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Exploring collaborative conservation across a multifunctional landscape in the Boland Mountain Complex, South Africa

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2026.
This paper presents a case study of a collaborative conservation initiative in a South African biodiversity hotspot, where leopard conservation catalyzed partnership across a multifunctional landscape. The case study explores how and why the initiative operates, highlighting the importance of leadership, existing networks, shared vision, and bridging ...
Michael Klaver   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter se nulli fines : representations of the presence of the Khoikhoi in early colonial maps of the Cape of Good Hope [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper deals with early cartographic representations (both cosmographic and chorographic) of the presence of Khoikhoi at the Cape of Good Hope.
Viljoen, Russel Stafford   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The pain of migrants in a strange land

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
This article analyses the different assumptions about migrants in South Africa, coupled with levels of abuses and marginalisation of black African immigrants, which seem to be a source of depression and emotional pain for them in their strange land ...
Maake J. Masango, Joel U. Olisa
doaj   +1 more source

PERIPHERY TO CENTRE STAGE: THE SARRASANI CIRCUS IN WEIMAR GERMANY

open access: yesGerman Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 16-36, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The modern European circus was more than just entertainment: it was a powerful platform where fantasies of empire, ideas of national identity, and notions of racial difference came together and were put on public display. In interwar Germany, the Sarrasani Circus — the largest circus enterprise in the country at the time — built on the legacy ...
Sabine Hanke
wiley   +1 more source

Die verhouding tussen Africo Christian en George Schmidt : 1737-1743 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Africo Christian\u27s association with George Schmidt, 1737-1743. In the annals of the Moravian Church Africo (Christian) is only remembered for being one of George Schmidt\u27s Khoikhoi converts.
Bredekamp, H.C.
core   +1 more source

Sex and the Social Order: Creative Approaches to Teaching the History of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Britain

open access: yesHistory, Volume 110, Issue 393, Page 691-701, December 2025.
Abstract ‘Sex and the Social Order: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Britain’ is a second‐year optional module for history students at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). The module examines histories of gender and sexuality from the mid‐nineteenth century to the present day, providing a wealth of accessible primary material and a ...
LAURA HARRISON   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2542-2583, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far‐reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of alien species represents the most effective solution to reducing their impacts on nature and human well‐being.
Hanno Seebens   +64 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remembering the Khoikhoi victory over Dom Francisco Almeida at the Cape in 1510

open access: yes, 2009
The general issue of how key moments of anti-colonial struggle are remembered in different colonial and postcolonial contexts is considered in relation to the specific case of the Khoikhoi victory over Viceroy Francisco Almeida in Table Bay on 1 March ...
Johnson, David
core   +1 more source

Old Bones in New Databases: Historical Insights Into Race, Statistics, and Ancestry Estimation in Anthropology

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 3, Page 566-580, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores the persistence of race in biological anthropology, particularly in the context of ancestry estimation using the Fordisc software. Despite efforts to move away from race‐based typologies since the mid‐20th century, historical notions of race continue to shape scientific methods and technologies in anthropology. By tracing
Iris Clever, Lisette Jong
wiley   +1 more source

The Earliest Eyewitness Depictions of Khoikhoi: Andries Beeckman in Africa

open access: yes, 2005
Countless studies by historians, art historians and anthropologists have dealt with the early modern image of the South African Khoikhoi. Lacking everything that Europeans valued, they fell prey to the most contemptuous imagery available.
Erlend de Groot
core   +1 more source

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