's son, Nicholas, spending the day with Honey, Frances and Graeme.
Identifier: islandora:1379

Title: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Elsie and Petrus Vaalbooi at Rietfontein
Subject: Vaalbooi, Pieter, Koper, Jan, Khomani language, Khomani (African people)--History, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: Pieter Vaalbooi, Jan Koper and Nigel Crawhall discuss local history
Identifier: islandora:31480

Title: The end of Sophiatown, 1959
Subject: Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Forced migration--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Rubble--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg)
Description: By 1959 most of the houses in Sophiatown had disappeared. Big machines and men with picks beat down the last walls of Sophiatown.
Identifier: islandora:7458

Title: Oral history interview with Asa Jassiem [ Part 3 of 6]
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, Jassiem, Asa
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., Cwc2.100a.mp3: Part 3 of 6 ; 29:22 min. ; interview 100 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18958

Title: Eugene Terre'Blanche, Mafikeng, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Terre Blanche, Euge?ne N., Truth and Lies,
Description: Eugene Terre'Blanche, Mafikeng, 1998. Terre'Blanche, the leader of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings in order to oppose the amnesty application of a South African Police (SAP) officer, Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatswe, who had killed three members of the AWB in 1994. Menyatswe argued that the killing had been politically motivated and he was acting in defense of his people and their right to vote in a national democratic election.
Identifier: islandora:775

Title: Carte de l'ile de Madagascar contenant sa description & diverses particularitez curieuses de ses habitans tant blancs que negres
Subject: Madagascar -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Madagascar -- Social life and customs$$y18th century.
Description: The map, showing Madagascar oriented with north to the right, is featured at the top of the page. Below the map is text (in French) describing the island of Madagascar and its people. Bordering the page are illustrations depicting life and customs in Madagascar including circumcision, funerals and executions as well as illustrating various modes of attire., Appears in Atlas historique, ou, Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire ... Amsterdam, 1705-1720. Tome VI, no. 34, p. 142.
Identifier: islandora:19693

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: Amina Vallie, 1996
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Bedrooms--South Africa, Older people--South Africa, Muslim women--South Africa, Islamic clothing and dress--South Africa,
Description: Zubeida Vallie's mother, Amina "Mum" Vallie (n�e Patel), October 1996.
Identifier: islandora:12664

Title: Man holding walking stick, England
Subject: England--Social life and customs, Men--England,
Description: A man dressed in a black robe and hat sits on a chair next to a collection box that reads, 'CHAT TOURS', England.
Identifier: islandora:18658

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: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Elsie and Petrus Vaalbooi, Rietfontein
Subject: Vaalbooi, Elsie, Khomani (African people)--History, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: Elsie Vaalbooi and Nigel Crawhall in a conversation discussing local history, with particular reference to a time during World War II
Identifier: islandora:31474

Title: |Xam woman dipping up water
Subject: San (African people)--Africa, Southern, San (African people)--Africa, Southern--Pictorial works, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--Africa, Southern, Hunting and gathering societies--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: This image was included in Alfred Martin Duggan Cronin's The Bantu tribes of South Africa : reproductions of photographic studies, the outcome of his major ethnographic research study of the San of Southern African.
Identifier: islandora:26886

Title: Oral history interview with Latiefa Adams [ Part 6 of 6]
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, Adams, Latiefa
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., Cwc2.11b.mp3: Part 6 of 6 ; 29:19 min. ; interview 11 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12750

Title: Mr President, Schalk McVenter, Frikkie McBotha and Jock van der Merwe of the Gauteng Bolanders want a Scottish homeland of their own
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918- --Caricatures and cartoons, Whites--South Africa--Social conditions--21st century--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Certain whites, feeling their cultural heritage and independence threatened, continued to yearn for an exclusive homeland. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6170

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs A. Abrahams [ Part 4 of 4]
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, Abrahams, A., Mrs
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., Cwc2.02b.mp3: Part 4 of 4 ; 21:18 min. ; interview 2 of 208
Identifier: islandora:19388

Title: Oral history interview with Gadija Baradien [ Part 3 of 3]
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, Baradien, Gadija
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., Cwc2.18b.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 26:54 min. ; interview 18 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12774

Title: Monica Nqabakazi Godolozi, Pebco Three widow, Motherwell, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Monica Nqabakazi Godolozi, the widow of Qwaqwahuli Godolozi, one of the Pebco Three, with her daughter, Papama, Port Elizabeth, 1997. The Pebco Three were three political activists who were tricked into being captured by security police, taken to an isolated police station near Cradock and beaten to death during interrogation.
Identifier: islandora:758

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

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