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Africana

  • Review of Howard Timmins and his Protégés
  • The Union Castle and the War - This book is one of those unrecognized treasures from the First World War
  • Collecting with Denis Godfrey
  • In the Footsteps of Gandhi - A Fascinating Work of Local History
  • A Statement in Stone
  • The Barnett Collection Volumes I and II
  • Two books by the man who shaped the collections of the Johannesburg City Library

From our Archive

  • The Barnato Park Story
  • The Royal Navy in Hermanus in 1961
  • Embellishing an icon - Artists and the Union Buildings
  • Celebrating the remarkable life of Herbert Prins
  • Windybrow and Theodore Reunert
  • The traveller in the map
  • South Africa’s last coppersmith
  • Port Elizabeth Heritage In Danger - Silence from Eastern Cape Authorities
  • Student in Trouble - Protesting against Apartheid in the 1950s
  • Old Town Halls Never Die
  • Café Bibles: Contemporary Photographic Africana - Photo-stories / Fotoverhale (1950s to 1980s)
  • James Cameron - Second City Engineer of Cape Town
  • Madoda Tshabalala – the taxi driver we love to hate
  • The Unfinished Story of the Hardekraaltjie Cemetery
  • On tour with judge Albie Sachs

From the Directory

  • Knysna Ratepayers Association (KRA)
  • Urban and Rural Exploration
  • Van Biljon Consulting Co.
  • Heritage Railway Association of South Africa (HRASA)
  • StudioJoy + Architects and Heritage Practitioners
  • Africana Books & Collectibles
  • Cape Dutch Quarters
  • Ubique Heritage Consultants
  • Friends of Alberts Farm
  • Association for Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA)
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