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Zukiswa And Richard
January 4, 2020
The Africana Library on Dutoitspan Road is housed in what was the original Kimberley Public Library. The public library first opened on 23rd July 1887 in a building designed by the architect JR Elton. The Public Library and the Africana Library were inextricably linked until 1984 when the public and Africana sections of the Library were separated and the Kimberley Africana Library was opened to the public in 1986. It was the exceptional collections of Africana and rare books which distinguished the Kimberley Public Library and the main factor which bound the history of these two institutions. Today the library houses about 14,000 books, 640 manuscripts and 12,000 photographs. Included in the collection are early printed editions of African indigenous languages (San, Tswana, Zulu, Xhosa), early books related to diamond mining and records dating back to the first diamond rush in the 1870s, newspapers from the 1870s and books by early European travellers in the region, and books and maps from the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War). An intriguing collection of photographs is also available for viewing, featuring early diamond discoveries, the South African War, the social history of the inhabitants of southern Africa, the siege of Kimberley and Northern Cape architecture.
The Africana Library on Dutoitspan Road is housed in what was the original Kimberley Public Library. The public library first opened on 23rd July 1887 in a building designed by the architect JR Elton. The Public Library and the Africana Library were inextricably linked until 1984 when the public and…
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65 Du Toitspan Rd
Kimberley, NC