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A Biography of Bones: Tracing the Shifting Meanings of Griqua Remains from Their 1961 Exhumation to the Present

open access: yesGenealogy
Buried in 1858, Cornelis Kok II’s grave lay undisturbed in Campbell, Northern Cape, until 1961 when a multiracial coalition, driven by their own sets of interests, unearthed the Griqua leader’s remains. The bones again took centre stage with the collapse
Richard Levi Raber, David Morris
doaj   +1 more source

ALL THAT GLITTERS: THE MANY OBJECTS OF ROME'S MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 422-452, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This review article examines the various methodologies practiced by Rome's Museum of Civilizations (Museo delle Civiltà) to discuss the contemporary curatorial approaches of traditional ethnographic museums. It adopts a historical and comparative perspective to situate the diverse collections within ongoing debates about art restitution.
Arielle Xena Alterwaite
wiley   +1 more source

The History : a novel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-152).The action of The History predominantly occurs in a fictitious town on the West Coast of South Africa.
Jennings, Karen
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An investigation into the supposed loss of the Khoikhoi traditional religious heritage amongst its descendants, namely the Coloured people with specific references to the question of religiosity of the Khoikhoi and their disintegration

open access: yes, 1990
Bibliography: pages 94-97.This study is about the Khoikhoi, known as the "Hottentots" who are today no longer to be found in their original state in South Africa. It deals with their religion nnd disintegration, especially the land issue.
Nissen, Andrew Christoffel
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The “Decolonizing” of Knowledge: A New Perspective on the Cape’s Storytelling (Review)

open access: yesУченые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук
Review of the book: Bam J. (2021). Ausi Told Me: Why Cape Herstoriographies Matter. Auckland Park: Jacana Media. 312 p.
Turianitsa Daria
doaj   +1 more source

sp. nov. (Carnivora: Canidae) from Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (early Pliocene, South Africa): the most complete African canini from the Mio-Pliocene

open access: yes, 2021
A new medium-sized canid, Eucyon khoikhoi sp. nov., is described from the early Pliocene site of Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa). It possesses a robust dentition with large upper- and lower-second molars, an m1 talonid without a transverse cristid
Alberto Valenciano   +5 more
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The Khoekhoen of the Breede River Swellendam : an archaeological and historical landscape study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-208)
Arthur, Charles Ian
core   +1 more source

To Bees or Not to Bees: Greater Honeyguides Sometimes Guide Humans to Animals Other Than Bees, but Likely Not as Punishment

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.
We show that greater honeyguides guide humans to nonbee destinations (snakes and a dead mammal); yet this is a rare occurrence, happening in only 3.7% of human‐honeyguide interactions in 1 year and 0% in other years. We show that guiding behavior to these vertebrates is spatially and acoustically similar to honeyguide behavior when guiding to bees; yet
David J. Lloyd‐Jones   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staging African Religions in the Early Enlightenment:

open access: yesThe Rijksmuseum Bulletin
Between 1723 and 1737, the immensely popular Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde was published in Amsterdam under the direction of editor, compiler and author Jean Frédéric Bernard.
Steff Nellis
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