Klipfontein & Glenmore, Cape Province - Forced Removals Collection (1979)

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Title
Klipfontein & Glenmore, Cape Province - Forced Removals Collection (1979)
Alternative Title
Forced Removals Photographic Archive – Klipfontein & Glenmore
Creator
Maclennan, Ben (Collector)
Description
The Klipfontein & Glenmore, Cape Province – Forced Removals Collection (1979) comprises a series of 84 photographs and associated textual images documenting the forced removals of communities from Klipfontein farm, near Kenton-on-Sea, to the resettlement area of Glenmore in 1979. These images were compiled by journalist Ben Maclennan, who covered the removal and subsequent legal and community responses for the Eastern Province Herald and in his book Glenmore: the Story of a Forced Removal. The collection includes photographs of individuals and families affected by the eviction, agricultural schemes such as the Tyefu irrigation scheme, court proceedings in Grahamstown concerning eviction orders, community leaders and administration officials, and everyday scenes reflecting the socio-economic conditions of the displaced communities in both Klipfontein and Glenmore.

The photographs provide a vivid visual record of apartheid-era forced removals and resettlement practices in the Eastern Cape, capturing both the human experience of dispossession and the political and legal contexts surrounding these events. This collection is an important resource for researchers in South African social history, apartheid studies, land rights and forced removals, journalism and visual culture, and community activism.
Date Issued
1979
Language
English
Provenance
Materials collection by Ben Maclennan, a journalist and photographer, who covered this event.
Type
Collection
Genre
Documentary photography
Social justice archives
Legal/journalistic imagery
Subject
Forced removals
Apartheid spatial policies
Apartheid
Eastern Cape social history
Klipfontein (South Africa)
Glenmore (South Africa)
Tyefu Agricultural Scheme
Forced relocation activism
Format
Digital images (photographs/scans)
Spatial Coverage
Klipfontein farm (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Glenmore (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Kenton-on-Sea (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Grahamstown (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Temporal Coverage
1979
Extent
84 photographic and textual items

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