Pemba Island (region)
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Bull fighting in Pemba, 1946 - 1948
145 x 180 mm. Showing a man in the ring with a bull. The caption continues: 'Close quarters: The bull has turned upon one of the matadors and charges.'
[Bull fighting in Pemba], 1946 - 1948
160 x 210 mm. Showing a man in the ring with a bull. The caption continues: 'Close quarters: The bull has turned upon one of the matadors and charges.'
[Bull fighting in Pemba], 1946 - 1948
160 x 210 mm. Showing a man in the ring with a bull. The caption continues: 'Close quarters: The bull has turned upon one of the matadors and charges.'
Bull fighting in Pemba, 1946 - 1948
210 x 160 mm. Showing two men in the ring with a bull. They both hold one end of a cloth. The caption continues: 'If the bull shows signs of losing interest in the fight, the matadors grow more and more bold baiting him with their mats and coloured cloths,'
Bull fighting in Pemba, 1946 - 1948
210 x 160 mm. Showing a man being tossed by a bull. The caption continues: 'Got him! The angry bull tosses a matador lifting him clean off the ground with his powerful head. Matadors are not usually seriously hurt in this way.'
Bull fighting in Pemba, 1946 - 1948
210 x 160 mm. Showing a man being tossed by a bull. The caption continues: 'Got him! The angry bull tosses a matador lifting him clean off the ground with his powerful head. Matadors are not usually seriously hurt in this way.'
Bull fighting in Pemba, 1946 - 1948
210 x 160 mm. Showing a group of men in the ring. The caption continues: 'All the matadors surround and cheer one of their number who has been tossed by the bull. They make short sharp barking sounds.'
Bull fighting in Pemba, 1946 - 1948
215 x 160 mm. Showing a group of men shielding their eyes from the sun. The caption continues: 'Spectators, all of who pay to ascend the platforms, take the liveliest interest in the proceedings. They will come many miles to see a good bull fighting.'
Chake Chake creek, 1905 - 1948
82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.
Chake Chake: Lebratro (?) house, 1905 - 1948
82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.
Children of Kojani Island, Pemba [i.e. Pemba Island], 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. Showing three boys with a cow and her calf.
Children with cow and calf, East Pemba [i.e. Pemba Island], 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. Showing three boys with a cow and her calf.
Ferry service, Pemba Island, 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. Showing three canoes and attendants on the creek. The caption continues: 'A typical mangrove creek on the west side of Pemba where a ferry service for foot passengers is maintained by dug out canoes.'
Giant heather (Phillipia mafiensis), Pemba, 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. General view.
Leaving Government House, 1953
241 x 194 mm. Showing the Queen and Prince Philip leaving Government House in a horse drawn landau.
Loading a dhow with cloves at Pemba, 1910
239 x 190 mm. A view showing a line of workers carrying sacks of cloves towards a dhow lying in the mud of a tidal estuary at Chake Chake, Pemba Island.
Military lines at Ziwani [Pemba Island], 1900 - 1910
202 x 152 mm. A view showing military buildings and quarters at Ziwani in the centre of Pemba Island.
Pemba bullfight - A survival of the Portuguese occupation of East Africa, 1946 - 1948
160 x 210 mm. Showing a man in the ring with a bull. The caption continues: 'Close quarters: The bull has turned upon one of the matadors and charges.'
[Pemba bullfight - Spectators], 1946 - 1948
210 x 160 mm. Showing boys sat on the top of a small wooden stockade, which protects the 'chorus' of women chanting and clapping their hands to the accompaniment of a 'zomari' (an instrument somewhat resembling an oboe).
[Pemba bullfight - Spectators], 1946 - 1948
210 x 160 mm. Showing boys sat on the top of a small wooden stockade, which protects the 'chorus' of women chanting and clapping their hands to the accompaniment of a 'zomari' (an instrument somewhat resembling an oboe).
[Pemba bullfight - Spectators], 1948
210 x 160 mm. Showing boys sat on the top of a small wooden stockade, which protects the 'chorus' of women chanting and clapping their hands to the accompaniment of a 'zomari' (an instrument somewhat resembling an oboe).
Pemba girl, 1930 - 1964
150 x 2100 mm.
Pemba Island, 1946 - 1948
Showing images of bull fighting and an Arab sword dance.
Pemba Island - children astonished to see Europeans on a remote east coast island, 1930 - 1964
150 x 160 mm.
Report on visit to Pemba, 1942 - 1943
Fergus Wilson's copy of a report by Senior Agricultural Officer Davies on his visit to Pemba, 5-22 October 1942, with a few related papers.