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Title: Soldiers to be demobilised
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, soldier, army, man, San, indigenous, handshake, celebration, uniform, group, Soldiers, San--Namibia, Demobilization--Namibia, Mangetti (Namibia)
Description: Soldiers about to be demobilised. Mangetti, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:12014

Title: Residences in Loader Street, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, ,
Description: The Loader Street area has been a renovator's paradise for the past few years. According to estate agent, Mr John Hocknell, property in the area is almost completely sold out and there is little still to be had. Some renovated properties are still changing hands for under R20 000 though.
Identifier: islandora:15206

Title: Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Green Point, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historical buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Race discrimination
Description: The Jarvis Street Baptist Church, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, will soon be moved away to the Cape Flats.
Identifier: islandora:17309

Title: Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Housing, Architecture
Description: Boarded up and derelict house in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, in the late 1960s
Identifier: islandora:17239

Title: Duma family on the mountain
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, group, child, dancing, celebration, fire, San (African people)--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal--Rites and ceremonies, San (African people)--Drakensberg Mountains--Rites and ceremonies, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Drakensberg Mountains, San (African people)--Fire use--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12438

Title: Home-made toys in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1960s
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Children, Recreation, Historic districts
Description: Child pulling a home-made trolley in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17233

Title: Piebald Court
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, Apartheid--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Inevitable racial mixing in the urban areas forced the government to make some adaptions to their policy of rigid racial separation, which gave rise to anomalies and inconsistencies, which were explained as 'the natural evolution' of apartheid. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6146

Title: Jazz band members, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo, Dudu Pukwana and Sammy Maritz, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Musicians, Black--South Africa, Jazz musicians--South Africa, Jazz bands--South Africa, Downbeat (Musical group)
Description: Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo, Dudu Pukwana and Sammy Maritz (bass) play as part of a jazz band at The Downbeat in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18231

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: Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1973
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Historic buildings, Historic districts
Description: Enjoying a chat on the steps. A simple façade is a characteristic feature of [Bo-Kaap houses].
Identifier: islandora:17224

Title: Two female singers from the band Mango Groove, show programme that is for sale , Cape Town
Subject: Mango Groove (Musical group), Johnston, Claire, Hashe, Beulah, Musicians--South Africa
Description: Mango Groovers: Singers Claire Johnston and Beulah Hashe with a souvenir programme fans will be able to buy at the Good Hope Centre concerts tonight, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night
Identifier: islandora:14382

Title: Nouvelle carte d'Afrique avec remarques et des tables pour trouver sans peine les differents peuples de cette partie du monde par les renvois alphabetiques suivant les plus nouvelles observations de messieurs de l'Academie des Siences [sic]
Subject: Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Ethnic groups -- Africa -- Maps -- Early works to 1800., Africa -- History.
Description: The map shows the continent of Africa. The map includes 13 printed tables giving a range of information on either side of the map and two blocks containing historical remarks along the lower edge., Relief shown pictorially., From Chatelain and Gueudeville's Atlas historique (Amsterdam : Chez l'Honoré & Châtelain Libraires, 1719)., Scale in French, German, and Spanish leagues., Prime meridian: Ferro., Restored and placed between acid-free boards.
Identifier: islandora:19507

Title: Maitland Garden Village residents celebrating, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, ,
Description: The 'best news in years' reached Maitland Garden Village this weekend. Residents learnt the Government had reversed its 1969 decision that the area must be turned over to whites.
Identifier: islandora:15194

Title: Oral history interview with Nomangesi Mbobosi and Celeste Roberts [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Women political activists--South Africa--Interviews, Pressure groups--South Africa--History, Boycotts--South Africa, Crossroads (South Africa)--History,
Description: Crossroads is an informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town. It was originally established in 1975 and by the 1980s had a population of over 100 000 people. This discussion covers the political organisation and activism of women in the Crossroads squatter camp. Themes include: anti-pass campaigns, central role of militant women in resistance against government, corruption and hierarchy, the Crossroads Women Committee, demolitions, forced removals, gender in relation to power, social issues, specifically land, housing and labour issues, rent boycotts and schooling., Por7.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 49:09 min. ; interview 1 of 1
Identifier: islandora:24460

Title: Plaque about District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Race discrimination, Christianity
Description: Plaque at Cape Town Church
Identifier: islandora:17338

Title: Map of the Gambia :
Subject: Slave trade -- Gambia -- Maps., Ethnic groups -- Gambia -- Maps., Gambia -- Maps.
Description: Map of Gambia and hinterland. British settlements and slave trading localities are denoted by a red line and a green line beneath names, respectively. Note on map: "The slave trading factory in Bulama I destroyed and 206 slaves given up to the Commander of the Brisk". The map indicates tribal locations., Relief shown by hachures., The map was produced to accompany Dr Richard Robert Madden’s anti-slavery report published in: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the West Coast of Africa. Report : together with the minutes of evidence, appendix, and index. 1842.
Identifier: islandora:19674

Title: Street in Ocean View, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Communities, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa), , ,
Description: Ocean View.
Identifier: islandora:15607

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: Women's self-help project
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, portrait, San, indigenous, group, gathering, dress, San (African people)--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: Women at a women's self-help project. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11749

Title: Children picking spring daisies, Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1960
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Environment, Urban development
Description: A hillside of old Cape Town: Malay children pick spring daisies on the Schotsche Kloof hillside in the Malay Quarter, which has one of the most spectacular views in the Peninsula. The area has been referred to as a 'festering sore'.
Identifier: islandora:17130

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