Africana Books Collection

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This collection consists of a selection of rare and special books housed in the Special Collections Unit in the Merensky Library, University of Pretoria. Because of their value, the physical books may only be viewed on the premises by appointment.

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The Cape of Good Hope literary gazette
(Capetown : W. Bridekirk, 1830) Jardine, A.J.
Journal published in the Cape Colony focusing on literature, criticism, science and current affairs.
Springfontein : 1904-1967
([publisher not identified], 1967., 1967)
Die spoorlyn vanaf Colesberg na Bloemfontein is in 1890 voltooi en toe is 'n spoorwegstasie te Springfontein gebou. Die here Wright en Schroder het toe 'n winkel geopen in 'n gebou naby die huidige spoorwegstasie. Hierdie winkel het met die tyd ontwikkel in 'n groot Algemene Handelaarssaak wat die omliggende plase en spoorweg bedien het en mettertyd 'n middelpunt begin word het. Die spoorlyn vanaf Bethulie-brug na Springfontein is gemagtig deur die Spoorweg-Konvensiewet van 1891 en op 21 Mei 1892 is Springfontein per spoor met Oos-Londen verbind.
The tribes of Rustenburg and Pilansberg Districts
(Pretoria : Government Printer, 1953., 1953) Breutz, P.L.
The Rustenburg district was first defined by proclamation in the Government gazette 50/1909 dated 16 /7 /09. Its boundaries were altered in proclamation on No.197 of 19/8/1913 which transferred the farm Straatsdrift 977 to the Marica district, and in No. 72 of 9/4/1926, by v1hich the form Klipkop 327 was transferred to Pretoria district. The boundaries of the magisterial district of Rustenburg were again proclaimed in G.G. No. 125 of 8/6/1928, when Erits district was created.
Argeologiese studie van die Yster-tydperkkulture op die plaas Greeefswald
(Pretoria : Universiteit van Pretoria Dept. Argeologie, 1979., 1979) Eloff, J. F.
Die kulture van Greefswald: 'n Argeologiese studie van die ystertydperkkulture op die plaas Greefawald - Fotos
Argeologiese studie van die Yster-tydperkkulture op die plaas Greeefswald
(Pretoria : Universiteit van Pretoria Dept. Argeologie, 1979., 1979) Eloff, J. F.
Die volgende verslag oor die fauna van die Greefswaldterreine is geskryf deur mev. E.A. Voigt van die Transvaal Museum. Dit vorm deel van 'n verhandeling wat sy by die Universiteit van Pretoria ingedien het vir die verkryging van 'n magistergraad in Argeologie. Die leiers vir die verhandeling was prof. J. F. Eloff en dr. C. K Brain. Die materiaal wat hierin beskryf word, is die wat tydens die opgrawings van 1971 tot 1973 gevind is, maar in TI paar gevalle is daar gebruik gemaak van vroeere vondste. Sekere gedeeltes van mev. Voigt se verhandeling het nie regstreeks betrekking op die hoofverslag wat by die RGN ingedien word nie. Daardie gedeeltes is gevolglik weggelaat en dit het sekere redaksionele wysigings vereis waarvan die volgende die belangrikste is.
The archaeological sites of Greefswald : stratigraphy and chronology of the sites and a history of investigations
(University of Pretoria, 1998) Meyer, A.
The metropolis today known as Mapungubwe, on the southern bank of the Limpopo, declined during the thirteenth century, and it disappeared from the annals of the mainstream of the history of Southern Africa for many centuries thereafter. Periodically, small groups of people settled in the area, but the world heard nothing more of a community whose political and economic sphere of influence had reached as far as the east coast of Africa. It was to be seven centuries before this community found its rightful place in history. Mapungubwe came to the attention of the world again in the same way as many other archaeological areas and early civilisations in other parts of the world did - there was a phase of legend and tales about the erstwhile capital, followed by secretive visits by fortune hunters, and eventually by the arrival of scientific researchers with a scientific mission. Mapungubwe was discovered in the early l 930's on the farm Greefswald. Researchers operating under the auspices of the University of Pretoria began excavations to illuminate the remains of a vanished culture. Graves with golden beads and other gold objects, the remains of dwellings and stone walls and unfamiliar glass beads - these led to much speculation and many romantic notions. The archaeologists and ethnologists on the project, however, attempted a more considered and balanced interpretation of the finds. The researchers of the l 930's deserve praise for their pioneering work. They worked under difficult and unhealthy circumstances, they had to operate with inadequate funding, and the rapid turnover of people involved meant that continuity was impossible. They deserve thanks for the vast task they undertook. Nevertheless, we must admit that, by modern standards, their research reports were somewhat lacking in precision. This is not the place to criticise earlier research, especially since these early researchers operated at a time when standards and guidelines for the study of Iron Age remains did not yet exist. Furthermore, these researchers were so impressed by the gold objects and glass beads found in the graves that they were eager to find more exotic cultural goods of similar value. Consequently, the excavations were done in haste, and stratification and other features in the deposits were not accurately recorded. Further research was only possible after World War II. In the early 1950's, a decision was taken to resume excavations on a limited scale. The primary aim was to determine the stratigraphy, chronology and cultural content of the deposits by means of systematic excavation and accurate documentation. Although the field work was completed over only two seasons, this research phase marked the beginning of methodical and accurate field work and accurate documenting.
Die Kulture van Greefswald : 'n argeologiese studie van die Ystertydperkkulture op die plaas Greefswald
(Pretoria : Universiteit van Pretoria Dept. Argeologie, 1979., 1979) Eloff, J.F.
Argeologiese studie van die Yster-tydperkkulture op die plaas Greeefswald
Die Kulture van Greefswald : 'n argeologiese studie van die Ystertydperkkulture op die plaas Greefswald. / Deel I.
(Pretoria : Universiteit van Pretoria Dept. Argeologie, 1979., 1979) Eloff, J.F.
Hiermee word 'n verslag aangebied van die argeologiese navorsing wat van 1971 tot 1973 op die plaas Greefswald gedoen is en die verwerking van die materiaal wat daar ingesamel is. Die navorsing is onderneem met die doel om die gegewens in verband met die vroeëre kulture op Greefswald aan te vul en verder ook die kennis in verband met die ystertydperk in suidelike Afrika uit te brei.
Mapungubwe remembered : contributions to Mapungubwe by the University of Pretoria
(Johannesburg : Chris van Rensburg Publications (Pty) Ltd, ©2011., 2011) Tiley, S.; Barriers, I.; Boshoff, W.; Duffey, A.; Groenewald, R.; Haw, N.; Hoeane, M.; Humphreys, A.; Hutten, L.; Hutten, M.; Meyer, A.; Mogotlane, R.; Nel, J.; Nienaber, C.; Pikirayi, I.; Price, B.; Prinsloo, L.; Schoeman, A.; Steyn, M.; Tiley-Nel, S.; Van Vollenhoven, A.
Mapungubwe remembered is one of the most comprehensive illustrated book and is the first of its kind to be compiled about the history, research and contributions of the University of Pretoria to Mapungubwe. It is a historical, contemporary narrative and photographic record, featuring more than 400 photographs from the Mapungubwe museum archives from 1933 to date. It is an overview of research by twenty authors, mostly staff and alumni of the University of Pretoria.
Verslag oor argeologiese navorsing op Greefswald gedurende April 1983
(University of Pretoria, 1983) Eloff, J.F.
Een van die sleutel-ystertydperkterreine in suidelike Afrika is Mapungubwe. Die terrein is~ rotskoppie met heelwat bewoningsoorblyfsels op die kruin daarvan sowel as op die omringende valleivloer, veral aan die suidelike voet van die kop. Die terrein het sy bekendheid te danke aan goue voorwerpe wat in die eeue-oue grafte van mense op die kop gevind is, juis toe die Zimbabwe-bouvalle die aandag van talle binnelandse en buitelandse geleerdes op die plaaslike ystertydperk gevestig het. Mapungubwe asook verskeie ander argeologiese terreine is gelee op die plaas Greefswald. Twee van die ander terreine is oak belangrik, naamlik die ystertydperkterreine K2, wat naby Mapungubwe gelee is, en die Suidelike Terras wat aan die suidelik voet van Mapungubwekop gelee is. Mapungubwekop en die Suidelike Terras is gelyktydig deur dieselfde gemeenskap bewoon. Dit is duidelik dat kontemporere en verwante gemeenskappe elders op Greefswald en op die omliggende plase in die Limpopovallei voorkom. Hoewel die bogenoemde drie woonterreine saam met die talle ander in die gebied deel vorm van 'n groot middelystertydperkkompleks in die Limpopovallei, is die Greefswaldterreine tans die belangrikste navorsingsterreine in hierdie prehistoriese kultuurkompleks.
The City of Pretoria and districts : an official handbook describing the social, official, farming, mining, and general progress and possibilities of the administrative capital and surrounding districts
(Johannesburg : Publicity Dept., South African Railways, 1913., 1913) South African Railways and Harbours. Publicity Department.
The Union Building at Pretoria is now nearing completion. When finished it will be in many respects the most unique building in the country, for in it will be accommodated the hulk of South African officialdom-the Ministers of the country and the advisers of the Ministers; the departmental heads and the technical experts ; the agricultural, the pastoral, the mining, the commercial, the financial, and the political specialists, as well as the hundreds of other officials upon whom the administration and the advancement of the Union so largely depend. The building is worthy of the purpose for which it is intended, and its formal opening will be an occasion of general interest and national importance. Nationally it will signalize a new era of administrative centralization for the better conceiving and diffusing of concerted harmonious policy ; socially it will be the function of the year. Who can be in Pretoria will be there then. Who cannot come will seek to know something of what happens, and something of the place. Pretoria will loom large in the public attention, and to many the reason will not be apparent, for it is, after all, a city with which the country at large is not as well acquainted as should be the case. People generally do not know Pretoria as intimately as it deserves to be known, as intimately as in their own interest they should know it.
Mapungubwe. v. 2, Report on excavations at Mapungubwe and Bambandyanalo in Northern Transvaal from 1935 to 1940
(Pretoria : Van Schaik, 1963) Gardner, Guy A.; Coertze, P.J.
This volume, now being presented as Volume II, deals with the results of the excavations carried out by Captain G. Gardner during the years 1935 - 1940. During these years the University was also fortunate in having the expert guidance and advice of the late Prof. C. van Riet Lowe, who had been a member of the Archaeological Committee of the University of Pretoria over a long period.
Ulrich Gerard Lauts : de vader der pro-Boer-beweging in Nederland.
(1865) Van Manen, W.H.R.
Getikte afskrif van ongepubliseerde manuskrip in die Transvaalse Argief, Pretoria.
The autobiography of a counter jumper, in two parts: England and South Africa.
(London, Lutterworths [1929], 1929) Fish, W. F.
In presenting this autobiography to the public I am actuated by no spirit of egotism. It is merely the plain, unvarnished story of my business and public career dating from the day I left school to make a humble start in the great commercial world, until the occasion, 43 years later, when I relinquished the Mayoral Chair, or, as it is more familiarly termed, the Chair of Van Riebeek, of the City of Capetown. In doing so I somehow feel that I am opening up new ground, for, as far as I know, the theme-that is, the every-day life of a draper's assistant or " counter-jumper "-has not, up to the present, figured to any extent in literature. We have, it is true, the experiences of the celebrated Tittlebat Titmouse, Esq., in "Ten Thousand a Year"; we have also the careers of "Mr. Kipps" and "Mr. Polly," by H. G. Wells, who, as is well known, commenced his distinguished career in the " Rag Trade " as a " Knight of the Yardstick," and there is the evergreen memory of Mr. Horatio Sparkins in " Sketches by Boz '' ; but the actual trade experiences of these gentlemen form a very inconspicuous part of the stories. There must be many hundreds of thousands of men living in every part of the world whose xperiences have been similar to mine-that is, as regards the drapery trade-whose memories may be refreshed-if they require or desire them to be refreshed-by reading these pages. My adventures as an apprentice in London may be of some passing interest to the youth of the present day, who, by comparison, will find that existing conditions are far easier than those obtaining at the time of which I have written.
The Sjambok, Volume 1. No 1.
(Johannesburg : Central News Agency, 1929-1931., 1929-04-19)
The Sjambok Magazine, Volume 1, Number 1. April 19, 1929
The Sjambok, Volume 1, No 2
(Johannesburg : Central News Agency, 1929-1931., 1929-04-26)
The Sjambok Magazine, Volume 1, Number 2, April 26, 1929
The Sjambok, Volume 3, No 1
(Johannesburg : Central News Agency, 1929-1931., 1939-08-04)
The Sjambok Magazine, Volume 3, Number 1. August 4, 1939
Mapungubwe, ancient Bantu civilization on the Limpopo; reports on excavations at Mapungubwe (Northern Transvaal) from February 1933 to June 1935
(Cambridge, University Press, 1937) Fouché, Leo
When the Union Government, in June 1933, bought for the nation the farm "Greefswald" on which Mapungubwe is situated, the University of Pretoria, which had acquired the rights of excavation from the previous owner, Mr E. E. Collins, ceded these rights to the Government. In return, the Government entered into an agreement with the University under which the latter body could carry out archaeological investigations at Mapungubwe for a period of five years, with a guarantee of substantial financial support for the work. The Minister of the Interior, the Hon. J. H. Hofmeyr, under whose charge archaeological investigations fall, set up a special Committee, the Archaeological Committee of the University of Pretoria, which was to be responsible for all the work in connexion with the proposed excavations. It had to raise funds for this purpose, direct operations in the field, arrange for the publication of accounts of the work done and present an annual report and balance sheet to the Minister. The Committee was to consist of representatives of the Government, the University of Pretoria and the public; for the Minister laid down as a principle that, since the investigations at Mapungubwe were deemed to be of national importance, not only the Government and the University were interested but also the public. Therefore some measure of financial support should be expected from the public as well. In this we were not disappointed, as is related elsewhere.
Ethnological publications Nr 17 - 22
(Pretoria : Govt. Printer, 1944., 1944) van Warmelo, N.J.
ETHNOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS No.17: The Bakgatla ba ga Mosetlha No.18: The Ndebele of J. Kekana No.19: The Bahwaduba No.20: The tribes of the Vryburg District No.21: A genealogy of the house of Sekhukhune No.22: History of. Ha Makuya
Ethnological publications Nr 10 - 16
(Pretoria : Govt. Printer, 1944., 1944) van Warmelo, N.J.
ETHNOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS No. 10: The Ba Letswalo or Banarene No. 11: The Bathlabine of Moxoboya No. 12: The Bakoni ba Maake No. 13: The Banarene of Sekororo No. 14: The Banarene of Mmutlana No. 15: The Bakoni of Mametsa No. 16: The Batubatse of Masisimale

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