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Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20781

Title: Nyae Nyae Farmers' Co-operative
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, group, discussion, men, women, land rights, meeting, San (African people)--Namibia, San (African people)--Namibia--Politics and government, Indigenous peoples--Namibia, Cooperative societies meetings--Namibia, Agriculture, Cooperative--Namibia, Namibia
Identifier: islandora:12118

Title: Social gathering
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Children--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Social gathering. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5498

Title: Pala
Subject: Musical instruments--Botswana, Kgatla (African people)--Music, Tswana (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.31 Partly-stopped single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Height: 29mm (0.8in), Width: 51mm (2in), Length: 195mm (7.5in), String: Length: 1040mm (41in), Diameter: 6mm (0.1in), Place of production: Mochudi (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:20070

Title: Oral history interview with Gadien Hoffman [ Part 1 of 5]
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, Hoffman, Gadien
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., Cwc2.78a.mp3: Part 1 of 5 ; 29:30 min. ; interview 78 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18920

Title: Unidentified member of the San community resting at a picnic area at the roadside
Subject: 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, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: 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:27013

Title: Circumcision ceremony
Subject: Xhosa cultureCircumcision--Africa, Southern, Xhosa (African people)--Social life and customs, Young adults--South Africa
Description: Tribal initiation: circumcision ceremony.
Identifier: islandora:8268

Title: |Una Rooi, Print # 2
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, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi participating in the data collection for the Land Claims process. |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:27198

Title: Father and son
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, child, man, portrait, San, indigenous, hat, necklace, hut, Fathers and sons--Namibia, San (African people)--Namibia, Otjozondjupa (Namibia)
Description: Father and son. A child sits on a man's shoulder. /Aotcha, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11899

Title: Vegetation in the arid landscape of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Subject: 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, Plants--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Vegetation located just North West of Gemsbokplein in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, the ancestral home of ǂKhomani San. This open area was used as a hunting ground. This image was taken during one of the first data collection excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Images from this period were key in building a strong foundation for the oral history and mapping processes in the early years of the Land Claim research process.
Identifier: islandora:26453

Title: Bongi Kasiki at home
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, woman, children, home, doorway, Artists--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12502

Title: Oral history interview with H. Rensberg [ Part 1 of 2]
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, Rensberg, H
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., Cwc2.137a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 29:09 min. ; interview 137 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24573

Title: Traditional dance
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, traditional, man, men, fire, sand, night, Khomani (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa--Social life and customs, Dance--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Evening gathering with dancing at the fire. Khomani San perform a traditional dance. Kalahari, Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:12050

Title: Discussing removal
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, portrait, meeting, San, indigenous, imminent removal, land rights, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District--Politics and government, San (African people)--Relocation--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12267

Title: DTA meeting
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, meeting, rally, politics, San, indigenous, crowd, politics, gathering, Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (Namibia), San (African people)--Namibia--Politics and government, Public meetings--Namibia, Gobabis District (Namibia)
Description: A crowd of people attending a DTA (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance) meeting on a farm. Gobabis District, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11843

Title: ǂKhomani San : Tree of Family : trees are our heritage
Subject: Tree of Family, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, ,
Description: This poster outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. It explores the cultural and symbolic value of the Shepherd's Bush tree as "The Tree of Family". The poster includes photographs of Shepherd's Bush tree as well as San people.
Identifier: islandora:27319

Title: Sitlanjani
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 242 Tube- or vessel-kazoos, Height: 21mm (0.8in), Width: 30mm (1.2in), Length: 77mm (2.8in), Place of production: Spelonken (Limpopo, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20124

Title: Die regte mense
Subject: African languages, Linguistics, San (African people)
Description: An Afrikaans speech about the San
Identifier: islandora:7679

Title: Porters carrying luggage across a river
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Porters--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rivers--Tanzania
Description: Porters crossing a river. Godfrey Wilson listed the names of ten porters who assisted either in taking his goods into the field, or from one field-site to another. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson sometime between September and October 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Identifier: islandora:5612

Title: Oral history interview with Abdul Aziz Slamdien [ Part 2 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, Slamdien, Abdul Aziz
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., Cwc2.164b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 29:21 min. ; interview 164 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24480

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