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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: Three women at a formal event, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Three women pose for a portrait at a formal event in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18450

Title: Great Trek Commemoration, Uitenhage, South Africa
Subject: South Africa-- History--Great Trek, 1836-1840--Anniversaries, etc., Role playing, Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Afrikaners--Social life and customs
Description: Commemoration of the Afrikaners' Great Trek, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa, December 1988.
Identifier: islandora:5353

Title: Addey and Karen, Johannesburg
Subject: Leisure time--South Africa, City dwellers--South Africa, Social life and customs--South Africa,
Description: Addey and Karen getting close during Sunday lunch at Laurienne and Ian's home in north Johannesburg, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:1407

Title: Playing games along river, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Leisure time--South Africa, Social life and customs--South Africa, City dwellers--South Africa,
Description: Andrew, Addey and Ian (from L to R) play Pooh Sticks during a picnic at a river north of Johannesburg, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:1410

Title: Hostel burial society march, Malmesbury, Western Cape
Subject: Malmesbury (South Africa)--Social life and customsBurial insurance--South Africa--Malmesbury, Funeral rites and customs--South Africa,
Description: A march of members of a hostel burial society in Malmsebury in the Western Cape. They are carrying a placard which reads "Masingwa Bane Buffelsdoring Burial".
Identifier: islandora:5259

Title: Before Frances and Graeme's wedding, Cape Town
Subject: Weddings--South Africa, Social life and customs--South Africa, City dwellers--South Africa,
Description: Frances waits at the Cape Town Magistrates Court for her wedding ceremony to begin, 1992. From left to right, Tessa (Frances' mother), Ann (Graeme's mother), Frances' friend and witness, Terry.
Identifier: islandora:1389

Title: Two women posing on a rock next to the ocean. Eastern Beach, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, Bathing suits—South Africa—20th century, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Two women pose on a rock next to the ocean at Eastern Beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18426

Title: Young boy, Lesotho
Subject: Lesotho--Rural conditions, Lesotho--Social life and customs, Boys--Lesotho, Children--Lesotho,
Description: Young boy, Lesotho.
Identifier: islandora:18647

Title: Chris Barnard and his wife, Barbara Barnard dine with Secretary of the Department of Information
Subject: Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001, Surgeons--South Africa, Barnard, Barbara, Rhoodie, Eschel M. (Eschel Mostert), South Africa--Social life and customs
Description: Dining in Cape Town this week were, left, Mrs. Barbara Barnard, Mrs. Katie Rhoodie, her husband Eschel, and Professor Chris Barnard.
Identifier: islandora:14457

Title: Coolies - Market Squares
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Pictorial works, South Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, Cape Town (South Africa)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Group of three men resting on the steps of a building, (possibly in Greenmarket Square). An ox-waggon is depicted in the background. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26382

Title: Dancing at a party, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Social life and customs--South Africa, Fancy dress--South Africa, City dwellers--South Africa,
Description: Addey and Karen dancing at a fancy-dress party at Andrew and Anthea's house in Westdene, Johannesburg, 1992.
Identifier: islandora:1393

Title: Dancing at fancy-dress party, Johannesburg
Subject: Social life and customs--South Africa, Fancy dress--South Africa, City dwellers--South Africa,
Description: Addey dancing at a fancy-dress party at Andrew and Anthea's house in Westdene, Johannesburg, 1992.
Identifier: islandora:1391

Title: Woman brushing hair while looking in mirror, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century, South Africa—Social conditions—1961-1994,
Description: A woman, dresseed in her underwear, brushes hair while looking in a mirror in her home in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18418

Title: Relaxing in sun, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Leisure time--South Africa, Urban housing--South Africa, Social life and customs--South Africa,
Description: At the end of a long Sunday, only Nicholas is active. Relaxing in the early evening sun are Anthea (facing), Frances (lying), Simon, Nia and the dog. Johannesburg, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1421

Title: Before wedding, Arniston, South Africa
Subject: Weddings--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Social life and customs--South Africa,
Description: Andrew's child from his first marriage, Sabine, gets dressed for the wedding, while Karen (Andrew's bride) has her hair done in the background at the Arniston Hotel in 2001.
Identifier: islandora:1427

Title: Woman pushing her child in a pram, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, South Africa--Social life and customs, Women--South Africa, Mothers--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Boys--South Africa,
Description: A woman pushes her young boy in a pram on the pavement in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18624

Title: Carbonatji Tents - Market square
Subject: Malays (Asian people) in art, Cape Town (South Africa)--Pictorial works, Cape Town (South Africa)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Depicts a group of Malays' partaking of refreshments under a large umbrella-like shelter. Location possibly Greenmarket Square, Cape Town. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26381

Title: The Earl and Countess of Athlone with Mr & Mrs. Lancelot Ussher at their Newlands home, Cape Town
Subject: Dwellings--South Africa--Cape Town, Aristocracy (Social class), South Africa--Social life and customs, Colonialism
Description: The Earl and Countess of Athlone with Mr. & Mrs. Lancelot Ussher of Newlands, with whom they are staying at Newlands
Identifier: islandora:14785

Title: Two women wearing sunglasses and sitting in a rock pool at Eastern Beach, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, Bathing suits—South Africa—20th century, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Two women wearing sunglasses sit in a rock pool at Eastern Beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18457

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