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A Camel Thorn tree in front of the Witdraai Police Station

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In 1937, |Una Rooi and her grandparents were forced to move to Upington, South Africa. They learnt that their homes were burnt and all their possessions and land taken. They were forced to live in the limestone grottoes at Witdraai in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. When |Una's father, Ari, reported this to the police at the Witdraai Police Station, he was violently beaten and left for dead.

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A Camel Thorn tree in front of the Witdraai Police Station
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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, Acacia erioloba---Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern
Description
In 1937, |Una Rooi and her grandparents were forced to move to Upington, South Africa. They learnt that their homes were burnt and all their possessions and land taken. They were forced to live in the limestone grottoes at Witdraai in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. When |Una's father, Ari, reported this to the police at the Witdraai Police Station, he was violently beaten and left for dead.
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
Contributor
Chennells, Roger (contributor), Crawhall, N. T. (Nigel T.) (contributor), Brody, Hugh (contributor), Kemp, Bill (contributor), Blasevic, Valter (contributor), Chamberlin, J. Edward, 1943- (contributor), Comic Relief (Organization) (contributor), University of the Fraser Valley (contributor), Open Channels (contributor), South African San Institute (contributor)
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Identifier
islandora:27081
Source
mss_bvf41_Neg 07-25.jpg
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Relation
ǂKhomani San Hugh Brody Archive: Photographs
Coverage
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), circa 2000
Rights
For copyright information and terms of usage, click here: http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/brody-khomani-san-rights.html

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