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Title: Herding goats
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, goat, farming, man, San, indigenous, herd, bushveld, work, labour, sand, tree, tyre track, hat, animal, Goats--Botswana, San (African people)--Agriculture--Namibia, West Hanahai Village (Botswana0
Description: Herding goats. In the foreground of the picture is a man walking; in the background are goats. West Hanahai, Botswana.
Identifier: islandora:11767

Title: Christian wedding
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Weddings--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: A Christian wedding at a farm. This photograph depicts the same event as seen in: Reaction to conquest: effects of contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa. London : H. Milford, Pub. for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures by the Oxford University Press, 1936. Plate XXVIIIb.
Identifier: islandora:5465

Title: Oral history interview with Emmanuel Wilson [ Part 2 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, Wilson, Emmanuel
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., Cwc2.197a.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 29:12 min. ; interview 197 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24532

Title: Learners at a N|uu language class
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Kassie, Magdalena ; Kassie. Lena ; Witbooi, Lientjie ; Sauls, Getreda ; Brou, Kheis ; N|uu language, 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, San (African people)--Languages, Khomani language--Study and teaching, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Youth attend one of the N|uu language classes at the Andriesvale Hall, Northern Cape, South Africa. Those present include, Magdalena Kassie, Lena Kassie, Lientjie Witbooi (with her child), Getreda Sauls, Ouma Kheis. Andriesvale Hall.
Identifier: islandora:27104

Title: Icilongo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 423.121.11 End-blown straight labrosone without mouthpiece, Place of production: Vryheid (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20262

Title: Fiddle
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, San (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.31 Spike lutes, Place of production: Mowbray (Cape Town, South Africa), Creator: //abbo
Identifier: islandora:20682

Title: Dongu
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, water, music, woman, San, indigenous, windmill, water tank, bowl, instrument, San (African people)--Music, Mbira--Namibia, Tanks--Namibia, Windmills--Namibia, Namibia
Description: A young girl carrying a bowl on her head, plays the dongu. In the background is a water tank and a windmill. //Auru, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11987

Title: Mother and daughter at a church service
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, child, woman, San, indigenous, congregation, religion, church, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: A mother and daughter at a Dutch Reformed Church service. Another woman's face can be seen indistinctly. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11893

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, Nama language, ,
Description: Elsie Vaalbooi and Nigel Crawhall in a conversation discussing family history with particular reference to Nama speakers
Identifier: islandora:31475

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Jamie Kariem [ Part 1 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, Kariem, Jamie
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., Cwc2.105a.mp3: Part 1 of 6 ; 29:08 min. ; interview 105 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18966

Title: Oral history interview with Gadija Jacobs [ Part 3 of 9]
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, Jacobs, 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., Cwc2.92a.mp3: Part 3 of 9 ; 29:27 min. ; interview 92 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18941

Title: Zulu woman wearing braids and headdress
Subject: Women--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa--Clothing,
Description: A Zulu woman poses for a portrait wearing a traditional braided headdress and beaded necklace.
Identifier: islandora:18339

Title: Oral history interview with Boeta Ismail [ Part 1 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, Ismail, Boeta
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., Cwc2.81a.mp3: Part 1 of 4 ; 29:37 min. ; interview 81 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18914

Title: Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman and members of the |Khasi-Kassie Family reconnect with the ancestral heritage under the Tree of Family.
Subject: Tree of Family ; 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, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park--Religious aspects, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Found on the eastern border of the Old Bushman Camp, the Tree of Family is of great importance to the ǂKhomani San community and was both a resting and meeting place for the community. Members of the San community used to play here as children before they were evicted from the area.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:27032

Title: |Una Rooi and an unidentified member of the San community.
Subject: Rooi, |Una, 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)--Languages, Khomani language--Study and teaching, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi and an unidentified member of the San community. Both women were teachers at the N|uu language school. |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:27089

Title: San group at hut
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, family, hut, bushveld, San, indigenous, bucket, blanket, tree, sand, man, woman, child, San (African people), San (African people)--Material culture
Description: A man, woman and children in front of a dome-shaped hut covered with pieces of fabric. There are household utensils on the sandy ground, and possessions hang from tree branches. Bushmanland, Namibia. Circa 1984.
Identifier: islandora:11695

Title: Ceremony at Mautse Mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: A religious ceremony is performed in a stream at Mautse Mountain in the Free State province of South Africa. The mountain is seen as extremely holy or spiritual to people who follow either traditional African animist religions, or the syncretic Zioni religions that combine Christian and animist faiths.
Identifier: islandora:7173

Title: Maria, a Christian elder
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Women--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Christian women--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Maria, a Christian elder. Photograph taken at Rungwe Mission Station.
Identifier: islandora:5542

Title: Boys playing cards
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Young men--South Africa--Pondoland, Card games--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Ex-mine boys playing cards.
Identifier: islandora:5394

Title: Bottle store
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, store, alcohol, San, indigenous, bottle, counter, customer, patron, sell, buy, shop, San (African people)--Alcohol use--Namibia, Liquor stores--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: Customers in a bottle store. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:12004

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