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Title: Woman protests army occupation, Soweto, 1985
Subject: Military occupation, Women--Political activity, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A lone woman protests against the presence of troops in Soweto. Women played a significant role against the army's occupation of the townships. In Chesterville, a township near Durban, women patrolled the streets nightly to protect families from security force and vigilante harassment.
Identifier: islandora:909

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: Elderly woman on bed, South Africa
Subject: Elderly people--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa, Women--South Africa
Description: Elderly woman lying on her bed in what is possibly a low income home in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18390

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, woman, San, indigenous, hut, sticks, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa. Kauduma, Kalahari Gemsbok Park.
Identifier: islandora:12041

Title: Pregnant woman stand holding her two kids hands, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Heavily pregnant: Mrs Nomaliso Mthensi appeared in the Langa Commissioners Court yesterday with her two children clinging to her skirts. Here, she leaves the court after paying a fine of R70 for Pass Law offences.
Identifier: islandora:15796

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, woman, portrait, hut, thatch, settlement, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12036

Title: Woman posing for a portrait holding a plant, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A woman poses for a portrait holding a plant in a garden in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18445

Title: Young woman playing tennis
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social conditions—1961-1994, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A young woman plays tennis dressed all in white in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18460

Title: Woman selling pillows with her child, Mai Mai market, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa--Johannesburg, Children--South Africa--Johannesburg, Markets--South Africa--Johannesburg, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A woman and her child sell pillows at the Mai Mai market in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18593

Title: Woman at the Mai Mai Hostel, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa--Johannesburg, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A woman at the Mai Mai hostel in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18591

Title: Woman with baby on her back, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Mothers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Children--South Africa--Johannesburg, Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A woman carries her baby on her back on the streets of central Johannesburg in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18607

Title: Three woman and a man pose with big smiles in front of a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, Men--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Three woman and a man pose with big smiles in front of a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18436

Title: Woman on roof of building, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa--Johannesburg, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Hillbrow (johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions
Description: A woman sits on the roof of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18556

Title: Zulu man and woman posing for a portrait
Subject: Women--South AFrica, Men--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa--Clothing,
Description: A zulu woman dressed in traditional clothing poses next to a Zulu man dressed in western clothing for a self-commissioned studio portrait.
Identifier: islandora:18336

Title: Woman pushing her child in a pram, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, South Africa--Social life and customs, Women--South Africa, Mothers--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Boys--South Africa,
Description: A woman pushes her young boy in a pram on the pavement in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18624

Title: Woman on bed in an apartment in Troyeville, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa--Johannesburg, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Troyeville (Johannesburg, South Africa)—Social conditions, Urban housing--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A woman lies on a bed in an apartment in Troyeville, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18561

Title: Young, bare-breasted, Zulu woman
Subject: Women--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa--Clothing,
Description: A yound, bare-breasted Zulu woman poses for a portrait dressed in traditional clothing.
Identifier: islandora:18338

Title: Xhosa woman with child on back, carrying water, Transkei, South Africa
Subject: Transkei (South Africa)—Rural conditions, Xhosa (African people)—South Africa—Social conditions, Xhosa (African people)—South Africa, Women—South Africa, Children—South Africa,
Description: A Xhosa woman carries a bucket of water while carrying her baby on her back, Transkei, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18282

Title: Man blowing a horn, sitting next to a woman
Subject: Musicians--South Africa, Ngozi, Winston Mankunku, 1943-2009,
Description: Man, possibly Winston Mankunku Ngozi, sits next to a woman and blows a horn, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:18211

Title: Forcibly removed woman outside shack, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa, Blacks--Relocation--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa, Segregation--South Africa, Race discrimination--South Africa
Description: Families forcibly removed from "black spots" under apartheid segregation laws eke out a living in tin shacks far from their homes. Black spots were areas inhabited by black people that were deemed too close to the areas inhabited by whites. August 1982.
Identifier: islandora:5332

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