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Title: Leandra Youth Congress members, Leandra township, Transvaal, 1986
Subject: Funeral service, Vigilantes, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Members of the Leandra Youth Congress regroup after repelling an attack by vigilantes at the funeral of their community leader, Chief Ampie Mayisa. Mayisa led his community in a successful fight against forced removal. His request to the police for protection from vigilantes was denied and he was assassinated shortly afterwards.
Identifier: islandora:859

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: Members of the San community share their knowledge and memories with researchers, Print # 57
Subject: Rooi, |Una, Koper, Abaka ; Brou, Kheis, 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, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi, Kheis Brou and |Abaka Koper reconnect with their cultural heritage during a research trip into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. They share their stories and memories with Hugh Brody and others, to strengthen their Land Claim and have their history recorded for future generations. |Una Rooi was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application. She was a fluent N|uu speaker and taught N|uu and San cultural history to children in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa, and was a member of Council of Elders. She was born in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park in 1931 and passed away in 2012.
Identifier: islandora:27183

Title: Basil D'Oliveira with members and officials of the Middleton Cricket Club
Subject: D'Oliveira, Basil, 1931-2011, Cricket players
Description: Watching his first televised match, with members and officials of Middleton Cricket Club
Identifier: islandora:14341

Title: New members of the Nazareth Baptist Church await mass baptism at the Klip River
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: New members of the Nazareth Baptist Church await mass baptism at the Klip River. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture. 29 March 1998.
Identifier: islandora:7352

Title: Members of Mandela United Football Club, Johannesburg, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Members of the Mandela United Football Club, Johannesburg, 1997. In 1997, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela appeared at the Truth Commission to answer allegations about her involvement with the Mandela United Football Club. A number of parents from Soweto had testified about the disappearance of their children after they had come into contact with these men. The Commission had gathered evidence linking the club to more than twenty incidents of abduction, assault and murder. The coach, Jerry Richardson, testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and claimed that his orders came from Mrs Winnie Mandela, whom he called "mommie". Mrs Mandela denied all involvement.
Identifier: islandora:771

Title: Unidentified member of the San community
Subject: San (African people)--Africa, Southern, Khomani (African people)--Africa, Southern, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--Africa, Southern, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Several members of the San community were identified during the genealogical research conducted during the ǂKhomani San Land Claim research process
Identifier: islandora:27123

Title: Members of the |Khasi-Kassie Family rest between graveyards near the Old Bushman Camp.
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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: During one of the early research trips to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, a trip was made to two adjacent grave sites near a former Bushmen settlement near Twee Rivieren. Several historically significant Bushmen are buried in these graveyards. While walking between these graveyards, the elders rest to catch their breath and the children play on the dunes.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:27165

Title: Members of the San community pose in front of a Kalahari Gemsbok Park sign
Subject: Swarts, Anna ; Brou, Kheis ; Koper, |Abaka ; Rooi, |Una ; Rooi, Piet, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Members of the community stand before a park sign before the name of the park was changed to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Those present include Anna Swarts, Kheis Brou, |Abaka Koper, |Una Rooi, and Piet Rooi.
Identifier: islandora:27139

Title: Unidentified member of the San community
Subject: San (African people)--Africa, Southern, Khomani (African people)--Africa, Southern, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--Africa, Southern, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Several members of the San community were identified during the genealogical research conducted during the ǂKhomani San Land Claim research process
Identifier: islandora:27118

Title: An unidentified member of the San community [possibly |Una Rooi's brother]
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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Several members of the San community were identified during the genealogical research conducted during the ǂKhomani San Land Claim research process|Una Rooi in the background, with her husband Piet Rooi.
Identifier: islandora:27057

Title: Unidentified San community members making bows and arrows
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, Bow and arrow, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Two unidentified individuals sit outside Dawid Kruiper's house and make bows and arrow, probably to sell. The finished products on the back left.
Identifier: islandora:27148

Title: Members of the San community share their knowledge and memories with researchers, Print # 3
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Brou, Kheis ; Koper, |Abaka ; Namaseb, Levi, 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, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Research--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Kheis Brou, |Una Rooi and |Abaka Koper reconnect with their cultural heritage in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Here |Abaka Koper points out something in the distance to Levi Namaseb.
Identifier: islandora:27199

Title: |Una Rooi and Piet Rooi connect with an unidentified member of the San Community
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Rooi, Piet, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi and Piet Rooi with an unidentified male standing near a road between Andriesvale and Welkom, Northern Cape, South Africa. |Una Rooi was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application. She was a fluent N|uu speaker and taught N|uu and San cultural history to children in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa, and was a member of Council of Elders. She was born in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park in 1931 and passed away in 2012. Piet Rooi married |Una Rooi In 1948 and in 1967 they were employed in the then-Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. He died a few years before her.
Identifier: islandora:27072

Title: Members of the San community at the South African San Institute (SASI) office
Subject: Kassie, Antjie ; Esau, Katriena, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Antjie Kassie, Katriena Esau and an unidentified member of the San community rest outside the South African San Institute (SASI) offices in Upington, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:27041

Title: Luis Kruiper, Oulet Kruiper, Rosie Meintjies and an unidentified member of the San community
Subject: Kruiper, Luis ; Kruiper, Oulet ; Meintjies, Rosie, 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, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Luis Kruiper, Oulet Kruiper, Rosie Meintjies and an unidentified member of the San community rest during a data collection trip into 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:26967

Title: Unidentified members of the San community pose for a photograph.
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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Many San community members were identified as part of the Land Claims research process.
Identifier: islandora:27050

Title: Magdalena Kassie and unidentified member of the San community
Subject: Kassie, Magdalena, 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, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Magdalena Kassie and unidentified member of the San community read an unidentified document. Magdalena Kassie played a pivotal role in promoting the language to San youth and the wider public. She passed away in 2010.
Identifier: islandora:27074

Title: Unidentified member of the San community resting at a picnic area at 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, Men--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: 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:27013

Title: San community members attend a meeting at the Molopo Kalahari Lodge
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Kruiper, Dawid ; Malgas, Jakob ; Brou, Kheis ; Festus, Paul ; Kruiper, Oulet, 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, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: A San community meeting held at the Molopo Kalahari Lodge about 60km outside the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Community members present include |Una Rooi, Kheis Brou, Paul Festus, Jakob Malgas, Dawid Kruiper, and Oulet Kruiper. Hugh Brody and Roger Chennells can be seen in the background observing and documenting the event.
Identifier: islandora:27144

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