Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20090 Collections and/or Records:
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Zanzibar craftsmanship, Zanzibar Exhibition, August 1905, 1905-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/30
Scope and Contents
207 x 151 mm. A similar view to Y30468D/21 but also showing a huge carved elephant (which won a first prize for Messrs. da Silva Bros) at the right of the print.
Dates:
1905-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar. Destemming the buds, 1933 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/21
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm. Postcard.
Dates:
1933 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar. Destemming the buds, 1933 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/23
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar, details of inflorescence, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/13
Scope and Contents
90 x 135 mm. Postcard.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar - dhow under sail, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/42
Scope and Contents
108 x 77 mm. Showing a dhow under sail preparing to leave Zanzibar Harbour.
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Fonds
Zanzibar diary of the U.M.C.A., 1962
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/51
Scope and Contents
'Extracts from the Zanzibar diary of the Universities Mission to Central Africa 1864-1909', 69 pages with a title page and note. The extracts are in two sections, 1864-1888 and 1888-1909.
Dates:
1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Africa miscellanea
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Zanzibar Exhibition buildings, Mnazi Mmoja, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/9
Scope and Contents
232 x 173 mm. A view showing the rows of thatched stands, draped with Union Jacks and red Zanzibar flags, erected in the Mnazi Mmoja recreation park for the Zanzibar Exhibition of 1905. The exhibition, largely organised by R.N. Lynne, was officially opened by the Sultan on 16 Aug. See 'Zanzibar Gazette', 23 Aug. 1905.
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Exhibition grounds, Mnazi Mmoja, August 1905, 1905-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/22
Scope and Contents
233 x 171 mm. A view showing a number of exhibition sheds with lines of flags flying above and visitors walking around the stalls.
Dates:
1905-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Exhibition grounds, Mnazi Mmoja, August 1905, 1905-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/40
Scope and Contents
231 x 170 mm. A view similar to Y30468D/22, showing the flag draped exhibition sheds.
Dates:
1905-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Exhibition Grounds, Mnazi Mmoja, August 1905, 1905-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/42
Scope and Contents
412 x 144 mm. (two prints joined). A panoramic view of the exhibition grounds in the Mnazi Mmoja with European and African visitors viewing the exhibits and walking on the lawns.
Dates:
1905-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar fishing boat, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/304
Scope and Contents
115 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1933 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar fishing boat, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/16
Scope and Contents
150 x 115 mm. (oval print). A view showing a small sailing-canoe filled with two outriggers under full sail off Zanzibar.
Dates:
1901 - 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar fishing boat, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/27
Scope and Contents
120 x 85 mm. A side on view of the fishing boat seen in Y30468B/16, with the Zanzibar waterfront in the background.
Dates:
1901 - 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Fort and market place, 1905 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.
Dates:
1905 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar from the sea, 1901 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/2
Scope and Contents
205 x 151 mm. A view looking towards the northern water front of Zanzibar from the sea. At the left of the print the twin spires of the Roman Catholic Cathedral can be seen and at the right the old consulate building.
Dates:
1901 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar, general view from the sea, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/1
Scope and Contents
602 x 145 mm. Panoramic view composed of three joined prints. A view from the harbour looking south towards the waterfront of the Zanzibar Town. To the left of centre stands the Beit Al Ajeib ('House of Wonders') with the Sultan's Palace to the right. The Beit Al Ajeib was built for Seyyid Barghash, Sultan of Zanzibar 1870-1888, in 1883, for ceremonial rather than residential purposes. In 1886 when Sayyid Khalid briefly usurped the throne the waterfront was bombarded: the clocktower...
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar - group of slaves [historic title], 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/9
Scope and Contents
The print is initialled 'SA'.
Dates:
1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Harbour, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/38
Scope and Contents
145 x 85 mm. A view showing Africans poling a long wooden boat from the beach at Zanzibar.
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Harbour, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/73
Scope and Contents
72 x 43 mm. A view looking out towards the harbour crowded with dhows and other shipping. Photographer unknown. Mr Wigglesworth in pencil on reverse.
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Harbour from door of British Consulate, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/2
Scope and Contents
104 x 47 mm (both sections of stereo print). A view looking along the Zanzibar waterfront with dhows moored just off shore.
Dates:
1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Zanzibar Harbour from Usagara House], 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/20
Scope and Contents
102 x 60 mm. A view from Chandler's house, looking over the roof tops towards the harbour. The island on the horizon is probably Bawe Island.
Dates:
1920 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar: house building, 1905 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.
Dates:
1905 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Independence Conference opens in London, 1963-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/641
Scope and Contents
158 x 203 mm. This picture shows the Zanzibar Opposition delegates. From left to right: Sheikh Hasnuu Makame Mwita, Sheikh Othman Shariff Musa, Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume, Sheikh Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi and Sheikh Abdulla Kassim Hanga.
Dates:
1963-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Independence Conference opens in London, 1963-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/642
Scope and Contents
155 x 203 mm. This picture shows the Zanzibar Government delegates. From left to right: Sheikh Abadhar Juma Khatib, Sheikh Salim Kombo Saleh, Sheikh Maulidi Mshangama Haji, Sheikh Al Muhsin el Barwani, Sheikh Mohamed Shamte Hamadi (the Prime Minister), Sheikh Juma Aley and Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Rahman Edarus Baalawy.
Dates:
1963-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Zanzibar Independence Conference opens in London, 1963-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/643
Scope and Contents
156 x 204 mm. Mr. Duncan Sandys (left), Secretary of State for the Colonies, talking with Sir Hilton Poynton, Permanent Secretary of the Colonial Office, before opening the Zanzibar Independence Conference in Lancaster House
Dates:
1963-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).