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Title: Das Massai-Reservat südlich des Kilimandscharo :
Subject: Maasai (African people) -- Maps., National parks and reserves -- Kenya -- Maps., Kenya -- Maps.
Description: Topographical map of the Masai Reserve in Kenya, south of Mount Kilimanjaro, showing the route taken by Major Georg von Prittwitz und Gaffron in 1906 (and his campsites en route)., Appears in Mitteilungen aus den deutschen Schutzgebieten. Bd. XXIII. 1910.
Identifier: islandora:19766

Title: Manarwa man at Ghanzi, B.P.
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:26925

Title: Transkeian 'citizens' in a Whites-only restaurant, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Bantustans, Xhosa (African people)
Description: Transkeian citizens Mr Mbongeni Mvana and Mr Mlami Gomo enjoy a soft drink on the veranda of a Camps Bay White restaurant this week after showing their passports to the manager. 'I don't mind who comes here as long as they behave,' said the manager. [Transkei was granted 'independence' by South Africa in 1976, meaning those born in the Transkei, such as these two men, automatically became 'foreigners' in South Africa.]
Identifier: islandora:16650

Title: Diviners
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Clothing, Umbrellas--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Portrait of diviners. Notice the sun-umbrella.
Identifier: islandora:5468

Title: Kxao Moses and child
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, portrait, child, San, indigenous, bucket, tin can, chair, sand, San (African people)--Namibia, Children, San--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: Kxao Moses and child. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11982

Title: Oral history interview with Hadji Hoosain Hendricks [ Part 3 of 6]
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, Hendricks, Hoosain, Hadji
Description: Ebrahim Edries interviews Hadji Hoosain Hendricks, an ex-resident of District Six, Cape Town., Cwc2.75a.mp3: Part 3 of 6 ; 29:36 min. ; interview 75 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18904

Title: Oral history interview with Derrick Williams [ Part 6 of 6]
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, Williams, Derrick
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., Cwc2.195b.mp3: Part 6 of 6 ; 28:51 min. ; interview 195 of 208
Identifier: islandora:19384

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: Girls singing to celebrate an initiation
Subject: Lobedu (African people)--South Africa--Limpopo--Rites and ceremonies, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: HaModjadji, Lebowa, Northern Transvaal (Limpopo Province) South Africa. Girl initiates sing as a male mag�g�bya dancer in the kh�r� or royal courtyard of the Balobedu people at their capital haModjadji in northern South Africa, then part of the Lebowa homeland. The dancers are there to celebrate the initiation of the so called Vyali from the male initiation school - the Vuhwera. This image was taken during the reign of Mokope Modjadji V, who was the fifth Rain Queen. She played a very traditional role, followed all the customs she was expected to and lived in seclusion at the royal compound. In time past, tribes from all over Southern Africa paid homage to the reigning Modjadji as it was believed she could control the rain. Sir Ryder Haggard used her as a model for his character Ayesha in 'She'. 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7205

Title: Soldiers on parade
Subject: Bushman, Namibia, army, soldiers, standing, uniform, San (African people)--Namibia--Mangetti, Soldiers--Namibia--Mangetti, Mangetti (Namibia)
Identifier: islandora:12351

Title: Young man waits to be married
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Ekupakameni, KwaZulu-Natal. A young man waits to be married at 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:7307

Title: Pala
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.31 Partly-stopped single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Length: 53mm (2in), Width: 82mm (3.1in), Length: 279mm (10.6in), Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20073

Title: Stubborn bride at a Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Nompumelelo Mkhwanazi refuses to get out of her white wedding gown and into a beaded skirt and leopard skin collar before a traditional Zulu wedding in the Shembe or Nazareth Baptist Church wedding at the homestead of the groom. 1999.
Identifier: islandora:7292

Title: Following donkeys
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, grass, donkey, man, land, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Domestic animals--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Transportation--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12370

Title: Children playing
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, child, bushveld, game, play, San, indigenous, children, dress, costume, grass, road, sand, Children, San, Play, San (African people)--Recreation, Mangetti (Namibia)
Description: Children dressed up and playing a game.
Identifier: islandora:11915

Title: Christian convert meets with two men
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Men--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Christian converts--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A Christian convert, probably a research assistant, meeting with two men in traditional attire, outside their home. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5577

Title: Makoko woman at Ghanzi, B.P.
Subject: San (African people)--Africa, Southern, San (African people)--Africa, Southern--Pictorial works, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--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:26927

Title: Hunters washing
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, hunter, man, bushveld, San, indigenous, water, lake, wash, work, labour, Bowhunters--Namibia, San (African people)--Health and hygiene--Namibia, Ponds--Namiba, Namibia
Description: Two hunters washing. N?ama Pan, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11736

Title: Oral history interview with Emily Foza [ Part 4 of 4]
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, Foza, Emily,
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., Cwc2.62b.mp3: Part 4 of 4 ; 30:22 min. ; interview 62 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18859

Title: Language transcriptions and translations of ǂKhomani San Brody Archive, Oupa Andries and the two sisters
Subject: Rooi, Katriena |Una Kassie, Koper, |Abaka Vytjie, Bot, Griet, Nama language, Khomani (African people)--History, British Empire Exhibition (1936 : Johannesburg, South Africa), ,
Description: Katriena |Una Kassie Rooi, |Abaka Vytjie Koper and Griet Bot in conversation with Nigel Crawhall discussing their history, including the 1936 trip to Johannesburg for the Empire Exhibition.
Identifier: islandora:31462

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