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'A grave without a cross'
A translation by Trevor Jaggar from the Kiswahili of the 1990 reprint of Kareithi's novel, with a translator's note and preface, 54 pages. In his note Jaggar explains that his purpose in translating Karethi's work was 'to enable British and other readers of English to learn something of what the Mau Mau War felt like to a Kikuyu striving for the independence of Kenya from British colonial rule'.
A journey in French West Africa in 1901
An account of a journey undertaken by White, then 23, and two companions, from Dakar through St Louis, Kayes (on Mungo Park's route to the Niger), and Djéné on the Bani River, arriving finally at Bobodiulasso, 15 pages. There are references to the activities of Samori and comments on colonial policy. The account is accompanied by a covering letter from White to the Secretary of the Royal Empire Society, 12 July 1948, and the Secretary's reply, 21 July 1948.
A journey to Asia and Africa
A memoir of life as a colonial officer in Sierra Leone, West Africa
Memoir (228 pages) accompanied by notes and rough drafts (circa 100 pages). An index is filed with the collection.
'A walk to the Nyassa country'
An account of Edward Steere's journey to Lake Nyassa written in Zanzibar, Lent 1876, 24 pages. There is an accompanying letter from Steere to Major Evan Smith, Consul General, 23 August 1875, informing him of his plans for the expedition.
A.C. Barnes collection on East Africa, Nigeria, and Fiji, 1914-1933
Accra Post Office. circa 1915
A collection of uncaptioned loose prints, measuring approximately 200 x 145 mm. The collection was exhibited in the Gold Coast section of the British Empire Exhibition 1924 and were deposited at the Royal Colonial Institute on the instruction of Major W.T.E. Wallace, Acting Postmaster General of the Gold Coast (see letter accompanying prints). Prints 11 and 12 show other Post Offices in the colony. Photographer unknown.
Achimota College (A.W.E. Winlaw collection)
Africa miscellanea
African land utilisation and settlement, Kenya
African travel diary of A.R.H. Mann
A diary describing a journey from London via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons and South Africa in four volumes, each of 50 pages.
African villages and townships in Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]
Collection of loose prints measuring approximately 21 x 150 mm., with typewritten captions pasted to the reverse of the prints. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.
Alan Rudwick collection
Album of coastal profiles
Album of family photographs taken in Kenya 1934-1936
Album souvenir d'Alexandrie: Ruines, 1882
An album of albumen prints. This collection contains a series of views of destruction caused by the bombardment of the city on 11 July 1882 when the English fleet attempted to destroy Arabi Pasha's nationalist forces. The photographs are captioned in French on the photographs themselves.
Albums by Francis Frith
Albums of Lt. Col. R.E. Thorne
Alexander Russell Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] photographs 1900-7
Alexander Russell Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] photographs, 1900-1901
Amy Wilson collection on South Africa 1901-1902
Archdeacon R.H. Walker in Uganda
A.R.H. Mann Collection, 1935
Armstrong family of Natal [KwaZulu/Natal]
A collection of three loose prints and one pencil sketch, of various sizes, with some identification on the reverse, which have been used as titles. They appear to relate to the emigration of the Armstrong family to southern Africa. Photographs by T.F. Haskell and others.
Army uniforms of the Empire and Commonwealth, 1860s-1940s
A collection of loose prints of various sizes, printed reproductions and other ephemera relating to the uniforms of overseas military units. The prints are by various photographers. The file also includes a photocopy copy of Tylden's Royal Commonwealth Society Library Talk - 'The history of the overseas armed forces' (10 April 1960).
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- Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ministry of Information. West African Photographic Service 2
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- Ward, Mary Alexandria, 1866 - 1965 (nurse) 2
- Westgate, Thomas Buchanan Reginald, fl1899 - 1936 (missionary) 2
- Wilson, Agnes Maria, 1867 - 1957 2
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- Bristow, W M, fl1930 - 1960 (missionary) 1
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- Canham, Peter Holmes, 1914 - 1984 (colonial administrator) 1
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- Chandler, Francis Philip, fl1920 - 1927 1
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- Clifford, Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle, 1945 1
- Clifford, Sir (Hugh, 1866-1941, Knight, colonial governor) 1
- Cockburn, James Hutchison, 1882 - 1973 (clergyman) 1
- Collard, Charles Edwin, 1868 - 1942 (Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry) 1
- Coote, John Methuen, fl1903 - 1962 1
- Cotterill, J Rose, fl1866 - 1920 (née Bell) 1
- Cowan, Lilnas A, fl1889 - 1892 1
- Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861 -1947 (traveller and writer) 1
- Dalrymple, Thomas Hardie, b. 1900 (physician) 1
- Datta, Rena, fl1951 - 1978 1
- Davies, Herbert Howel, 1872 - 1910 1
- Dickson, William L, fl1950 - 2000 (surveyor) 1
- Dunn, Edward John, 1844 - 1937 (geologist) 1
- East African Railways and Harbours Corporation 1
- Edgar, Florence Ann, 1941 - 2013 (née Clitheroe) 1
- Edgar, Thomas Leslie, 1919 - 1998 1
- Edward, VIII, 1894 - 1972 (King of Great Britain and Ireland, afterwards Duke of Windsor) 1
- Edwards, John, fl1786 - 1788 (Royal Naval Captain) 1
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