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Archival Platform Posts
Knocking on ... mothers and daughters in struggle in South Africa
Shirley Gunn of the Human Rights Media Centre shares her experience of working with mothers and daughters in an intergenerational life story project. Read More
Ancestral Stories: Editorial August 2010
Mbongiseni Buthelezi raises some questions about the way in which ‘families’ are constituted and describes some of the challenges facing those who explore complex family histories. Read More
A Family history of a different kind
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya shares her experience of growing up in a family headed by a woman, Florence Wynona Katiya who played a major role in shaping the lives of the women, in her family and community. Read More
The right to memory
Jo-Anne Duggan asks, if memory matters, how should it be defined and protected? Read More
The annual gathering of the Insika yamaNtungwa
Mbongiseni Buthelezi reports on the organisation, the event and the monument. Read More
Suspect Reconciliation
The Remembrancer comments on the dialogue between Ariel Dorfman and four young South African writers. Read More
Ancestral Stories: July Editorial
Mbongiseni Buthelezi introduces this months blogs which focus on ancestors and how they are remebered. Read More
Guest Posts
What about the ancestors?
Michael Worsnip explains how and why his adopted children have ‘inherited’ his ancestors. Read More
The Cape Town Family History Society
David Slingsby describes the aims and activities of the Cape Town Family History Society Read More
Heritage obscured at the Nelson Mandela Gateway
Sandra Daniels Looks at the physical impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup&trade on the Nelson Mandela Gateway at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town. Read More
We need to know one another
Maanda Mulaudzi tells us about family history assocations in Venda. Read More
The Ancestors: Amathongo
Velaphi Mkhize, founder of Umsamo African Institute talks about what the ancestors matter. Read More
Ubumbano LwamaZwide (The People of Zwide’s Unity Association)
Phineas Ndwandwe writes about the efforts to gather the Ndwandwe to search for their history. Read More
