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Title: Zulu woman wearing braids and headdress
Subject: Women--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa--Clothing,
Description: A Zulu woman poses for a portrait wearing a traditional braided headdress and beaded necklace.
Identifier: islandora:18339

Title: Young man injured in the crush to hear Mandela speak, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
Subject: Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, African National Congress, Election campaigns, democracy, security guards
Description: Trampled: a security official at the Athlone Stadium tends to one more than 20 people injured yesterday shortly after the arrival of African National Congress (ANC) leader Mr Nelson Mandela. Three people, including a small boy, were killed in the crush.
Identifier: islandora:15895

Title: Kwanyama
Subject: African languages, Linguistics, Kuanyama language, Bantu languages
Description: A manuscript dealing with the Kwanyama language
Identifier: islandora:7808

Title: Nama choir; Vocab Nama (Beach)
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Nama recordings continued, at Grootfontein, South West Africa
Identifier: islandora:22625

Title: Ceremony at Mautse Mountain
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: A religious ceremony is performed in a stream at Mautse Mountain in the Free State province of South Africa. The mountain is seen as extremely holy or spiritual to people who follow either traditional African animist religions, or the syncretic Zioni religions that combine Christian and animist faiths.
Identifier: islandora:7173

Title: Ikuhane phonology
Subject: African languages, Bantu languages, Subiya language, Linguistics
Description: A manuscript dealing with the phonology of the Ikuhane language
Identifier: islandora:7780

Title: Maria, a Christian elder
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Women--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Christian women--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Maria, a Christian elder. Photograph taken at Rungwe Mission Station.
Identifier: islandora:5542

Title: Boys playing cards
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Young men--South Africa--Pondoland, Card games--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Ex-mine boys playing cards.
Identifier: islandora:5394

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Florrie Malan [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Calvinia (South Africa)--History, Calvinia (South Africa)--Social conditions, South African War, 1899-1902, Missions--South Africa--Calvinia, Church schools--South Africa--Calvinia,
Description: These interviews present a discussion on missionary schooling in Calvinia, South Africa, the characters and their memories of the Anglo-Boer War. Themes include: Boers, the relationship between the British troops and the missionaries, the community of Calvinia, key figures such as Hugo Nieuwoudt, a Boer leader and Abraham Esau, memories of the Esau murder, National Party meeting, political tensions, racial aggression and tension and trade relations. Abraham Esau was a coloured blacksmith and leader from Calvinia. He was murdered by the Boers in 1901 as a result of his unfailing support for the British., Pol4.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 23:02 min. ; interview 1 of 2
Identifier: islandora:24760

Title: Oral history interview with Mr D.K. Alderman [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:55 min. ; interview 1 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24987

Title: Political demonstration, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953
Description: Political demonstration, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17724

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20781

Title: Oral history interview with Mr B. Risien [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.16b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 32:07 min. ; interview 16 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24983

Title: New map : Briton or Boer
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902--Maps, South Africa--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing territories under dispute during the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902 and in the vicinity, including the southern part of Transvaal, the Orange Free State, Basutoland, Natal, Zululand, the Cape Colony and an eastern sliver of British Bechuanaland. The map also shows rivers, roads, hills, telegraph lines, railways and railways under construction. 3rd edition. Relief indicated by contours. Inset maps: Pretoria (scale 1 in. to 2 miles); Kimberley (scale 1 in. to 2 miles); Johannesburg (scale 1 in. to 2 miles); Ladysmith (scale 1 in. to 6 miles); Dundee (scale 1 in. to 4 miles); South Africa (scale 1 in. to 250 miles).
Identifier: islandora:30057

Title: Social gathering
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Children--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Social gathering. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5498

Title: Pala
Subject: Musical instruments--Botswana, Kgatla (African people)--Music, Tswana (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.31 Partly-stopped single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Height: 29mm (0.8in), Width: 51mm (2in), Length: 195mm (7.5in), String: Length: 1040mm (41in), Diameter: 6mm (0.1in), Place of production: Mochudi (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:20070

Title: Nharo Vocab
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Additional notes on box: Nharo vocabulary (verbals). (1) Vocab (Verbals); (2) Vocab (Verbals)
Identifier: islandora:22617

Title: Bongi Kasiki at home
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, woman, children, home, doorway, Artists--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12502

Title: Just as I thought. You appear to be suffering from a credibility gap
Subject: Malan, Magnus, 1930-2011--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Announcements by Defence Minister Magnus Malan that our troops were not in Angola were met with scepticism while the media in the rest of the world were full of reports of their presence in that country. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6158

Title: ≠hũa
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal.
Identifier: islandora:22599

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