Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20103 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Zulu Kaffirs of Natal, South Africa, 1817 - 1866
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/40
Scope and Contents
An engraving taken from a newspaper, undated.
Dates:
1817 - 1866
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).
Item
Zulu Kraals near Eshowe, 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/26
Scope and Contents
153 x 203 mm. The caption continues: 'Note the cattle kraal within the enclosure for safety at night. Water has to be carried from streams in the valley.' The reference 'E10' is written on the print.
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).
Item
Zulu maiden, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1880 - 1889
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/47
Scope and Contents
151 x 205 mm. A full-face half-length portrait of a plump Zulu girl with decorative abdominal scarring. The photograph is probably by B.W. Caney, and is numbered '110'.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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).
Item
Zulu man and girl, 1880 - 1889
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/48
Scope and Contents
156 x 205 mm. A studio portrait of a Zulu couple wearing bead decorations. The man holds a stout stick and a Knobkerrie ('iwisa'). The print is signed 'From B.W. Caney, Durban.'
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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).
Item
Zulu man wearing the 'Kehla', 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/38
Scope and Contents
150 x 203 mm.
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).
Item
Zulu married woman, 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/30
Scope and Contents
149 x 203 mm. The caption continues: 'Headdress is made from wool, fat, clay, and woven and sewn into her short hair. It lasts for several years.'
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).
Item
Zulu married women, 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/39
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. The caption continues: 'Two of Chief Masakeni's wives, wearing heavily beaded headdresses, necklaces, fine black cloth garments and girdles - suitable dress to visit the towns where the body must be covered, by law. The bracelet is modern, leather studded with buttons'.
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).
Item
Zulu member of the Mgeni tribe awaiting the arrival of the Chief Native Commissioner , 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/41
Scope and Contents
150 x 208 mm.
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).
Item
Zulu men of the Mgeni tribe doing a war dance, 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/44
Scope and Contents
204 x 141 mm.
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).
Item
Zulu men showing their gala head dress of feathers and skins, 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/48
Scope and Contents
77 x 123 mm. The caption continues 'The long black plumes are from the Sakubula. Near Inanda, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]'.
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).
Item
Zulu men showing their gala head dress of feathers and skins, 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/49
Scope and Contents
77 x 121 mm. The caption continues: ' Near Inanda, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]'.
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).
Item
Zulu motherhood, Shongweni, Natal, 1949
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/6
Dates:
1949
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).
Item
Zulu policemen, 1900 - 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/166
Scope and Contents
156 x 206 mm. Showing two uniformed Zulus of the Natal police, carrying knobkerries in one hand and spears in the other.
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).
Item
Zulu rickshaw driver, Durban, 1935
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468N/509
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of negatives, contact prints and enlargements. Mann travelled from London, which he left on 20 June 1935, via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons to South Africa, arriving in Johannesburg on 31 October. 1-516 are enlargements of Mann's photographs and 517-575 are photographic postcards, chiefly of the Sudan. In addition there is a box containing the original negatives 45 x 45 mm with contact prints, but these have...
Dates:
Other: 1935
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).
Item
Zulu rickshaw driver, Durban, 1935
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468N/510
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of negatives, contact prints and enlargements. Mann travelled from London, which he left on 20 June 1935, via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons to South Africa, arriving in Johannesburg on 31 October. 1-516 are enlargements of Mann's photographs and 517-575 are photographic postcards, chiefly of the Sudan. In addition there is a box containing the original negatives 45 x 45 mm with contact prints, but these have...
Dates:
Other: 1935
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).
Item
Zulu types, 1930 - 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/50
Scope and Contents
151 x 194 mm. The caption continues: 'These men are in gala dress, carrying the small dress shield, and using the feathers of birds, and skins. Near Inanda.'
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).
Item
Zulu War. Blood River. Striking tents, 1879-01-18
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 191/7
Scope and Contents
The 18th January 1879, orders came from Colonel Wood at 7 a.m. to strike tents, break up camp, and form in line of march to advance into Zululand, so at 10 a.m. the Column was formed No.4 and the march commenced. It was a pretty sight to see the troops as they advanced with bands playing, with the long line of waggons, 160 in all, with 2,400 trek oxen. This small army was composed of 900 of the 90th Regiment under Colonel Wood who commanded the Column, 800 of the 13th Regiment under Colonel...
Dates:
1879-01-18
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).
Item
Zulu war dance, 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/102
Scope and Contents
115 x 95 mm.
Dates:
1901
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).
Item
Zulu war dance, 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/104
Scope and Contents
100 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1901
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).
Item
Zulu war dance, 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/113
Scope and Contents
300 x 85 mm.
Dates:
1901
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).
Item
Zulu warrior, Banganoma, Zululand, 1947
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/4
Dates:
1947
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).
Item
[Zulu warriors], 1875 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/4
Scope and Contents
57 x 95 mm. Showing two Zulu men standing in front of a thatched hut. Both men wear the 'isicoco', a headband signifying their married status.
Dates:
1875 - 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).
Item
[? Zulu warriors], 1875 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A/6
Scope and Contents
57 x 96 mm. Showing two young Africaans, probably Zulus, squatting beside the shafts of a wagon.
Dates:
1875 - 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).
Item
Zulu warriors, 1879 - 1880
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058A/25
Scope and Contents
132 x 177 mm. Showing two Zulu warriors dressed in war regalia and armed with shields and assegais. The two men, the one on the left wearing the 'isicoco' or circular headring denoting a married man, the younger one wearing feathered plumes, are members of a 'black' or relatively inexperienced regiment: this is denoted by their shields which are black with a white latticework supporting structure. As the regiment increased in war service so the shields became progressively whiter, until...
Dates:
1879 - 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).
Item
Zulu wedding dance, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1880 - 1889
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/45
Scope and Contents
200 x 149 mm. Showing a large group of Zulu maidens gathered in two rows facing one another to perform a wedding dance. The print itself is numbered '52', is unsigned but is probably by B. W. Caney.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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).