• Intervention and resistance: the Batau of Mphanama, Limpopo province and external governance 

  Shai, Namanetona Joel (2016-02)

  The Batau of Kgaphola are of Swazi origin and migrated to Sekhukhuneland Limpopo Province in South Africa. The community has been involved in chieftainship disputes which date back to 1954 after the death of Chief Lobang ...
• Grave rites and grave rights: anthropological study of the removal of farm graves in northern peri-urban Johannesburg 

  Hill, Cherry Ann (2016-02)

  In a diachronic and multi-sited study that extended from 2004 through 2012/2013 I deconstructed the sociocultural dynamics of relocating farm graves from the farm Zevenfontein in northern peri-urban Johannesburg. The ...
• u bvulwa maanda ha vhuimo ha vhuhosi na nzulele ya musanda: 

  Raphalalani, Matodzi Rebecca (2015)

  The main aim of the study was to investigate how the Vhavenḓa royal kingdom’s communicative functions and positions of royalty and settlement pattern were disempowered by the British colonists, the apartheid government, ...
• An exploratory study of forced displacement and some cultural consequences among the Yukpa of Maracaibo, Venezuela 

  González, Luis J. (2015-09)

  The original Yukpa are an indigenous community who have inhabited the lands of the Sierra de Perij a (mountain range of Perij a) in Venezuela since prehistoric times. The sovereignty of the Yukpa on their ancestral ...
• An anthropological study of healing practices in African Initiated Churches with specific reference to a Zionist Christian Church in Marabastad 

  Wouters, Jacqueline Martha Francisca (2014-09)

  This study encompasses an anthropological investigation of healing practices in the Zion Christian Church with reference to the Marabastad congregation in Pretoria (Tshwane), South Africa. The Zion Christian Church functions ...
• KwaGandaganda : an archaeozoological case study of the exploitation of animal resources during the early Iron Age in KwaZulu-Natal 

  Beukes, Catharina F. (2000-11)

  KwaGandaganda is an Early Iron Age (EIA) site in the .Mngeni valley (KwaZulu-Nata~ South Africa). Three cultural phases, Msuluzi, Ndondondwane and Ntshekane, dating between AD 620- AD 1030 were identified. The objective ...
• Natural resource management and local knowledge in transition : an anthropological perspective from the Laka of Mapela 

  Eckert, Britta (2000-12)

  This study sets out to analyse the relevance of cultural values and perceptions, which form the basis of the "local knowledge" of grassroots people, in the natural resource management of the Laka of Mapela who live in ...
• Ideologie en die konstruksie van 'n landelike samelewing : 'n anthropologiese studie van die Hananwa van Blouberg 

  Van Schalkwyk, Johan Abraham (1995-11)

  Die verskillende pre-koloniale samelewings in suidelike-Afrika bet in die laat 18de en vroee 19de eeue reeds 'n herkenbaar moderne vorm begin aanneem, toe hulle identiteit deur koloniale intervensie 'gevries' is. Die ...
• Intimidation as a factor in the liberation struggle in South Africa with special reference to Bela Bela (Warmbaths) : an anthropological perspective 

  Van Niekerk, Letitia (1999-07)

  INTIMIDATION AS A FACTOR IN THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE OF SOUTH AFRICA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BELA BELA (WARMBATHS): AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The cultural revitalisation or adjustment model of Anthony Wallace ...
• Sosio-kulturele faktore in die studie en prestasie van sekere swart studente aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika : 'n verkennende kontekstuele ondersoek 

  Van Heerden, M. E. (1992-08)

  Die doel van hierdie ondersoek is om sosio-kulturele kenmerke van sekere swart studente aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika weer te gee en te bepaal of, op welke wyse, en watter, sosio-kulturele faktore 'n invloed op ...
• The Iron Age sequence around a Limpopo River floodplain on Basinghall Farm, Tuli Block, Botswana, during the second millennium AD 

  Biemond, Wim Moritz (2014-01)

  The study encompasses the reconstruction of the Iron Age sequence around the Limpopo River floodplain on Basinghall Farm during the second millennium AD. A survey uncovered 75 Iron Age sites, including three Moritsane and ...
• 'n Histories-argeologiese studie van die Plaas Welkomskraal, Distrik Venterstad, Noordoos-Kaap 

  Coetzee, Gertruida Catharina Johanna (2014-03-17)

  Hierdie histories-argeologiese studie bied ‘n basiese beskrywing van die materiële kultuur van ‘n afgeleë Suider-Afrikaanse plaas wat tussen die 1880’s en die 1930’s bewoon is. Die studie berus op ‘n gedetailleerde ontleding ...
• "Place of our own": the anthropology of space and place in the Afrikaner Volkstaat of Orania 

  Hagen, Lise (2013-01)

  In anthropological studies place is often taken for granted, “just” the locale where other interesting, more significant things happen (De Jongh 2006:79). I argue that rather than a mere backdrop to activities, the ...
• "Listen to our song listen to our demand" : South African struggle songs, poems and plays : an anthropological perspective 

  Maree, Gert Hendrik (2011-03)

  Proceeding from the premise that the meaning of performances flows from contextual, textual, and nonverbal elements, this dissertation explores layers of meaning arising from performances of selected South African struggle ...
• River of Conquest : colonial encounters in the N' dongo Kingdom of Central West Africa 

  E'Silva, Jorge Hayes (2011-07)

  Portuguese global expansion was initiated by the capture of Cueta in 1415. Voyages of discovery along the West African coast ensued, resulting in the conquest and colonisation of the N’Dongo Kingdom. This dissertation ...
• An ethnographic study of a care centre for HIV-positive patients 

  Hinckley, Lauren Michelle (2011-06)

  This ethnography was undertaken in an AIDS hospice with the objective of understanding the functioning of the Centre holistically, including the experiences of the patients and the role of the Centre in the fight against ...
• ‘A chief is like an ash-heap on which is gathered all the refuse" : the faunal remains from the central court midden 

  Boeyens, J.C.A.; Plug, I. (2011)

  Systematic excavations have uncovered a faunal assemblage from the central court (kgotla) midden at Kaditshwene, a large stone-walled complex in the Marico. Kaditshwene served as the capital of the Bahurutshe booMenwe, ...
• Childhood: an Anthropological study of itinerancy and domestic fluidity amongst the Karretjie people of the South African Karoo. 

  Steyn, Sarah Adriana (2009-03)

  The Karretjie People, or Cart People are a peripatetic community and are descendants of the KhoeKhoen and San, the earliest inhabitants of the Karoo region in South Africa. As a landless and disempowered community they are ...
• Memory, landscape and heritage at Ngquza Hill : an anthropological study 

  Muller, Liana (2009-03)

  The main aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between landscape, memory and heritage. It aims to establish that landscape is not only an inseparable part of the intangible process of memory, but also the ...
• Professional migrants in Cape Town : identity, culture and community 

  Shea, Lenri (2009-08-25)

  Before the 1990's, African migrants did not perceive South Africa as an ideal migration destination. This changed after the end of the apartheid era. The new political climate in the country and the new migration movements ...

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