Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:
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Ya-o-Fa, Banso, 1939-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/173
Scope and Contents
40 x 62 mm. The senior Ya is the Fon's actual mother, once selected she retains the title all her life. She may only marry a Fai or Tante and she must not work on a farm. All her social inferiors must clap hands in front of her (men and women alike). She can only marry one man in her life and does not pass on her title to her children. When the Fon dies the mother of his successor if alive becomes the senior Ya, otherwise Fai Ndzendzen must choose a girl from among the Eon's daughters. The...
Dates:
1939-04
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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Ya-o-Fa, Banso, 1939-04-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/174
Scope and Contents
40 x 62 mm. Dressed in her official dress, a raffia hat which she wears in front of the Fon. A porcupine quill in her nose the septum of which has been pierced. A red Teh or strip of cloth suspended from her waist girdles. Beads crossed over her chest.
Dates:
1939-04-29
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).
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Yaba: an approaching tornado, 1930 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/69
Scope and Contents
310 x 250 mm. It hit us about 3 hours later.
Dates:
1930 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Yaba: an approaching tornado, 1930 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448G/70
Scope and Contents
310 x 250 mm. 'It hit us about 3’ hours later'. This photograph was taken about an hour after Y30448G/69.
Dates:
1930 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Y30448G/60, 86-114 and 118-19 are missing.
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Yacht at Mazoe Sailing Club, Lake Macilwaine [Lake Chivero], 1954 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/8
Scope and Contents
Showing a yacht on Lake Chivero, about 20 miles from Salisbury.
Dates:
1954 - 1967
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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Yacht at Mazoe Sailing Club, Lake Macilwaine [Lake Chivero], 1954 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/9
Scope and Contents
Duplicate of Y3052G/8.
Dates:
1954 - 1967
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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Yacht Club: facing see it has a balcony built like the deck of a ship; straight out you can see a boat at entrance to harbour, 1936 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/41
Scope and Contents
84 x 54 mm.
Dates:
1936 - 1937
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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Yacht Club shed; on farther side you can see road continuing from bridge and going down to Victoria Beach, 1936 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 363/4/40
Scope and Contents
83 x 55.
Dates:
1936 - 1937
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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Yakoba and his wife Foyibe, Christians of Ibwaga, c 1910, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/222
Scope and Contents
53 x 103 mm. Full length portrait.
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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Yakoub's House, 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/176
Scope and Contents
78 x 78 mm. A view showing the courtyard and entrance to Yakoub's house in Omdurman. Yakoub, a half brother of the Khalifa, was killed during the Battle of Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Dates:
1898
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
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Khartoum 1898
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Yakubu to Glover, 1876-07-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/9/7
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.
Dates:
1876-07-11
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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Yam farm on the road side, Banso-Bamenda (Bamunka), 1941-09-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/383
Scope and Contents
95 x 64 mm.
Dates:
1941-09-04
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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Yambio, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/105
Scope and Contents
110 x 80 mm. Showing a large stone building with a thatched roof.
Dates:
1939 - 1941
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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Yambio, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/106
Scope and Contents
45 x 95 mm. A view of a woman walking away from the camera.
Dates:
1939 - 1941
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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Yambio, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/3/107
Scope and Contents
80 x 80 mm. People stood beneath trees. There are pots and baskets on the ground.
Dates:
1939 - 1941
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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Yambio Church Council, 1920 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 30/50
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.
Dates:
1920 - 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).
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Yambio Girls’ School: Margaret Pooley with teacher Debora and her adopted child, 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/1/63
Scope and Contents
158 x 113 mm. glossy print with 89 x 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1954
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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Yambio School: one of the classrooms, 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/1/97
Scope and Contents
156 x 112 mm. glossy print with 82 x 59 mm. negative.
Dates:
1953
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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Yaron Seriki of Mallamaduri [Representative of Emir of Mallamaduri], 1928 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043GG/138
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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Yaw Wusu, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/127
Scope and Contents
135 x 85 mm. Sepia. Young African.
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).
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Yeh woman, Banso, 1939-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/214
Scope and Contents
Neg. and 2 contact prints 58 x 84 mm. Woman of Yeh with a four handled basket called Nko. The baskets are made in Nsungli. The basket is full of potatoes value 1 ½ d but can be used to carry any produce.
Dates:
1939-07
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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Yei: congregation inside temporary church, 1972
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/4/5
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1972
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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Yei: congregation outside temporary church, 1972
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/4/6
Scope and Contents
152 x 108 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1972
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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Yei Elementary Girls’ School: going home for the holidays, 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/1/65
Scope and Contents
155 x 102 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1954
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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Yei Girls’ School: arrival of the Bari New Testament, showing teachers selling to school girls, 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/1/67
Scope and Contents
155 x 113 mm. glossy print.
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).