Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Female black buffalo, Uele, Congo, 1915, 1915
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/267
Scope and Contents
100 x 75 mm. A view showing a black buffalo killed by Christy at Uele.
Dates:
1915
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).
File
Female medical personnel, German East Africa, 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 155/7/2/20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Biographical notes compiled by D.H. Simpson.
Dates:
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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[Female member of the Benui people], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/529
Scope and Contents
Portrait from the waist up. The caption on the album page reads: 'The Benui tribe. 50 miles south of Bozoum in the Ubangui-Chari [Central African Republic]. They wear two small bones in their nostrils, and beautifully combed out raffin bustles'.
Dates:
1934
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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[Female member of the Benui people], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/530
Scope and Contents
Full-length portrait. The caption on the album page reads: 'The Benui tribe. 50 miles south of Bozoum in the Ubangui-Chari [Central African Republic]. They wear two small bones in their nostrils, and beautifully combed out raffin bustles'.
Dates:
1934
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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[Female member of the Benui people], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/531
Scope and Contents
Full-length portrait. The caption on the album page reads: 'The Benui tribe. 50 miles south of Bozoum in the Ubangui-Chari [Central African Republic]. They wear two small bones in their nostrils, and beautifully combed out raffin bustles'.
Dates:
1934
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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Female witch doctor, Inanda, Natal [historic title] [KwaZulu-Natal], 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/2
Scope and Contents
'A typical ‘sangoma’ or witch-doctor of Zulus in Natal or Zululand, wears her hair long and beaded, bladders on the head, goat-skin over shoulders and chest, and carries the small dancing shield and beaded switch of wildebeeste wail. The ‘sangoma’ is usually a married woman, wearing the black oxhide skirt. A male ‘sangoma’ also affects the dress of a married woman, plus all the other regalia as illustrated. Red clay on face and limbs augments the mysterious aspect. Strings of grey seed pods...
Dates:
1946
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
Fence, 1916 - 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/99
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...
Dates:
1916 - 1918
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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Fergus Wilson, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/195
Scope and Contents
60 x 60 mm. Negative. Portrait, seated.
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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Fergus Wilson, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/196
Scope and Contents
60 x 60 mm. Portrait, seated.
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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Fergus Wilson, 1933 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/197
Scope and Contents
60 x 60 mm. Portrait, seated.
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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Ferns overhanging the Ngare Davash R. in Mau Forest, 1889-09-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/20
Scope and Contents
113 x 155 mm. A view looking along a narrow gorge on the river with various kinds of fern growing on the rock face on either bank. A photograph taken on the same occasion as Y30468K/18 and Y30468K/19.
Dates:
1889-09-29
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
/
Ernest Gedge Collection
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Ferreira Gold Mining Company, Whitehead's Company in distance, 1888
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/86
Scope and Contents
191 x 126 mm. Showing miners at work shifting boulders excavated from the trenches on Ferreira's mine. The Ferreira Gold Mining Company and the Ferreira Deep were named after Colonel Ignatius P. Ferreira (1840-1921) who had laid out Ferreira's Camp in 1886 and was one of the leaders of the early diggers. These two mines were among the most successful on the Wittwatersrand. Whitehead's Mine can just be made out on the horizon.
Dates:
1888
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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Ferry across the Great Ruaha, Great North Road - Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzanier], 1925
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/66
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm. Showing the ferry at the near bank, carrying an automobile and foot passengers (or workers).
Dates:
1925
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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[Ferry across the Suez Canal (i.e. Qanat as-Suways)], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/14
Scope and Contents
276 x 214 mm. Showing a camel caravan boarding a ferry somewhere along the route of the Suez Canal. The caption on the print is hard to read and part has been cut off at some stage. Photograph by Zangaki.
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).
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Ferry on the Gada River near Niangara (B. Congo [i.e. Congo]), 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/257
Scope and Contents
Showing a long canoe full of people.
Dates:
1934
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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Ferry service, Pemba Island, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/4/36
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. Showing three canoes and attendants on the creek. The caption continues: 'A typical mangrove creek on the west side of Pemba where a ferry service for foot passengers is maintained by dug out canoes.'
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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Festival at Kisii, 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/2/5
Scope and Contents
200 x 145 mm. Showing a group of men wearing large feathered headdresses, others have drums. There are many spectators in the background.
Dates:
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).
Sub-Series
[Festival of African culture], 1966 - 1980
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/XII/15-18
Scope and Contents
These slides reproduce part of an unidentified periodical article reporting on a festival of African culture.
Dates:
1966 - 1980
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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Fetching water, 1892 - 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 28/37
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions documenting Arthur Fisher's service as a missionary in Uganda.
Dates:
1892 - 1914
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
Fetish girl playing warri, 1939 - 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/188
Scope and Contents
The negative envelope is numbered '40'.
Dates:
1939 - 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).
Item
Fetish girl playing warri, 1939 - 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/189
Scope and Contents
The negative envelope is numbered '40'.
Dates:
1939 - 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).
Item
Fetish Priest, Bassa, 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/120
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1939
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).
Fonds
F.G. Banks photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011ZZ
Scope and Contents
The photographs are housed at RCMS 167. Captions are from information supplied by H.B. Thomas and C.R.S. Pitman.
Dates:
1880 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Fibre being combed, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/312
Scope and Contents
Showing African workers operating the sisal combing machinery.
Dates:
1940 - 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
Ficus elastica, Mambone, East Africa, 1905, 1905
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/185
Scope and Contents
200 x 149 mm. View in a rubber plantation, with a European and African labourers in the foreground.
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).