Africa (continent)
Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:
A whale in Durban Harbour. Durban is quite a big centre for the whaling industry, 1928-06-28
Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.
A wide belt of this fan palm country runs across the south east corner of the Gold Coast, 1939
The caption continues: '3 1/2 wide x 3" deep 2 page 3), Fan palm country near Vuto, Keta.' Swaine provides the note: 'The fan palm is Borrassus aethiopum.'
A woman carrying grass into camp for building a house, 1934-10
65 x 40 mm.
A woman from Bafreng, Bamenda, 1937-10
64 x 109 mm. Showing the method of shaving the head when they have conceived. They wear long hair till this occurs. The remaining centre portion is left and mixed with a concoction of Red Camwood powdered and mixed with palm oil which dries hard like clay and is called Nga. The woman here shown has a small bunch of leaves on her back which indicates she is menstruating.
[A woman sitting on what resembles the chimney of a kiln], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'At Gabrui'.
[A woman sitting on what resembles the chimney of a kiln], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'At Gabrui'.
[A woman sitting outside her hut working with pots], 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm.
A women's farming cooperation near Masaka in Uganda, 1952 - 1964
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Most of these women own coffee and banana plantations and through the teaching of their cooperative apply improved methods.'
A Wood Depôt, 1898
162 x 104 mm. A view showing local workers under the supervision of an English officer, working in an outdoor wood store. Exact location unknown, probably Atbara.
A worker at the Mahalapye [i.e. Mahalatswe] Agricultural Experimental Station, which was set up in 1947, 1960-07
156 x 198 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Maize, sorghum, millet, beans and cotton are grown. Maize is the favourite food in Bechuanaland, but sorghum is the crop best suited to the droughty climate. Shown here is a field of sorghum, with plants covered by envelopes to control pollination'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
A Wum woman, 1938
40 x 62 mm.
A Wum woman with ear rings of bamboo, 1938
40 x 62 mm.
A Yaron Sarki (sent from Emir of Kano) [Yaron Sarki – Emir’s representative], 1928 - 1939
A young Christian Wagogo couple just married, 1900s, 1900 - 1917
81 x 106 mm. Full length portrait of the bride and groom in front of the stone wall of a house.
A young girl on the roof of her granary at Graengula, 1934
A young Imatong girl, 1934
Showing the girl carrying several sacks of produce. The caption continues: 'They carry enormous loads up and down this mountain without turning a hair'.
A young Imatong girl, 1934
Showing the girl carrying several sacks of produce. The caption continues: 'They carry enormous loads up and down this mountain without turning a hair'.
A young Karamojong girl at Kopoth, 1935 - 1936
The caption below the photograph continues: 'The Owele worn by the Karamojong girls is longer and narrower than those worn by the Labwor, and the links are slightly larger and thinner. She has a heavy metal girdle; and dangling down one thigh a bunch of soda water sparklets, which are well polished with constant swinging against an oily leg. The metal trimming to her leather skirt can just be seen between her legs'.
A young Labwor girl at Keru in the Labwor Mountains, with rather Mongolian features, 1935 - 1936
The caption on the album page continues: 'Her hair is matted with black oil, and small plates of white metal are attached for ornamentation. (The Jolloff girls - a tribe in Gambia and Senegal have a similar headdressing.) A lip plug of metal (Egidur) is worn both by the men and women'.
A young Labwor girl at Keru in the Labwor Mountains, with rather Mongolian features, 1935 - 1936
The caption on the album page continues: 'Her hair is matted with black oil, and small plates of white metal are attached for ornamentation. (The Jolloff girls - a tribe in Gambia and Senegal have a similar headdressing.) A lip plug of metal (Egidur) is worn both by the men and women'.
A young lady off to hoe her food plot, 1933 - 1950
120 x 165 mm. Three quarter length portrait.
[A young lady off to hoe her food plot], 1933 - 1950
120 x 165 mm. Three quarter length portrait.
[A young lady off to hoe her food plot], 1933 - 1950
120 x 165 mm. Three quarter length portrait.
A young male Okapi, 1913
99 x 76 mm. A view showing a young Okapi shot by Christy, with four Pygmy hunters squatting behind the animal (the two on the right being the ones who tracked this specimen). This was Christy's first Okapi and probably only the second of these shy beasts to be killed by a European in its native forests.
A young male Okapi, 1913
99 x 76 mm. A view showing a young Okapi shot by Christy, with four Pygmy hunters sitting behind the animal (the two on the right being the ones who tracked this specimen). This was Christy's first Okapi and probably only the second of these shy beasts to be killed by a European in its native forests.