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Title: Kxao /Ai!ae working in his garden
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, child, farming, San, indigenous, can, water, fence, subsistance, food, work, labour, plant, Gardening--Namibia, San (African people)--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: Kxao /Ai!ae and child at work in Kxao /Ai!ae's garden, watering plants. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11838

Title: Chris Barnard and his wife, Barbara Barnard dine with Secretary of the Department of Information
Subject: Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001, Surgeons--South Africa, Barnard, Barbara, Rhoodie, Eschel M. (Eschel Mostert), South Africa--Social life and customs
Description: Dining in Cape Town this week were, left, Mrs. Barbara Barnard, Mrs. Katie Rhoodie, her husband Eschel, and Professor Chris Barnard.
Identifier: islandora:14457

Title: Shepherd and his family, Cederberg, South Africa, 1987
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Children--South Africa, Shepherds--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A shepherd and his family, outside the home he built himself under a massive rock in the Cederberg, south-western Cape, 1987. During the bitterly cold winter months, he would trek with his employer's sheep to the Ceres-Karoo, but as soon as spring arrived, he would start the long trek back to the mountains. This had been his life for the best of 70 odd years
Identifier: islandora:937

Title: Bill Kemp preparing for an oral history interview with Jakob Malgas and his son, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Subject: Malgas, Jakob, 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, Anthropology--Research, Indigenous peoples--Research--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Bill Kemp, doing basic research for the Strata maps with Jakob Malgas, holds a recorder into which he spoke his notes and information as it was gathered. Kemp made several trips to the park during the 1997-1999 investigation period. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:26955

Title: Sisulu and wife on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
Description: Walter Sisulu with his wife, Albertina, and Ahmed Kathrada, amongst others, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12596

Title: I've said it and I'll say it again. Let one immigrant in and in no time he'll be followed by his whole family.
Subject: Palazzolo, Vito--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Emigration and immigration--Caricatures and cartoons, Crime--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: South African foreign relations policy was perplexing . Some very dodgy characters from abroad, who served the government�s purposes during the apartheid era, were allowed to remain in the country. Many of these, such as Vito Palazzolo, had some very shady connections. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6129

Title: Elderly man smoking his pipe, Genadendal, South Africa
Subject: Genadendal (South Africa)—Social conditions, Men—South Africa--Genadendal,
Description: An elderly man smokes his pipe at leisure in Genadendal, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18298

Title: Kxao /Ai!ae working in his garden
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, fence, man, child, San, indigenous, chicken wire, stick, farm, work, labour, Wire fencing--Namibia, San (African people)--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: Kxao /Ai!ae at work in his garden. A child looks on as Kxao /Ailae fixes the fence. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11841

Title: A Plain Map of Africa According to the Method of the Abbé Gaultier by Mr Wauthur his pupil
Subject: Africa
Identifier: islandora:25523

Title: Elderly man in his home, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Men--South Africa--Johannesburg, Older people--South Africa--Johannesburg, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Urban housing--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: An elderly man sits in his home in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18614

Title: Sketch of the Territories on the Vaal River to accompany the Award of His Excellency R.W. Keate Esqre Lieut. Governor of Natal in the arbitration between the S.A. Republic & the Batlapin Baralong & Bangoakelze Native tribes and Nicholas Waterboer, paramount Chief of Griqualand West. Appendix map III
Subject: Africans--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--Administration--Maps, Africans--South Africa--Transvaal--Administration--Maps, Griqualand West (South Africa)--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing boundaries of territories of the Griqua, the Barolong, Bangoaletze and Batlapin tribes, with rivers and some relief shown by hachures. Some colour. Scale 1/8 inch to 10 miles.
Identifier: islandora:29804

Title: Walter Sisulu with children after his release from prison, Soweto, South Africa
Subject: Ex-convicts--South Africa--Soweto, Political history--South Africa--Soweto, Children--South Africa--Soweto, Politicians--South Africa--Soweto, Sisulu, Walter Max
Description: Excited children crowd around released political prisoner, Walter Sisulu, one of the African National Congress (ANC) leaders who were imprisoned on Robben Island for 2 decades, Soweto, South Africa, February 1990.
Identifier: islandora:5360

Title: Jakob Malgas, overlooking the three trees, takes a private moment to reconnect with his ancestral heritage
Subject: Malgas, Jakob, 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, Trees--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Jakob Malgas views the Tree of Healing, Tree of Family and Tree of Love from a nearby dune. The three trees, found on the outskirts of the Old Bushman Camp, form an integral part of the ǂKhomani San's cultural heritage and marks the location of births, graves and sites of great cultural significance. Today the trees act as symbolic markers of what the San community lost when they were evicted from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:27028

Title: I think I remember warning Oupa about knocking his pipe out on that wall
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, Housing policy--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, Reconstruction and Development Programme (South Africa)--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses, built in a rushed and haphazard policy to recover the enormous backlog developed during the apartheid years, resulted in poor building standards and shoddy workmanship. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6126

Title: Soldier with his children
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, soldier, hut, San, indigenous, uniform, thatch, children, tin can, family, branch, Soldiers, San--Namibia, San (African people)--Namibia, Huts--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: A San recruit of the South African Defence Force with his wife and children. In the background is a hut. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11713

Title: Musician with his guitar
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, guitar, donkey, San, indigenous, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve--Music, G//ana (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Domestic animals--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12146

Title: A bushman in his natural surroundings at Ghanzi, B.P.
Subject: San (African people)--Africa, Southern, San (African people)--Africa, Southern--Pictorial works, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Men--Africa, Southern, Hunting and gathering societies--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: This image was included in Alfred Martin Duggan Cronin's The Bantu tribes of South Africa : reproductions of photographic studies, the outcome of his major ethnographic research study of the San of Southern African.
Identifier: islandora:26928

Title: Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd and members of his Cabinet
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet members, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: Special picture of the Nation's Cabinet was taken after the swearing-in ceremony at Government House to-day. Sitting (from left) are: Dr. T.E. Dönges (Minister of the Interior), Mr. P.O. Sauer (Minister of Lands and Water Affairs), Dr. H.F. Verwoerd (Prime Minister and Minister of Native Affairs), the Governor-General (Dr. E. G. Jansen), Mr. C. R. Swart (Minister of Justice) and Mr. E. H. Louw (Minister of External Affairs). Standing (from left) are: Mr. J. J . Serfontein (Minister of Posts and Telegraphs and Social Welfare), Mr. M.D.C de Wet Nel (Minister of Education, Arts and Science and Health), Dr. A. J. R. van Rhyn (Minister of Economic Affairs and Mines), Sen. J. de Klerk (Minister of Labour and Public Works) , Mr. B. J. Schoeman (Minister of Transport), Mr. P.M.K. le Roux (Minister of Agriculture), Mr. F.C.Erasmus (Minister of Defence and Forestry) and Mr. J.F. Naude (Minister of Finance).
Identifier: islandora:16902

Title: Man holding a spade above his head, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, Men--South Africa,
Description: A labourer holds a large shovel above his head, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18641

Title: Willem Swarts and his adopted family
Subject: Swarts, Willem;, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Dwellings, Khomani (African people)--Dwellings, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Willem Swarts is a local San community leader living in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:27086

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