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Title: Morris PhD Thesis 1984
Subject: physical anthropology archaeological skeletons Northern Cape History
Description: Comments from Phillip Tobias on draft of Chapter 3 (Materials and Methods)
Identifier: islandora:32622

Title: Morris PhD Thesis 1984
Subject: physical anthropology archaeological skeletons Northern Cape History
Description: 1984 Examiners' reports: WW Howells, JL Angel, PV Tobias
Identifier: islandora:32623

Title: Oral history interview with Tamsanqa Percival Ngoma [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin7.09b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 30:39 min.. ; interview 9 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22554

Title: Music (Gemsbok Park)
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Additional notes on box: (1) Gemsbok Dance; (2); (3) Matteljakkals Dance
Identifier: islandora:22534

Title: Oral history interview with Dr Partic de Goede [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists--Interviews, Government, Resistance to
Description: This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.20b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 32:05 min. ; interview 20 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25865

Title: Conscientious objectors protest, UCT
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Youths--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Conscientious objectors--South Africa,
Description: A sign reads, "Support objectors! STOP the call-up", at a demonstration to end military conscription in South Africa, central Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12635

Title: Delmas trial, Delmas, 1985
Subject: Trials (Treason), Valli, Mohammed, Apartheid, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Mohammed Valli, Transvaal secretary of the United Democratic Front (UDF), and other spectators peer into the courtroom at the start of the Delmas treason trial. Twenty-two UDF and other activists were charged with furthering the aims of the African National Congress (ANC) and with conspiring to overthrow the government.
Identifier: islandora:912

Title: Woman protests army occupation, Soweto, 1985
Subject: Military occupation, Women--Political activity, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A lone woman protests against the presence of troops in Soweto. Women played a significant role against the army's occupation of the townships. In Chesterville, a township near Durban, women patrolled the streets nightly to protect families from security force and vigilante harassment.
Identifier: islandora:909

Title: Madagascar
Subject: Protestant Churches--Missions--Madagascar--History, Madagascar--Description and travel--Maps, Protestant churches--Missions--Madagascar--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Madagascar showing protestant mission stations, names of places, Channel of Mozambique, islands, rivers, and an inset map. Some colours. Scale 100 English Miles to 1 Inch.
Identifier: islandora:29993

Title: Shoe shiner in Cubal, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, Shoe shiners--Angola, Boys--Angola, AK-47 rifle,
Description: A young boy polishes the shoes of soldiers belonging to th Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) in trhe town of Cubal in the Benguea Province of Angola. Just the day before the boy wa polishing the shoes of União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) commanders.
Identifier: islandora:7015

Title: z/hai Questionaire (Tsau)
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Tape numbered 27.
Identifier: islandora:22421

Title: Original map of Great Namaqualand and Damaraland
Subject: Great Namaqualand (Namibia)--Description and travel--Maps, Great Namaqualand (Namibia)--History--Maps, Great Namaqualand (Namibia)--Maps, ,
Description: 4th sheet of a map showing the South East part of the Great Namaqualand, with names of places, chiefs and tribes, population of tribes, rivers, mountains, pans, and roads. Relief shown by hachures. Scale 1:742016.
Identifier: islandora:29968

Title: Oral history interview with Phillida Milano [ Part 4 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, Milano, Phillida
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., Cwc2.126a.mp3: Part 4 of 4 ; 26:05 min. ; interview 126 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24466

Title: Oral history interview with A.T. Xawuka [ Part 2 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, Xuwuka, A.T.
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., Cwc2.199b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 25:28 min. ; interview 199 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24470

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: Dark days in Soyo
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Economic aspects, Oil industries--Angola,
Description: Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) troops search oil installations in Soyo, Angola, for União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) commanders. On 20 January 1993 UNITA forces overan and then destroyed the town. This action shook the oil world and prompted English oil barons to recruit a mercenary force that retook the town from UNITA.
Identifier: islandora:7056

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 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: Oral history interview with Mpathi Gocini, 27 May 1997
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History
Description: Interview with Mpathi Gocini, former resident artist at the Community Arts Project (circa 1978). The interview was conducted by Heidi Bolton and commissioned by Mario Pissarra for Community Arts Project 'Histories of CAP' project.
Identifier: islandora:31397

Title: Mandla Vanyaza at Visual Arts Group workshop, Zolani Centre, 1992
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Art--Study and teaching--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Artist Mandla Vanyaza, attending his first art workshop, at a Visual Arts Group workshop at Zolani Centre, Nyanga East.
Identifier: islandora:29048

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