Boesmanland, Swartjan and Mafane BritzEngela 2019 <div>This is a recording of an audio-cassette home recording of '<i>Boesmanland</i>' performed by Isaac Mafane and Ella 'Swartjan' van Niekerk. In Brandvlei, it is believed that the tune was composed by Swartjan in the first half of the twentieth-century. The date, location and recordist of the original recording are unknown, but the cassette was a gift to Kola Zandberg, who lives in Brandvlei. This audio sample accompanies Engela Britz's (2019) minor dissertation entitled "Songs in the Dust: <i>Riel </i>Music in the Northern and Western Cape, South Africa." Recorded by Engela Britz on January 18, 2018, in Brandvlei, Northern Cape, South Africa. </div><div><br></div>