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Nord-Ouest, Province du (province)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 119 Collections and/or Records:

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Mbem wedding, 1940-02-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/262
Scope and Contents

35mm neg. Bridesmaids washing and applying the red cam wood to their bodies.

Dates: 1940-02-09
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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Mbem wedding, 1940-02-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/263
Scope and Contents

35mm neg. Bridesmaids washing and applying the red cam wood to their bodies.

Dates: 1940-02-08
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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Mbem wedding, 1940-02-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/264
Scope and Contents

35mm neg. Bridesmaids washing and applying the red cam wood to their bodies.

Dates: 1940-02-08
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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Mbem wedding, 1940-02-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/265
Scope and Contents

35mm neg. Bridesmaids washing and applying the red cam wood to their bodies.

Dates: 1940-02-08
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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Medicine grove, Bafut, 1941-10-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/386
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. Bafut vied with Laroku in the number of Jujus one found all over the place as well as the number of Medicine groves. Here under a shady tree is another sacred area with a large monolith of seven sided stone.

Dates: 1941-10-19
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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Medicine grove, Bafut, 1941-12-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/393
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. A scene of one of the numerous medicine groves around Bafut, one of the peculiar seven sided monoliths is seen at the junction of bush paths leading to the town.

Dates: 1941-12-11
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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Menang Jujus, Bamessing, 1942-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/403
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. Menang Jujus on the road to Bamessing on their way to a Meeting.

Dates: 1942-01
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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Message girls, Akwato, 1940-03-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/340
Scope and Contents

64 x 108 mm. Two little Message girls sit and gossip at market, they have all got long crooked walking sticks.

Dates: 1940-03-04
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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Message women, Akwato, 1940-03-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/339
Scope and Contents

62 x 40mm. Three message women with their necklaces of iron chatter at the market.

Dates: 1940-03-04
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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Mfumte girls, Lus, 1940-02-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/309
Scope and Contents

84 x 56 mm. neg. and 114 x 84 mm. print. Two cheery little Mfumte ladies with their masses of nose sticks.

Dates: 1940-02-14
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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Mfumte girls, Lus, 1940-02-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/310
Scope and Contents

56 x 84 mm. A pretty little Mfumte girl with her ring earrings, iron lip ornaments and necklaces.

Dates: 1940-02-14
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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Milk and butter seller, Lassim, 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/355
Scope and Contents

56 x 84 mm. A fullani milk and butter seller at Lassim. Came from the encampment about 10 miles away up on the mountains to the west of Lassim.

Dates: 1940
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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Mistresses of a chief, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/554
Scope and Contents

Portrait of two women from the waist up.

Dates: 1934
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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Mvwe coiffure, 1940-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/272
Scope and Contents

56 x 84 mm. A rather attractive style in bush coiffure on a little Mvwe girl. Great skill and ingenuity is sometimes shown in the cutting of the woolly crop.

Dates: 1940-02-10
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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Mvwe coiffure, 1940-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/277
Scope and Contents

56 x 84 mm. Another style of hairdressing, this style involves rolling the hair into small tails and anointing it with oil from a particular tree. The whole head shines with the oil.

Dates: 1940-02-10
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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Mvwe woman, 1940-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/273
Scope and Contents

56 x 84 mm. One of the old Mvwe ladies who adheres to the iron rings on her necklaces, Mvwe market.

Dates: 1940-02-10
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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Mvwe woman, 1940-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/274
Scope and Contents

56 x 84 mm. neg and 84 x 113 mm. print. The old Mvwe lady showing the mass of iron bracelets, necklaces and rings on iron cables round her neck.

Dates: 1940-02-10
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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Njari cicatrization, Mbande, 1940-03-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/333
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. Three Njari women at Mbande showing their cicatrizations on the back and stomach.

Dates: 1940-03-01
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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Old man at Kumbo, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/580
Scope and Contents

Cameroon, smoking pipe.

Dates: 1934
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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Old woman, Bali, 1941-10-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/392
Scope and Contents

51 x 40 mm. An old Bali woman carrying home her water supply in a calabash from the village stream. Women work to a ripe old age.

Dates: 1941-10-30
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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Patients waiting for medicine at Mvwe Market, 1940-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/281
Scope and Contents

109 x 61 mm. neg. and contact print.

Dates: 1940-02-10
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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[Public celebrations], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/552
Scope and Contents

Showing some of the participants. Bamenda, Northwest Cameroon.

Dates: 1934
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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[Public celebrations], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/553
Scope and Contents

Showing a man pointing a rifle at a large model elephant. The caption reads: 'This man is just about to fire a blank into this elephant! Public celebrations at Bamenda, B. Cameroons'.

Dates: 1934
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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[Scene on day of public celebrations], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/562
Scope and Contents

Showing some of the participants and watching crowd.

Dates: 1934
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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[Scene on day of public celebrations], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/564
Scope and Contents

Showing two men wearing spectacular head-dresses.

Dates: 1934
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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