This project consisted of documenting and comparing grave markers in Afrikaaner, European, and African cemeteries in the Cape region, to better understand the origins of the apartheid system. Fieldwork conducted in 1984.
Researcher: June Anderson
Photographs: Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are by June Anderson.

 

St. Paul's cemetery, Rondelbosch. Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Edwin Thomas Cooper, youngest son of William and Sarah Cooper, who died Sept. 1st 1848, aged 3 years and 1 month.

Headstone in Anglican section of Wynberg cemetery, Cape Province. Inscription: In loving memory of my beloved wife Mary Elizabeth Lategan (born Bowen). Born Pambrookshire, South Wales, 25th April 1873. Died 21st March 1919. 

Ceramic cross, Wynberg cemetery, Cape Province.
 

Rockpaintings from c. 10,000 BCE. Cliff site near Eland's Bay, 

South Africa. (PHOTO: James Deetz)


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