Object Details
- Local Numbers
- N 5 SAF 5 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 57938 80
- Frame value is 4.
- Slide No. N 5 SAF 5 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- South Africa
- Topic
- Recreation
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / South Africa
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1959
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 11959
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- "Migrants living and working in the town attempted to protect themselves from the enticements of urban living by forming migrant associations which would police the behaviour of their fellows who were in danger of breaking ranks. One such migrant association was the amalaita, made up mainly of young men from the Northern Transvaal. The amalaita's main leisure pursuit was a form of boxing between rival regionally based factions, but it had a deeper purpose as well." [Bonner Ph., 1995: African Urbanisation on the Rand between the 1930s and 1960s: Its social Character and Political Consequences. Journal of Southern African Studies. Published by Taylor & Francis, Ltd]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871016249-4
