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Missionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
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Mar 22, 2011

Missionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925

A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, includ...

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European missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
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Mar 22, 2011

European missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries

European missionaries to southern Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played a strangely ambiguous role...

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Maritime history and heritage: shipwrecks
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Mar 22, 2011

Maritime history and heritage: shipwrecks

Why are shipwrecks important? Shipwrecks have always held a specific allure. The promise of hidden treasure, the unexp...

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History of South African National Orders and Awards
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Mar 22, 2011

History of South African National Orders and Awards

The birth of a new non-racial and non -sexist democracy in South Africa necessitated a critical review of the system of ...

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The History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
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Mar 22, 2011

The History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa

Christmas Day, celebrated on December 25 in Catholic, Protestant, and most Orthodox churches, is a public holiday in Sou...

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South Africa’s World heritage sites
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Mar 22, 2011

South Africa’s World heritage sites

A World Heritage Site is declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). For ...

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A history of Kwaito music
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Mar 22, 2011

A history of Kwaito music

This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1...

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South African Film
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Mar 22, 2011

South African Film

Feature Films are the long format, fictional (non-factual) films you see in cinemas. They are called long format because...

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Black South African literature
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Mar 22, 2011

Black South African literature

The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded...

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History of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
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Mar 22, 2011

History of ‘New Age’ Newspaper

The Predecessor of this left-wing publication was The Guardian. The Guardian itself was founded in 1937 by trade unionis...

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History of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
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Mar 22, 2011

History of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper

The Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of History, University of the Western Cape Add...

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National Newspapers and News Sites
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Mar 22, 2011

National Newspapers and News Sites

National Newspapers and News Sites: Independent Online - Union of several South African newspapers such as Cape Argu...

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Drum Magazine
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Mar 22, 2011

Drum Magazine

The establishment of Drum Magazine in the 1950s, notwithstanding the newly-elected Nationalist Party’s policy of Aparthe...

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The New Group
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Mar 22, 2011

The New Group

This was a group or collective of young South African artists who, upon their return from study in Europe in 1937 began ...

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The South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950
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Mar 22, 2011

The South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950

This catalogue and exhibition celebrate the founding, over 100 years ago, of the oldest surviving body for practising ar...

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