Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Africa Focus brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries. This collection contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countries.
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At this time, Zimbabwe was independent but Namibia (South West Africa) was not. SWAPO resistance maintained offices in other countries.
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A family basks in the sun on a winter's morning outside their houses in the village of Mahalapye.
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The ensemble was collected by Professor Harold Scheub and shown in a museum exhibit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1978.
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More prosperous farmers would have three houses plus a stone wall enclosure where cattle are kept at night.
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People carrying Republic flags are opposed to the Apartheid protesters.
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An adult male kudu camouflaged in the bushes at Hwange National Park.
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Education is in English at the University of Witwatersrand.
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The curator of Moto Moto Museum, Father Corbeil, has amassed one of the best collections of traditional art, tools, and implements in Zambia.
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Like many elite housing areas formerly occupied by Europeans and currently lived in by Europeans and well-to-do Zambians, the houses are protected with a high fence and watch dogs.
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The informal economy such as this is one of the ways Zimbabwean women can make a little money. It was also one of the few places for black-white contact during …
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Many civil servants in the Zambian government were to occupy this housing in 1972.
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A view of the library built in 1986 at Thamaga Community Junior Secondary School (CJSS) taken in 1997. Notice the VCR and filled bookshelves.
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Speakers on the platform (l-r) are: Sammy Adelman, President of University of the Witwatersrand Students Representative Council (SRC), Sisa Njikelana, Vice Presidents of South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU), Joe …
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The bus station in Gaborone, July, 1997 reflects the growing economy and investment in the country.
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Sonni George was a member of the Gambia Good Seed Mission
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Betioky means "big wind." The colonial-style architecture suggests that the house was once the residence of a colonial administrator in the area. A wooden roof was used instead of reeds, …
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Historically, the Basuto people of Lesotho were herders rather than cultivators. Although they retain this heritage, more and more of their land is being taken over for crops. As a …
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Unathorized housing such as this accommodated about half of the population of Zambia's three major cities, Lusaka, Kitwe, and Ndola. The city council did not provide trash collection in these …
