Boys watching destruction of District Six, South Africa, 1974

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Title: Boys watching destruction of District Six, South Africa, 1974
Creator: Alberts, Paul, 1946-2010
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: The destruction of District Six was one of the worst insults inflicted upon the coloured people of the Cape by the National Party (NP). On a Sunday morning in 1974, three boys from a nearby shack strolled passed the demolition, sat on what used to be the pavement, and watched the destruction. Others also gathered, but no on said anything for a long time. When people have experienced too much pain, their senses become numb. The boys then got up and ran over the spaces of what used to be District Six
Publisher: University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date: 1974
Type: StillImage
Format: documentary photographs, black-and-white photographs
Identifier: islandora:924
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Rights: Copyright held by Charmaine Alberts. Please contact the Special Collections at the University of Cape Town Libraries for further information about using and/or publishing this photograph.