Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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Swahili girl, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/20
Scope and Contents
147 x 194 mm. A seated studio portrait of a Swahili girl dressed similarly to the girl in Y30468B/19. See note to Y3047A/26.
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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Swahili girl, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/22
Scope and Contents
107 x 152 mm. A seated studio portrait of the Swahili girl seen in Y3047A/26 and probably taken at the same time as the girl is wearing the same clothes. Another copy of the same photograph can be found at Y30468E/10.
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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/2
Scope and Contents
108 x 86 mm. A studio portrait showing two gaily dressed Swahili girls with their arms around each other’s shoulders. Their hair is combed in the traditional manner (see Y3047A/27).
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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/3
Scope and Contents
106 x 81 mm. A duplicate of Y3047A/27, showing a Swahili girl arranging another’s hair. The picture has been surrounded by a border of foliage and rephotographed.
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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/4
Scope and Contents
106 x 81 mm. A studio portrait showing two Swahili girls wearing gala costumes.
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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/5
Scope and Contents
108 x 81 mm. Two prints rephotographed inside a foliage surround. One is a duplicate of Y3047A/26, the other shows a group of four Swahili girls.
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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/7
Scope and Contents
107 x 81 mm. A duplicate of Y3047A/25, rephotographed inside a foliage surround.
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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Swahili girls
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/9
Scope and Contents
110 x 87 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait (in profile) showing two Swahili girls with pots balanced on their heads. This is a cropped portion of a larger print.
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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Swahili girls
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/13
Scope and Contents
109 x 88 mm. A studio portrait of four gaily dressed Swahili girls arranged in a group. The girl in the centre holds open a decorated umbrella.
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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Swahili girls
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/14
Scope and Contents
109 x 87 mm. A studio portrait of two Swahili girls wearing turbans and decorated robes.
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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Swahili girls
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/15
Scope and Contents
108 x 85 mm. A studio portrait showing the four girls seen in Y30468E/13, but in a different arrangement.
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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Swahili girls, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/25
Scope and Contents
152 x 202 mm. A studio portait of two smiling Swahili girls wearing headresses and brightly patterned clothes. One of the girls holds a large woven fan. See also the next plate.
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).
File
‘Swahili history of Kilwa Kisiwani’, 1955
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/9/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Dates:
1955
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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Swahili man and girls, 1901 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/8
Scope and Contents
108 x 80 mm. A studio portrait of a Swahili man, wearing a fez and uniform jacket standing between two Swahili girls.
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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Swahili soldiers, 1890 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/3
Scope and Contents
168 x 117 mm. A formal portrait showing a group of uniformed Swahili soldiers armed with rifles. These are possibly men under Rogers’ command employed in the service of the IBEA.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Swahili soldiers Witu?, 1890 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/70
Scope and Contents
169 x 121 mm. A view showing a company of soldiers on parade, possibly at Witu. (See introduction and Y30468A/29-31).
Dates:
1890 - 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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Swahili woman, Dar es Salaam, 1930 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/66
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome postcards (original photographs) of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) scenes. Published by A.C. Gomes and Son, Dar es Salaam.
Dates:
1930 - 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).
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Swahili women drawing water at a well, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/10
Scope and Contents
165 x 195 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (three times) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'
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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Swahili women drawing water at a well, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/10A
Scope and Contents
160 x 195 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (twice) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'
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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[Swahili women, Zanzibar], 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/40
Scope and Contents
104 x 80 mm. A view showing Sawhili women carrying lumps of coral on the Zanzibar seashore.
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).
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Swahilis Sewing. Mumias March 1899, 1899-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045B/48
Scope and Contents
Duplicate of Y3045A/78.
Dates:
1899-03
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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Swamp. Apapa, 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/16
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...
Dates:
1928 - 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).
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[Swan], 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/211
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.
Dates:
1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Swazi bride, Mbabane, Swaziland [Eswatini], 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/25
Scope and Contents
'The Swazi Bride at her wedding shows little enthusiasm for the festivities. It is undignified to exhibit pleasure on leaving her father's kraal and entering that of her father-in-law. At one stage in the ceremony, she stands at a distance from the main celebrations, leaning on a spear. Later she drives this spear into the ground as a symbol that her first born son should be heir to the kraal. If an heir is already established a member of the husband's party strikes the spear to the ground....
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).
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Swazi chief, Mbabane, Swaziland [Eswatini], 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/32
Scope and Contents
'As a member of the powerful Dhlamini family, this Swazi Chief is entitled to wear the red wing feathers of the grey loerie bird. He also wears the necklace and shoulder streamers of large, round, pink beads which are prerogative of the leading families are Dhlamini and Mamba. His white bracelet indicates a chief, as also the piece of leopard skin worn at his waist over his loin cloth. Hair is blonded and fluffed out in true Swazi style. Arranging of hair and the precise placing of feathers...
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).