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Title: Mandela waving from former prison cell, Robben Island, South Africa
Subject: Ex-presidents--South Africa--Robben Island, Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Description: Nelson Mandela waves cheerfully from his former prison cell on Robben Island, four years after he was freed from jail by apartheid authorities. He spent more than two decades at Robben Island prison. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5373

Title: Hloni Ledwaba, metallurgist, Combined Treatment Plant, Kimberley, South Africa
Subject: Miners--South Africa, Mines and mining--South Africa, Men--South Africa,
Description: Hloni Ledwaba, a metallurgist, standing at the Tailings dump on the Combined Treatment Plant in Kimberley. De Beers
Identifier: islandora:1318

Title: Elderly woman on bed, South Africa
Subject: Elderly people--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa, Women--South Africa
Description: Elderly woman lying on her bed in what is possibly a low income home in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18390

Title: Image from rock painting site, Bainskloof Pass 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of an animal figure in black.
Identifier: islandora:21454

Title: Men waiting, Genadendal, South Africa
Subject: Genadendal (South Africa)—Social conditions, Men—South Africa--Genadendal,
Description: Men wait for a haircut in a run-down backyard, Genadendal, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18315

Title: Police on standby, South Africa
Subject: Police--South Africa, Strikes and lockouts--South Africa, Labor disputes--South Africa,
Description: Police wait on standby during the 1970s labour riots, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18469

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Nooitgedacht 3, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of 2 therianthropes in red.
Identifier: islandora:21735

Title: Nova descriptio Africae
Subject: Africa
Description: Smaller version of Blaeu's map (see NOR 0032), but lacking borders., Frankfurt. Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
Identifier: islandora:25235

Title: UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Concert programs, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Concert programme
Identifier: islandora:30303

Title: Africa
Subject: Africa
Description: Much of the geography proves to be inaccurate due to the fact it was based on antiquarian maps. "Large tracts of the interior of Africa are marked unknown". Across the top: Pinkerton's Modern Atlas., Philadelphia. Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823
Identifier: islandora:25741

Title: Jazz saxophonist playing live, South Africa
Subject: Musicians, Black--South Africa, Jazz musicians--South Africa, Saxophonists--South Africa,
Description: Jazz saxophonist playing live in South Africa, sometime between 1960 and 1970.
Identifier: islandora:18249

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Tradouw Pass Cave, Swellendam, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Black markings that could be graffiti on a rock wall.
Identifier: islandora:21547

Title: Union of South Africa : prehistoric rock paintings & engravings
Subject: Art, Prehistoric--South Africa--Maps, Rock paintings--South Africa--Maps, Engravings--South Africa--Maps, ,
Description: Map of South Africa showing sites for prehistoric rock paintings and engravings, shaded areas in which rock paintings and engravings occur, provinces, countries, towns and cities, boundaries, railways, and rivers. Scale: 1:2,500,000. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:29928

Title: Newspaper vendor, Rosebank, South Africa, 1981
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, Boys--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: His name was Sydney and he lived in Langa. Sydney told me he earned all the money which kept his paralysed grandmother, his sister and his brother going. He did not know where his parents were. This photograph was taken on a Saturday evening on Main Road, Rosebank, 1981. On the following Monday morning I read a filler in 'The Cape Times' which told of a black boy named Sydney who was selling newspapers in Rosebank and was run over by a car on Saturday evening. He died instantly, the report said. The next day I started searching for his grandmother's house in Langa. She cried when I gave her the photograph of her smiling grandson
Identifier: islandora:963

Title: Special map of Africa showing treaty boundaries
Description: Map of Africa showing the treaty boundaries between conterminous powers, treaty boundaries disputed by a third party, boundaries not definitely laid down, the dates of the treaties, railways, the Anglo-Egyptian route, the French routes, Macdonald's route, the Belgian route, British possessions and protectorates, the area under British chartered companies and areas under the British sphere of influence and army of occupation., The colour coded key indicates French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Belgian holdings in Africa.
Identifier: islandora:19554

Title: Celebrating marriage, Pilgrims Rest, South Africa
Subject: Social life and customs--South Africa, Marriage--South Africa, Holidays (Vacations)--South Africa,
Description: Ian eating lunch, while Addey and Karen celebrate as newly weds in Pilgrim's Rest, 1991.
Identifier: islandora:1386

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1995
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Umlazi, Political violence--South Africa--Umlazi, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Umlazi, Zulu (African people)--Clothing, Best of Marinovich
Description: An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporting chief fires into houses during an IFP rally in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, 1995.
Identifier: islandora:1200

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