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Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, woman, portrait, hut, thatch, sand, settlement, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Grass huts--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, standing outside a hut. She is one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12037

Title: Xade settlement
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, hut, man, settlement, guitar, instrument, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Dwellings--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Huts--Botswana, San (African people)--Botswana--Music, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12246

Title: Salvaging remains
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, salvaging materials, ruinsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women, Children
Description: A resident salvages material from an informal settlement raided by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8437

Title: Women and children praying, Crossroads, South Africa, 1982
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Prayer groups--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Women and children of Crossroads gather to pray for the Nyanga bush squatters, who had staged a hunger strike in St George's Cathedral in an attempt to persuade the authorities not to demolish their plastic shacks. The protest was fruitless - the shacks were torn down during the wet Cape winter, causing hardship, Cape Town, 1982
Identifier: islandora:917

Title: Two San women
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, women, hut, thatch, sand, portrait, settlement, chair, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: Two San women outside a hut. They are two of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12027

Title: ?Oma N!oa
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, hunter, bow, man, San, indigenous, hut, settlement, tradition, work, San (African people)--Namibia, Older men--Namibia, Otjozondjupa (Namibia)
Description: ?Oma N!oa, an elderly San man, carries sticks, a bow, a quiver and a blanket. /Aotcha, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11711

Title: Drunken fight
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, fight, hut, village, San, indigenous, thatch, settlement, bushveld, woman, alcohol, San (African people)--Alcohol use--Namibia, Hand-to-hand fighting--Namibia, Namibia
Description: A drunken fight between two men. A woman stands nearby. !Ao='a, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11728

Title: Man with bow
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, hunter, bow, bushveld, indigenous, hut, settlement, tradition, tree, work, labour, food, San (African people)--Namibia, Bow and arrow, Namibia, Namibia
Description: A man stands in the veld with a bow. In the background a group of people sit on the ground outside a grass hut. //Auru, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11690

Title: Woman and child
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, child, house, indigenous, plants, thorntree, settlement, bushveld, San, Agricultural laborers--Dismissal of--Botswana, San (African people)--Botswana, San (African people)--Dwellings--Botswana, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Description: A woman, a dispossed farmworker, walks in the veld, outside a makeshift dwelling, with a child on her back. D'Kar, Botswana.
Identifier: islandora:11793

Title: KTC resident
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, violence, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Weapons, Vigilantes--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Residents of KTC informal settlement fight 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8371

Title: San, Kalahari Gemsbok Park
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, settlement, men, women, gathering, meeting, discussion, sand, bushveld, man, dog, tent, child, chair, sticks, fence, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A group of San being addressed by one of them. They are among the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari National Gemsbok Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12021

Title: Burial of Crossroads resident
Subject: squatter camps, townships, effects of political violence, mournersBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Coffins, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: The burial of a resident of Crossroads informal settlement who was killed by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8382

Title: SADF troop patrol
Subject: military personnel, squatter camps, townships, gunsSouth Africa--Armed Forces, Squatter settlements--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Weapons
Description: South African Defence Force (SADF) troops patrol the Imbali informal settlement outside.
Identifier: islandora:8360

Title: Violence in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Gauteng, Law enforcement--South Africa--Gauteng, Apartheid--South Africa--Gauteng, Political history--South Africa--Gauteng, Political violence--South Africa--Gauteng, Demonstrations--South Africa--Gauteng
Description: Police fire at residents who defied orders not to march on Inkatha-occupied hostels from which the Zulus had been launching attacks on township dwellers, Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 March 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5369

Title: Xade settlement
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, hut, man, settlement, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Dwellings--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Huts--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12244

Title: Police patrol
Subject: squatter camps, townships, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, South Africa--Armed Forces, Weapons
Description: Police patrol the Crossroads informal settlement.
Identifier: islandora:8390

Title: Matjieskloof
Subject: Missionary settlements--South Africa--Springbok, Springbok (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Cemeteries--South Africa--Springbok,
Description: The former mission station of Matjieskloof.
Identifier: islandora:5002

Title: Residents search for belongings
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, salvaging materialsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women, Children
Description: A mother and child search for their belongings after their house was burnt down by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes)
Identifier: islandora:8434

Title: San man
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, man, San, indigenous, hut, sticks, hand, chair, settlement, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San man, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Kugamma, Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12018

Title: Orlando township, 1951
Subject: Orlando (South Africa)--Social conditions, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Orlando, Temporary housing--South Africa--Orlando, Forced migration--South Africa--Orlando, Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Orlando, Apartheid--South Africa
Description: Makeshift houses in Orlando squatter camp, outside Johannesburg, 1951.
Identifier: islandora:7454

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