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Title: Man demonstrates the art of "Chalifa" to audience, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: Mr Mohamed Ismail demonstrates the Islamic art of "Chalifa" - piercing one's own body with blades - while members of the Bridgetown Chalifa group drum a rhythm to hold him in a trance. The group will appear at the Schotsche Kloof Civic Centre tonight at 7. Tickets cost R2,50.
Identifier: islandora:15460

Title: Community Arts Project
Description: The Community Arts Project (CAP) was a public art centre that was based in Cape Town from 1977 until its demise in 2008. It played a crucial role in Cape Town’s cultural life, particularly in the years of resistance to and transition from apartheid. Community art centres provided black artists with access to training, resources, materials and networks during a time when apartheid barred them from mainstream arts education institutions in the country. They also provided a space for non-racial connectivity in the arts at the height of apartheid.
Identifier: islandora:443

Title: Malay Arts and Crafts, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Wicker furniture, ,
Description: Furniture made by Muslims / Section of Malay Arts and Crafts: Van Riebeek festival. Exhibition at the Castle. 1952. Organised by H.M.A. Regal.
Identifier: islandora:15451

Title: Arts and crafts sold by the roadside
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, Decoration and ornament, San, Decoration and ornament, Khomani, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The ǂKhomani San supplement their income by selling their arts and crafts at roadside stalls. Tortoise shells are a common feature as the flesh is eaten and the shells are used to make crafts.
Identifier: islandora:27147

Title: Children sitting around a table in a classroom doing art and craft activities, 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: Children sit around a table and partake in arts and crafts activities in a classroom in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18501

Title: The art and science of illustrating extinct humans
Subject: forensic anthropology
Description: Presentation notes for Anatomical Society of Southern Africa, 2000, Tygerberg
Identifier: islandora:33305

Title: The art and science of illustrating extinct humans
Subject: forensic anthropology
Description: Presentation notes for Anatomical Society of Southern Africa, 2000, Tygerberg
Identifier: islandora:33286

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