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Oral history interview with Gadija Adams [Part 1 of 3]

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Title
Oral history interview with Gadija Adams [Part 1 of 3]
Creator
Daniels, Karen (Oral history interviewer)
Subject
Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Adams, Gadija
Description
Karen Daniels Oral history interviews Gadija Adams, an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These Oral history interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the Oral history interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each Oral history interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the Oral history interview dynamics and the date of the Oral history interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.04a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 30:35 min; interview 4 of 39
Publisher
Centre for Popular Memory (University of Cape Town) (www.popularmemory.org.za)
Contributor
Adams, Gadija (interviewee) (contributor)
Date
1994-09-01
Type
Sound, interviews
Format
Identifier
islandora:24693
Source
Centre for Popular Memory (University of Cape Town) (www.popularmemory.org.za)
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa), Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)
Rights
Centre for Popular Memory (University of Cape Town). Creative Commons Licence - Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivative Works.

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