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Title: Traditional dance
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, traditional, man, men, fire, sand, night, Khomani (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa--Social life and customs, Dance--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Evening gathering with dancing at the fire. Khomani San perform a traditional dance. Kalahari, Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:12050

Title: ǂKhomani San : Tree of Family : trees are our heritage
Subject: Tree of Family, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, ,
Description: This poster outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. It explores the cultural and symbolic value of the Shepherd's Bush tree as "The Tree of Family". The poster includes photographs of Shepherd's Bush tree as well as San people.
Identifier: islandora:27319

Title: Soldier with pipe
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, army, soldier, road, !Xun, Khwe, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Soldiers--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12229

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, woman, San, indigenous, hut, sticks, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa. Kauduma, Kalahari Gemsbok Park.
Identifier: islandora:12041

Title: Simon Ngwenya, goat farmer
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, man, boots, stick, goats, farmer, San (African people)--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, San (African people)--Agriculture--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, Goat farmers--South Africa--Chrissiesmeer, Chrissiesmeer (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12439

Title: Old man Gerrick returns to the mountain
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, elderly man, being led, helped, walking, mountain, woman, San (African people)--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal--Rites and ceremonies, San (African people)--Drakensberg Mountains--Rites and ceremonies, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12432

Title: Bill Kemp and unidentified researcher standing beside the Tree of Family.
Subject: Tree of Family ; Kemp, Bill, 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, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park--Religious aspects, Indigenous peoples--Research--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The Tree of Family is found on the Eastern border of the Old Bushman Camp and is of great importance to the ǂKhomani San community. The tree is was both a resting and meeting place for the community and also marks the grave of a member of the San community who died there in 1935. Bill Kemp of Strata360 was essential in the cartographic research conducted during the ǂKhomani San Land Claim process.
Identifier: islandora:27065

Title: Piet Rooi and Buks Kruiper inside the park.
Subject: Rooi, Piet ; Kruiper, Buks, 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, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Piet Rooi and Buks Kruiper connect inside the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Buks Kruiper was a skilled hunter and known for catching cheetah and jackals.
Identifier: islandora:27127

Title: ǂKhomani San : trees are our heritage, Map item #23
Subject: Tree of Life ; Tree of Love ; Tree of Family ; Tree of Healing, San (African people), San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--History, Empire Exhibition (1936 : Johannesburg, South Africa), San (African people)--Social life and customs, , ,
Description: This poster introduces and outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. This explains the forced removal and land claim of the San including the influence of Donald Bain. The map in the poster's centre shows ǂA ka ǂnaus, the traditional Living Area of ǂKhomani San (including the Tree of Life, Tree of Love, Tree of Family and Tree of Healing) within the Kalagadi Transfrontier National Park. Photographic images depict Donald Bain and an image of Bushmen being trucked to his Empire Exhibition.
Identifier: islandora:27318

Title: |Una Rooi
Subject: Rooi, |Una, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Languages, Khomani language--Study and teaching, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi, holding a Bible, teaching children N|uu in the Andriesvale Hall. |Una Rooi was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application. She was a fluent N|uu speaker and taught N|uu and San cultural history to children in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa, and was a member of Council of Elders. She was born in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park in 1931 and passed away in 2012.
Identifier: islandora:27106

Title: Ceremony in the caves
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, man, ceremony, rock paintings, bowl, cave, San (African people)--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal--Rites and ceremonies, San (African people)--Drakensberg Mountains--Rites and ceremonies, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Drakensberg Mountains, Rock paintings--Drakensberg Mountains, Cave paintings--Drakensberg Mountains, Art, San--Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12426

Title: Survey of new Bushman settlements, Map item #7
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, Khomani (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Northern Cape (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map showing new San settlements including the Kruiper settlement and the new Swartkop settlement in the Northern Cape, South Africa, just outside of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Approximate scale 1:175 000
Identifier: islandora:27329

Title: Exterior limestone formations of the Witdraai grottoes.
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, Caves--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Limestone grottoes at Witdraai in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. These grottoes played an important part in the ǂKhomani San's cultural heritage. At one time, they were used as a prison for the San and inmates were chained to the interior walls. In later times, upon returning from the Empire Exhibition, the participants discovered their homes had been burnt down by Basters (the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women). Several San community members including Ouma |Una Rooi came to live here.
Identifier: islandora:27219

Title: Members of the research team drive along Xausendi pan
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, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: An area known as Xausendi meaning "diarrhoea". The pans in this region have water that causes bad stomach cramps and diarrhoea. The bad water discourages animals from congregating here which reduces the number of predators. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:26972

Title: Ceremony in the caves
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, man, rock paintings, branches, ceremony, cave, San (African people)--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal--Rites and ceremonies, San (African people)--Drakensberg Mountains--Rites and ceremonies, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Drakensberg Mountains, Rock paintings--Drakensberg Mountains, Cave paintings--Drakensberg Mountains, Art, San--Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12423

Title: Man and child outside Schmidtsdrift
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, army, soldier, road, child, !Xun, Khwe, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Soldiers--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12231

Title: Tourist with bow and arrow
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, bow, woman, man, San, indigenous, Heritage tourism--South Africa, Bow and arrow--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa, Western Cape (South Africa)
Description: A tourist tests out a bow and arrow; another woman uses her camera; Michael Daiber, manager of the Kagga Kamma nature reserve carries a San child. Kagga Kamma, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11976

Title: Jakob Malgas collecting tsamma melons, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Subject: tsamma melons ; Malgas, Jakob, 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, Plants, Edible--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Hunting and gathering societies--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Jakob Malgas collecting tsamma melons (Citrullus lanatus) between Kij Kij and Tierkop. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:26945

Title: Women's self-help project
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, portrait, San, indigenous, group, gathering, dress, San (African people)--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: Women at a women's self-help project. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11749

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, woman, portrait, hut, thatch, settlement, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12036

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