Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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‘The Khedive’s reaction to the evacuation of Rubaga by the Egyptian troops in 1876’, 1965
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 126/3/11
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Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.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:
1965
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
The Kibi murder trial
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 138
Scope and Contents
An undated, typescript account, with manuscript annotations, of a murder trial in the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast, November 1944, as recorded in the notes of Mr Justice Mustafa Fuad, edited by Madge Field, 230 pages. The eight defenders were found guilty of the murder of Akyia Mensah, who disappeared after the funeral rites of Paramount Chief Omanhene Nana Sir Ofori Ata of Akyem Abuakwa. This was alleged to be a case of ritual sacrifice. There is a glossary, notes on the historical...
Dates:
1944
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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The Kimberley Mines, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305R4
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A printed book illustrated by photographic prints. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The book resulted from a journey from Cape Town via Kimberley and the Transvaal to the Victoria Falls and back to Port Elizabeth.
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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The Kimbugwe of Toro [1907], 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/39
Scope and Contents
Showing the Kimbugwe of Toro standing with three other figures in the courtyard outside a thatched building: 'From Kasinga we crossed over in canoes to the Toro side, and .... came to our camp. Although this was at Katwe, in the disputed territory, the Katikiro, and Kimbugwe, another of the principal chiefs of Toro, had come to meet me and give me a welcome to Toro. The camp they had prepared for me was quite the best I have yet seen ... They are both most intelligent men, and although...
Dates:
1907
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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The King of Ashanti Quakoe Duah, 1938 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448P/2
Scope and Contents
120 x 100 mm. Modern copy of an old photograph, title written on the original, showing King Kwaku Dua II, Prempeh I (1873-1931), seated with onlookers and an official. This is the same as a poor reproduction in Ivor Wilks, 'Asante in the nineteenth century' (1975), plate II. It is there identified as the visit of Commissioner H.M. Hull in 1891, when he took an offer of British protection (which was rejected).
Dates:
1938 - 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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The King of Jimane, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/548
Scope and Contents
Full-length portrait.
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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The King of Toro on 'Futki' [1909], 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011C/73
Scope and Contents
Showing Kassagama of Toro riding on the elephant Futki: 'Futki travelled by easy stages from Hoima to Fort Portal, and her march continued to be a triumphal progress. Kassagama, although there was no howdah, begged to be allowed to have a ride on the animal and very pluckily settled himself on a mattress which had been tied on the animal's back. With his great umbrella of state held over him by the mahout, he made an impressive figure and I took a good photograph of him in that position.'...
Dates:
1909
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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The kitchen and laundry, Kiboriani, 1907, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/102
Scope and Contents
160 x 119 mm.
Dates:
1907
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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The Kivu mission, 1909-1910, 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 316/1/3
Scope and Contents
An article by J.M. Coote reprinted from 'The Uganda journal', vol. 20, no. 2, September 1956, pp. 105-112, describing his posting to Lake Kivu.
Dates:
1956
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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The Konor and Miss C.P. Moir discuss affairs of the school under the stone Mission Belfry, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/173
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Colony is divided up into seventeen Administrative Districts. In the Volta River District in the Eastern Province, it consists of five native states with a total population of about 860,000 and spread over an area of some 1,258 square miles. One of these states is Manya Krobo. Manya Krobo has a population of 84,797 and covers an area...
Dates:
1945
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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[The Konor inspecting a well, c.1945], 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/158
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Water and wells are most important to the State during the dry season. The Konor inspects a well built by themselves from the Native Administration funds. A lidded, concrete lined well, twenty five feet deep, it cost the State about twenty six pounds to built[sic]'.
Dates:
1945
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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[The Konor inspecting a well, c.1945], 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/159
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Water and wells are most important to the State during the dry season. The Konor inspects a well built by themselves from the Native Administration funds. A lidded, concrete lined well, twenty five feet deep, it cost the State about twenty six pounds to build'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor inspects the domestic science class at the Krobo Girl's School, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/172
Scope and Contents
Showing girls ironing, with the Konor and one of the Moir sisters standing in the background. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'It is adapted to suit African life and custom'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor inspects the Native Administration Police, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/154
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They are run and paid by the State or [sic] Manya Krobo'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor meets Mr. Norton-Jones, the Secretary for Social Services, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/167
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Mr. Norton-Jones has come to Odumasi from Accra to discuss school feeding'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor of Manya Krobo, sone [sic] of a distinguished father, Sir Emmanuel Matekole, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/138
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The Konor was educated at Achimota College and before being elected Konor, on the death of his father, was a member of the Gold Coast Police, starting in the ranks and rising rapidly to the rank of Sub-Inspector. As the Paramount Chief of Manya Krobo he rules the State with the help of his Elders'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor points out the Krobo Mountain, ancestral home of the Krobo people, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/168
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Colony is divided up into seventeen Administrative Districts. In the Volta River District in the Eastern Province, it consists of five native states with a total population of about 860,000 and spread over an area of some 1,258 square miles. One of these states is Manya Krobo. Manya Krobo has a population of 84,797 and covers an area...
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor sees his son having his morning bath in the compound, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/140
Scope and Contents
Showing the Konor watching his son Mate being bathed in a tin tub in a courtyard. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'His son, Mate, is eighteen months old'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor starts his day by dictating letters to his private secretary in the main apartment of his residence, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/142
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Behind him can be seen a portrait of his famous father, Sir Emmanuel Matekole'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor visits the Mid-wife, Miss Teresa Sumney, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/155
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'She is paid by the State. She was trained at the Maternity Hospital, Korle Bu, Accra'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor visits the Mid-wife, Miss Teresa Sumney, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/156
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'She is paid by the State. She was trained at the Maternity Hospital, Korle Bu, Accra'.
Dates:
1945
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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The Konor with his only son, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/139
Scope and Contents
Head and shoulders portrait of the Konor holding his son in his arms.
Dates:
1945
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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The Kopje, Salisbury [Harare], 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052D/2
Scope and Contents
Duplicate of Y3052C/5.
Dates:
1900
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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The korrigum hartebeast (East Africa), 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/63
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome postcards printed in collotype showing stuffed animals in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. Accompanying the postcards is a four page printed leaflet by the Director of the Natal Museum, Ernest Warren, dated April 1924 and entitled 'The need for the International protection of the African fauna.'
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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The Kota River, near Turambula. (where we camped), 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/356
Scope and Contents
Showing the ferry with people and livestock on board.
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).