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Title: Oral history interview with Gadija Williams [ Part 3 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, Williams, Gadija
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., Cwc2.190a.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 29:22 min. ; interview 190 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24558

Title: Oral history interview with Willie van Bloomenstein, a drummer [Transcript]
Subject: Oral history, Van Bloomenstein, Willie, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Drummer--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Description: This is one interview in a collection of interviews composed of the life histories of twenty Cape Town jazz musicians. Some of the themes explored are the effects of apartheid in the music scene in the 1950's and 1960's; priorities of recording labels; music reception across social groupings in District Six and the extensive influence of American jazz. Music genres referred to span big band, the avant garde, bebop, dance, jive, marabi, township jazz, goema and Latin.
Identifier: islandora:24626

Title: Historic 12 Mile Post, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), History, Transport, Roads, City planning, Older people
Description: Present links with the past. A busy modern main street to-day speeds past the location of the old 12th Mile Post, here pointed out by Mr. Frans Duminy and Mr. Pieter Dreyer, who still have vivid memories of the nineteenth-century Bellville.
Identifier: islandora:16784

Title: Observations of ? Bushmen & Hottentots musical practices
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Additional notes on tape box: Observations on current Bushman and Hottentot Musical Practices (Songs illustrating text). Bow on 2nd track. Additional notes on inside of box., Recording of songs and musical instruments
Identifier: islandora:22623

Title: Mandela and De Klerk at meeting, Cape Town, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1989-1994, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Ex-presidents--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem),
Description: Nelson Mandela and F.W. De Klerk at a meeting between the ANC (African National Congress) and the then South African government, the NP (National Party).
Identifier: islandora:12604

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1995
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Umlazi, Political violence--South Africa--Umlazi, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Umlazi, AK-47 rifle, Best of Marinovich
Description: An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporter runs with an AK-47 during a march in Umlazi township, south of Durban, 1995.
Identifier: islandora:1201

Title: Oral history interview with Gadien Hoffman [ Part 5 of 5]
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, Hoffman, Gadien
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., Cwc2.80b.mp3: Part 5 of 5 ; 29:40 min. ; interview 80 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18924

Title: Oral history interview with Wilhelmina Trout [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Labor unions--Social aspects--South Africa, Economic conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Labor union members--South Africa--Interviews
Description: The interviews trace the working lives and political consciousness of three people involved with trade unions in industry. Themes include: Combined Workers Union, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), family background, gender discrimination, job reservation, student activism 1976-1985, shop stewards, political consciousness, working conditions, working environment and the 1980 school boycotts., Por3.03b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 31:05 min. ; interview 3 of 4
Identifier: islandora:25026

Title: Oral history interview with Zubeida Booley [ Part 6 of 16]
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, Booley, Zubeida
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., Cwc2.21b.mp3: Part 6 of 16 ; 30:20 min. ; interview 21 0f 208
Identifier: islandora:12782

Title: Oral history interview with Eddie George [ Part 2 of 5]
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, George, Eddie
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., Cwc2.64b.mp3: Part 2 of 5 ; 29:45 min. ; interview 64 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18863

Title: Colleen Cupido at an interview for oral history project
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History
Description: Colleen Cupido, former theatre student. Photograph taken on occasion of interview for oral history project.
Identifier: islandora:29092

Title: Oral history interview with Mr G. De Jong [Part 2 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., Pin5.05b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 22:32 min. ; interview 5 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24992

Title: Young boys playing in the street, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A group of young boys play around a table on the side of a road in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18506

Title: AWB supporters interrupt NP political rally, Pietersburg, South Africa
Subject: Political history-- South Africa--Limpopo, Political violence-- South Africa--Limpopo, Apartheid-- South Africa--Limpopo, Demonstrations--South Africa--Limpopo, Politicians--South Africa--Limpopo
Description: Rise of the Right; At a National Party (NP) political rally, members of the Afrikaner Resistance (AWB) forcibly take over the stage and prevent apartheid government Foreign Minister, Pik Botha, from speaking. Here AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche, addresses the crowd, Pietersburg, South Africa, 22 May 1986.
Identifier: islandora:5345

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Bekkersdal, Political violence--South Africa--Bekkersdal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Bekkersdal, Best of Marinovich
Description: Azanian People's Organisation (Azapo) supporters fire at African National Congress (ANC) supporters in clashes between the police, army, Azapo and the ANC in Bekkersdal township, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1196

Title: Oral history interview with Derrick Williams [ Part 2 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., Cwc2.193b.mp3: Part 2 of 6 ; 29:22 min. ; interview 193 of 208
Identifier: islandora:19380

Title: Oral history interview with Mr H.J. Bates [Part 5 of 5]
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., Pin5.04a.mp3: Part 5 of 5 ; 17:50 min. ; interview 4 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24999

Title: Anti-COSATU parade, Durban, May Day 1986
Subject: Labor unions, Labor union members--Political activity, Inkatha Freedom Party, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Thomas Mandla Shabalala, Inkatha central committee member, leads an anti-COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) parade at the launch of Inkatha's trade union wing, the United Workers Union of South Africa (UWUSA). Rural chiefs were instructed to fill buses with their people for the event, and special trains brought Inkatha supporters to the UWUSA rally. To complete the extravaganza, Chief Buthelezi arrived in a helicopter.
Identifier: islandora:858

Title: Young girls standing at a fence in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Two young girls peer over a fence outside a shared property in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18523

Title: Rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Description: Addressing the crowd at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released political prisoners, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12609

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