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Pwani (region)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 470 Collections and/or Records:

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[Seyyid Ali bin Said], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/99
Scope and Contents

144 x 194 mm. A full length portrait of Seyyid Ali bin Said, seated on a throne against a backdrop of a carpet. Seyyid Ali bin Said, the last of the sons of Seyyid Said to sit on the Zanzibar throne, was Sultan from 1890-1893. The British Pretectorate over Zanzibar and Pemba was declared at the beginning of his reign.

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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[Seyyid Hamed bin Thuwaini], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/98
Scope and Contents

122 x 183 mm. A full length portrait of Seyyid Hamed bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Zanzibar 1893 - 1896, seated on a throne.

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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Shangani Street, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/56
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 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).
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[Shipment of copra on Zanzibar beach], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/57
Scope and Contents

103 x 59 mm. A view showing sacks of copra being stacked on Zanzibar beach before loading for shipment. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'MA and Co's shipment being stacked on beach preparatory to loading in lighter'.

Dates: 1920 - 1927
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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Sicucu natives feast [Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/85
Scope and Contents

272 x 207 mm. Showing a large crowd of gaily dressed Swahili men and women gathered in the Mnazi Mmoja Recreation Park, Zanzibar, to celebrate the festival of Siku Kuu. The caption 'Sicucu natives feast' is written on the print itself, and is numbered '18'.

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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Silver Jubilee 1936, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/18
Scope and Contents

130 x 130 mm. The caption continues: 'Watercraft of all kinds, gaily decorated, greet the Sultan on his return from Pemba.'

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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Slave market place, Zanzibar [historic title], 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/1
Scope and Contents 102 x 47 mm (both sections of stereo print). A view looking across the open market place towards dilapidated building, with enslaved persons seated in the right foreground. Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Slave market-place, Zanzibar - very difficult to take - slaves and arabs keep running away leaving only a line of women slaves whose legs and a face or two may be observed - the women's entire dress is a blue cotton sheet or cloth tied tight under arms and extending as far as the...
Dates: 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
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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Small branch of clove tree, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/18
Scope and Contents

170 x 120 mm. There is a Dorien Leigh Limited 'Photograph on loan' stamp on the reverse.

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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Spirit offerings, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/65
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Every cave in Zanzibar contains one or more 'Mzimu' or spirits who must be treated with great respect by those who use the cave, to fetch water etc. The picture shows offerings of one kind and another made to the spirit of a cave.'

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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Splitting nuts, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/49
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm. A view showing an African at work splitting coconuts (out of focus), with piles of split coconuts in the foreground.

Dates: 1920 - 1927
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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[Storing cloves in baskets], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/8
Scope and Contents

155 x 200 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1948
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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[Street leading to Usagara House], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/3
Scope and Contents

77 x 130 mm. Underexposed. A view looking along a narrow street in the west part of Zanzibar Town. The road leading to Chandler's house is marked by a cross. With a brief letter to his son Michael on the back of the print.

Dates: 1920 - 1927
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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[Street sellers], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/9
Scope and Contents

Images of roadside stores selling fruit, pots, furniture and paints, and a man selling coffee from a portable canteen.

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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Sudi, office boy, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/16
Scope and Contents

59 x 102 mm. A view showing Sudi, a Swahili, wearing his Leslie and Anderson uniform and fez. His jacket is monogrammed L and A over the breast.

Dates: 1920 - 1927
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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Sultan of Zanzibar, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/13
Scope and Contents

165 x 215 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

Dates: 1930 - 1964
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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Sultan's Harem with Tower [Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/87
Scope and Contents

243 x 198 mm. A view looking west along the waterfront road towards the Sultan's palace, the Beit-el-Ajeib (not visible), with the hull of a ship (history unknown) mounted beside the road. The lighthouse seen here in front of the Beit-el-Ajeib was damaged in the bombardment of 1896. The Sultan's living quarters the Beit-el-Ajeib being primarily ceremonial rather than residential, were to the rear of the house seen beyond the prow of the ship.

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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Swahili from Zanzibar, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/6A
Scope and Contents

100 x 150 mm.

Dates: 1930 - 1964
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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Swahili women drawing water at a well, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/10
Scope and Contents

165 x 195 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (three times) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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Swahili women drawing water at a well, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/10A
Scope and Contents

160 x 195 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (twice) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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[Tall clove trees], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/10
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Roadside clove trees.

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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[Tall clove trees], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/20
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 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).
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The arrival of the Sultan and party, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/78
Scope and Contents

102 x 59 mm. A view showing the Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyyid Khalifa Bin Harub, and other members of the official party stopping on to the jetty at Chumbe Island for the opening of the new lighthouse. Walking beside the Sultan are Ernest Costley-White, the Acting Resident, and Captain Clement Charlewood, Port Officer for Zanzibar.

Dates: 1926
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 British Agency, Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/90
Scope and Contents

193 x 149 mm. A view from Zanzibar harbour looking towards the British Agency building on Shangani Point at the Western end of the waterfront.

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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The clove inflorescence (or) a bunch of cloves, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/48
Scope and Contents

215 x 165 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).
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The East African Coast - The shores of Zanzibar are fringed with handsome palms which grow on the sand-dunes just above high water mark, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/5
Scope and Contents

165 x 205 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).