Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20097 Collections and/or Records:
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Zizyphus jujube [ber tree], 1890 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/218
Scope and Contents
77 x 106 mm
Dates:
1890 - 1920
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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Zobeir Pasha's son and suite just escaped from Omdurman, 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/83
Scope and Contents
159 x 181 mm. Showing the group standing in the bush after capture by the British.
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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Zobeir's son, 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/84
Scope and Contents
79 x 80 mm. Showing Zobeir's son standing alone.
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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Zollamt in Kilwa, D.-O.-A [Deutsch-Ostafrika i.e. Tanzania], 1910 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/80
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of miscellaneous monochrome postcards of scenes in German East Africa (now Tanzania). The cards are issued by Walther Dobbertin, Dar es Salaam and Tanga (76-79, 81-87), C. Vicenti, Dar es Salaam (88, 90), The Standard P. and P. Works, Nairobi and Mombasa (91), the remainder unknown.
Dates:
1910 - 1920
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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Zoology Laboratory: a lesson in human anatomy, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H/40
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of photographs taken by the Ministry of Information West African Photographic Service, giving a comprehensive record of the varied aspects of the College's work. These pictures have been extensively reproduced in books and articles. As Dr. R.W. Stopford is shown as Principal, a post he held from 1941 to 1945, they must date from this period. The Library has three different groups of photographs drawn from this series, two of which form this collection:(A) 55, 260 x...
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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Zouave in full kit, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304H/161
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Measuring 220 x 285 mm, this album contains postcards, some of which are coloured. The majority portray Algiers (including 12 of the museum), Algerian people, Biskra, and the ruins of Timgad, Constantine, Tunis and Carthage.
Dates:
1922
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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Zuarangu-Bawku road, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/104
Scope and Contents
Stored in negative album envelope number '60'.
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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Zulu, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/40
Scope and Contents
143 x 205 mm. Full length portrait of 'Mashiyendaka Fakude of the Mgeni tribe. Mutsha of tails, backcloth of skin, bead girdle and necklaces'. Although not credited in this album, an identical photograph by Claude Whysall is held in an album at the Killie Campbell Africana Library under the reference: Album D10/001-255 Zulu Customs: Book 2 [BRN 309409].
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).
Sub-sub-class
[Zulu chief and warriors], 1901
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3058H/117-18
Scope and Contents
105 x 65 mm. and 65 x 105 mm.
Dates:
1901
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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Vryheid, South Africa
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[Zulu chief: original caption illegible], 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/113
Scope and Contents
152 x 190 mm. Showing a Zulu chief standing in front of a thatched house and saluting.
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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Zulu councillor, Mahashini, Zululand, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 211/1
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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Zulu crafts, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/34
Scope and Contents
208 x 150 mm. The caption continues: 'Beadwork. Ilala basket weaving. Clay pottery. Wood carving. Decorative gourds. Sleeping mat. All exhibited at a local show.' Although not credited in this album, an identical photograph by Claude Whysall is held in an album at the Killie Campbell Africana Library under the reference Album D10/001-255 Zulu Customs: Book 2 [BRN 309409].
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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Zulu dancers, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/42
Scope and Contents
204 x 147 mm. The caption continues: 'They use the small dress shields for these occassions, and sticks. They wear skins, beads and feathers. Near Eshowe.' This photograph may have been taken by Lyn Acutt. It is similar to a photograph in album held by the Killie Cambell Africana Library under the reference Album D07/001-231 Zulu Customs Book I 29500 [309425] and title, 'Royal visit, Eshowe, March 1947'.
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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Zulu dancing girls near Inanda, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/47
Scope and Contents
122 x 76 mm. The caption continues: 'wearing the short black kilted skirt and beads, and carrying black umbrellas, to which they have become very attached! A few have the proper dancing sticks, carved or beaded.'
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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Zulu family, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/27
Scope and Contents
202 x 144 mm. The caption continues: 'The hut is made in the modern style with mud and wicker surround. The three openings are unusual.' The photographer is unknown. An identical appears in an album held by the Killie Campbell Africana Library under the reference: Album D07/001-231 Zulu Customs Book 1 29500 [309425].
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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Zulu family and Kraal, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/69
Scope and Contents
190 x 125 mm. Showing the family standing in front of a circular thatched hut.
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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Zulu girl, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/161
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome postcards
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).
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Zulu hairdressing, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/33
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. The caption continues: 'The women help each other in the elaborate styles. These are all married women, and they twist their short curly hair into strands of wool and cotton mixed with fat and dark red ochre, the whole being fixed firmly. These styles last about seven years! One woman has a small dancing shield. They are obviously preparing for a dance or feast'. The photographer is unknown. An identical appears in an album held by the Killie Campbell Africana Library...
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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Zulu headmen, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC South Africa/40
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of monochrome postcards (one card missing from original set of twelve).
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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Zulu headmen or chiefs, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305C/68
Scope and Contents
191 x 126 mm. Showing three Zulu leaders standing in front of a circular thatched hut.
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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Zulu Kaffirs of Natal, South Africa, 1817 - 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/40
Scope and Contents
An engraving taken from a newspaper, undated.
Dates:
1817 - 1866
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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Commonwealth engravings
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Zulu Kraals near Eshowe, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/26
Scope and Contents
153 x 203 mm. The caption continues: 'Note the cattle kraal within the enclosure for safety at night. Water has to be carried from streams in the valley.' The reference 'E10' is written on the print. The photographer is unknown. An identical appears in an album held by the Killie Campbell Africana Library under the reference: Album D07/001-231 Zulu Customs Book 1 29500 [309425].
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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Zulu maiden, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/47
Scope and Contents
151 x 205 mm. A full-face half-length portrait of a plump Zulu girl with decorative abdominal scarring. The photograph is probably by B.W. Caney, and is numbered '110'.
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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Zulu man and girl, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/48
Scope and Contents
156 x 205 mm. A studio portrait of a Zulu couple wearing bead decorations. The man holds a stout stick and a Knobkerrie ('iwisa'). The print is signed 'From B.W. Caney, Durban.'
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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Zulu man wearing the 'Kehla', 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/38
Scope and Contents
150 x 203 mm.
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).