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Title: Oral history inteview with Mrs Kafoerah Dollie [ 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, Dollie, Kafoerah
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., Cwc2.50b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 21:36 min. ; interview 50 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18824

Title: Ukumoga dance at a funeral
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Men--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A men's ukumoga dance at a funeral. This photograph depicts the same ritual event as seen in: Good company: a study of Nyakyusa age villages. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute. Plate XIV. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5672

Title: Studio portrait of Zulu woman
Subject: Women--South Africa, Girls--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa--Clothing,
Description: A Zulu woman dressed in traditional clothing poses on set for a studio portrait.
Identifier: islandora:18326

Title: Stooping to greet a man
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Women--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Nyakyusa (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: Ndimboni, a Christian woman, stooping to greet a man. Photograph taken at Rungwe Mission Station.
Identifier: islandora:5522

Title: Milk bag
Subject: Musical instruments--Botswana, Tswana (African people)--Music
Description: Height: 150mm (6in), Width: 308mm (11.8in), Height: 553mm (21.7in), Place of production: Ramotswa (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:20224

Title: Hunter with spring hare
Subject: Bushman, Namibia, hunting, man, bush, bow, animal, San (African people)--Hunting--Namibia, Bowhunting--Namibia, San (African people)--Food--Namibia, Hunting and gathering societies--Namibia, Namibia
Identifier: islandora:12387

Title: Dzhio
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Height: 22mm, Width: 20mm, Length: 124mm, Place of production: Fundudzi, Lake (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20059

Title: |Xam man dressing a skin
Subject: San (African people)--Africa, Southern, San (African people)--Africa, Southern--Pictorial works, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Men--Africa, Southern, Hunting and gathering societies--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: This image was included in Alfred Martin Duggan Cronin's The Bantu tribes of South Africa : reproductions of photographic studies, the outcome of his major ethnographic research study of the San of Southern African.
Identifier: islandora:26892

Title: Elsie Vaalbooi and Petrus Vaalbooi's home
Subject: San (African people)--South Africa--Noenieput, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Noenieput, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Dwellings, Khomani (African people)--Dwellings, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Elsie Vaalbooi and Petrus Vaalbooi's home in Noenieput, South Africa. Around 1964, Elsie Vaalbooi moved in with Petrus where he had a job at the Farmers Co-operative.
Identifier: islandora:27087

Title: Ceremonial washing by initiates prior to rejoining the community
Subject: Sotho (African people)--Lesotho--Rites and ceremonies, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: BaSotho initiates at HaMohlokaqala village in western Lesotho ceremonially wash as they prepare to return to society as men after undergoing a grueling traditional four month initiation process. Dec 10, 1999.
Identifier: islandora:7211

Title: Grave marker
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Church members hold a funeral ceremony at a cemetery near the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. 26 July 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7286

Title: Bride arrives for the traditional part of her wedding
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Nompumelelo Mkhwanazi arrives for the traditional part of her wedding in the Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding at the homestead of the groom. 1999.
Identifier: islandora:7327

Title: Grave of an unidentified park ranger within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
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, Tombs--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The grave of an unidentified ranger who died of malaria. The grave is fenced in to protect it from animals and vehicles which may damage it. 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:26988

Title: Interior of a house
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Dwellings, Interior decoration--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Interior of what is probably a round square house in Pondoland. Notice the grinding stone on the bottom left and the picture on the wall.
Identifier: islandora:5428

Title: Mass baptism
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Members of the Gauteng branch of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe, come to the Klip River in Soweto for baptism. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture.
Identifier: islandora:7400

Title: Wedding in Arderne Gardens
Subject: weddings, wedding couple, wedding dressColored people (South Africa), Newlyweds, Wedding costume
Description: A young bride and groom.
Identifier: islandora:8344

Title: Mass marriage ceremony
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A mass marriage ceremony at the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. 2 August 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7347

Title: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Welkom ; Rietfontein ; The people of Uitkoms
Subject: Thys, Ragel, Nama language, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: Ragel Thys talks about bringing groups of people together to work, even children
Identifier: islandora:31448

Title: Oral history interview with Ali Fataar [ Part 5 of 8]
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, Fataar, Ali
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., Cwc2.56a.mp3: Part 5 of 8 ; 29:27min. ; interview 56 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12843

Title: Fisherman with net
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, river, boat, fishing, San, indigenous, oar, net, fisherman, tradition, work , labour, food, San (African people)--Fishing--Botswana, Dugout canoes--Botswana, Okavango River Delta (Botswana)
Description: A 'River Bushman'. Man standing in a dugout canoe on a lake, using an oar to lift a fishing net from the water. Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Identifier: islandora:11835

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