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Mbonge (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Bringing in palm fruit, D.W.H. Mbonge, 1938-01-24

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/116
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. Bringing in wheelbarrow loads of palm fruit from the palm oil plantation to the factory for oil extraction.

Dates: 1938-01-24
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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Farmer crossing Mungo River, Bai-Mbonge, 1938-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/118
Scope and Contents

40 x 62 mm. A farmer crosses the Mungo River to Mbonge with his wheelbarrow on his head rather than pay the ferry charge.

Dates: 1938-01
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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Roadside juju, en route Mbonge, 1938-01-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/117
Scope and Contents

40 x 62 mm. A juju on the roadside from Bai to Mbonge consisting of a couple of sticks, on one an egg, some grass and piece of banana, on the other a pineapple stalk. I never learnt what this was for.

Dates: 1938-01-25
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).