Glenmore farm before the move in 1976 (text)
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- Description
- A series of photographs showing views of forced removal of communities from Klipfontein farm, near Kenton-on-sea, and other areas, to Glenmore in 1979. These photographs were accumulated by Ben Maclennan when he worked as a journalist for Eastern Province Herald, covering the move, and when he wrote the book "Glenmore : the story of a forced removal. This photograph showing Glenmore farm in 1976, while it was still being farmed. A transcript at the back reads: "A view of the valuable land under irrigation pasture on Mr Ronnie Knott's farm, Glenmore, along the banks of the Fish River where the Fingo Village freeholders from Grahamstown may soon be resettled and about which they are voting in a referendum today"
- Subject/s
- Forced migration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
- Forced migration -- South Africa -- Glenmore -- Photographs
- Forced migration -- South Africa -- Klipfontein -- Photographs
- Blacks -- South Africa -- Relocation -- Photographs
- Apartheid -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Glenmore (South Africa) -- Race relations -- Photographs
- Squatters -- South Africa -- Glenmore -- Photographs
- Type
- Image
- Format
- jpg
- Provenance
- Klipfontein - Glenmore Forced Removal Collection
- Archive
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
- Asset No.
- PIC/M 4801-22.1
- Rights Holder
- Eastern Province Herald
- Use/re-use
- Copryright. Image made available for research and educational purposes only.
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/20861
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