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Title: g//abake
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Additional notes on tape box: Recording (on one side) at Kuntaan xuree. Side 2 still blank., Samples of g//abake; Recording made 53 miles from Francistown, 16 May 1961;, Tape numbered 1.1, 2
Identifier: islandora:22183

Title: Igemfe
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.2 Stopped single end-blown flutes, A. Length: 294mm (11.4in), Diameter: 25mm (0.8in), B. Length: 277mm (10.6in), Diameter: 25mm (0.8in), Place of production: Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20094

Title: Making tea
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, water, bushveld, San, indigenous, tea pot, cup, fire, hat, can, water, spoon, bottle, Tea making paraphernalia--Botswana, Agricultural laborers--Dismissal of--Botswana, San (African people)--Botswana, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Description: A man, a retrenched farm worker, making tea outdoors. Taking the lid off the teapot. D'Kar, Botswana.
Identifier: islandora:11791

Title: Milking a cow
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, cattle, farm, children, milking, San (African people)--Agriculture--Namibia, Ranching--Namibia, Indigenous peoples--Namibia, Namibia
Identifier: islandora:12347

Title: Mag'g'bya dance to celebrate an initiation
Subject: Lobedu (African people)--South Africa--Limpopo--Rites and ceremonies, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: HaModjadji, Lebowa, Northern Transvaal (Limpopo Province) South Africa. A male mag�g�bya dancer In the kh�r� or royal courtyard of the Balobedu people at their capital haModjadji in northern South Africa, then part of the Lebowa homeland. The dancers are there to celebrate the initiation of the so called Vyali from the male initiation school - the Vuhwera. This image was taken during the reign of Mokope Modjadji V, who was the fifth Rain Queen. She played a very traditional role, followed all the customs she was expected to and lived in seclusion at the royal compound. In time past, tribes from all over Southern Africa paid homage to the reigning Modjadji as it was believed she could control the rain. Sir Ryder Haggard used her as a model for his character Ayesha in 'She'. 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7199

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, woman, portrait, hut, thatch, sand, settlement, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Grass huts--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, standing outside a hut. She is one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12037

Title: Oluku6'le
Subject: African languages, Linguistics, Bantu languages, Kuvale (African people)--Languages
Description: A manuscript dealing with the Kuvale language
Identifier: islandora:7800

Title: Storage in a cave on Mautse Mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: A mud shelf, or 'rakke' in a cave alongside 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:7177

Title: ANC rally, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Demonstrations, African National Congress, Liberation, Political prisoners
Description: Some of the more than 20 000 people who braved the cold and wind to catch a glimpse of the African National Congress (ANC) leaders at a rally shortly after Nelson Mandela's release from prison.
Identifier: islandora:15913

Title: Duma family on the mountain
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, group, child, dancing, celebration, fire, San (African people)--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal--Rites and ceremonies, San (African people)--Drakensberg Mountains--Rites and ceremonies, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Drakensberg Mountains, San (African people)--Fire use--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12438

Title: Landscape scene
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania, Tanzania--Rural conditions, Men--Tanzania, Landscapes--Tanzania
Description: Landscape scene, possibly at Mwaya on Lake Nyasa. Notice the coastal palms in the background. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5642

Title: Ceremonial washing by initiates prior to rejoining the community
Subject: Sotho (African people)--Lesotho--Rites and ceremonies, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: BaSotho initiates at HaMohlokaqala village in western Lesotho ceremonially wash as they prepare to return to society as men after undergoing a grueling traditional four month initiation process. Dec 10, 1999.
Identifier: islandora:7211

Title: Police at riots, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Education, Youth, South African Police
Description: School boycotts and riots.
Identifier: islandora:18054

Title: The latest civilising impulse...
Subject: African languages - History
Description: Typed notes, with handdrawn maps.
Identifier: islandora:7637

Title: Interior of a house
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Dwellings, Interior decoration--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Interior of what is probably a round square house in Pondoland. Notice the grinding stone on the bottom left and the picture on the wall.
Identifier: islandora:5428

Title: Mass baptism
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Members of the Gauteng branch of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe, come to the Klip River in Soweto for baptism. 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:7400

Title: Nelson Mandela and Trevor Manuel at a press conference, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Manuel, Trevor A., African National Congress, Press conferences
Description: Nelson Mandela and Trevor Manuel face the presss
Identifier: islandora:14774

Title: Dzhio
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Height: 22mm, Width: 20mm, Length: 124mm, Place of production: Fundudzi, Lake (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20059

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: Grave marker
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:7286

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