Title: B1959_14
Image Number: APN151926
Media Id: 70_232
Path:
african.pictures /
Bailey's African History Archive /
Drum Social Histories
Description: SAED:SOCIAL:PERSONALITY:DRUM OCTOBER 1959 Proud and self-conscious, the khaki-clad Mafokeng Guards pave the way for the Chief down a dusty street of the village of Phokeng. Rustenburg Coronation It lasted three days. Fifteen thousand people came. Jazz bands, brass bands, the lot. Even the Minister of Bantu Administration looked in at the village of Phokeng for the coronation of Chief èdward Patric Lbone Molotlegi of the Bafokeng tribe. Joburg's nitelife celebrities, professional men, teachers, factory workers, businessmen and the usual ââ¬â¢guestsââ¬Å who turn up to everything going. They all flocked to the dusty, country village of Phokeng, near Rustenburg, in the Transvaal. It was going to be ââ¬â¢The feast of the year,ââ¬Å (Photograph by Peter Magubane Baileys Archives) NEG 14
Collections: Baileys African History Archive
Subcollections:
Drum Social Histories
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 5697 x 3748
Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
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Property Release: No