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76 x 53 mm.

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129 x 80 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Series: A collection of numbered prints, unless otherwise stated measuring circa 210 x 160 mm, in a 19 page typescript volume entitled 'Barotseland', written and illustrated by Max Gluckman. His typescript is undated but the illustrations closely resemble, and in some cases are identical with, those used in Gluckman (1945) of which a photocopy is filed with this collection. It is not known how these photographs were used - perhaps projected by epidiascope. Numbers 1-54 are captioned on the back,...

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Headman Kalulu being taught his 1st lesson by Philip Mvula of Mindolo (sitting in a trek chair)'.

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A blurred photograph as captioned.

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Showing a friend reading Mulenga's letter to him.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Having read the letter the friend suggests that Mulenga should learn to read and write and tells him how with the aid of Shibukeni he can do so in a few weeks and that it costs nothing'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'So Mulenga goes to the mission school where he is told he can learn if he will later teach someone else'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'He tells him that the picture of a man and the word 'tata' are the same. One is a picture of a father and the letters 'tata' also mean father'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Although Philip taught Mulenga the first page, Mulenga did not need a trained teacher like Philip to help him finish the book. Philip asks Mulenga's son is[sic] he will go on teaching his father. The boy agrees'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'When the boy has finished teaching his father, Philip asks Mulenga to write down what he has learned, to find out whether he really knows all that has been taught him. Mulenga writes quite well and shows that he can now read and write'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'He is proud and pleased with his new skill and the first thing he wants to do is to write back to his friend to answer his questions that were in the letter that Mulenga got at the beginning'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Mulenga is not the only one who has wished to learn to read and write by the new method. Many others have come to Philip and asked to learn. Philip writes their names in his book and agrees to give them copies of Shibukeni, and to show them how to begin if they promise to find their own teachers among their families and friends as Mulenga did'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'One of these men, Wilsoni, is a friend of Mulenga's. Philip reminds Mulenga of his promise to teach a friend and here you see Mulenga, who could not read and write a month ago, now teaching his friend Wilsoni'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Meanwhile Philip shows another man what is in the first lesson and shows him the words and pictures on the first page of the book. This man, too, will then find a friend to teach him and he too promises to teach someone else when he has finished'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'She is taken to see how another woman is learning. Sarah, a woman who was educated at Mbereshi Girls Boarding School is sitting here with her baby and she is teaching a friend who does not know how to read and write. Philip tells Jeneti to watch. She too can learn in the same way'.

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Showing a man teaching his wife to read. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Another woman has asked her husband who is a clerk to teach her when he comes home at Mid-day'.

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Showing a boy reading Mutende, the African newspaper of Northern Rhodesia. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'At Mindolo over a thousand people have learned to read and write in this way. The boys in this picture can read Mutende, which was meaningless to them less than two months ago'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The District Commissioner, local missionary, and Chief Mono, with Mass Lit. Instructor interpreting, hold a meeting of tribal elders and village headmen under the meeting tree outside the Chiefi village, to explain the approaching Mass Lit. Campaign'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Same as 1 [i.e. Y3011U/463]. The missionary is [2 illegible words]. The spirit of the Director of Information remains in the vacant chair while he takes the picture'.

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Showing two women learning to read. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The women, with husbands away at work on the mines, take more enthusiastically to learning than the men. They want to be able to write to their husbands asking for more money, and what about that fancy piece he has been seen with round the Indian stores!'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'After six months a parade of new literates is to be held at the Boma (District HQ). The Chief makes a ceremonial entry with his band'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The parade, headed by a schoolboy band, and the Instructor with his wife who also instructs. The N on the banners stands for 'Namushishimuke' ('Wake Up') the title of the Mass Literacy primer in the Chila dialect'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The new literates (there would be more men but they can't all leave the gardens) listen to a pep talk from the Director of Information. It is their job to roll the snowball faster'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The parade ends with song, dance and music, which are positively necessary to every African occasion. So is beer, but I could not photograph that as they drank it at night'.