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Africa, East

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

A Native Bazaar in the Highlands, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2196
Scope and Contents

Photograph of African men and women shopping at a bazaar with Indian traders in the Highlands of East Africa in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes, 'Notice the typical corrugated iron buildings of the Indian traders. The woman in the centre is wrapping round herself a Swahili robe of Manchester cotton. There are about 100 different patterns each of which has a special native name.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

A Troop of Sable Antelope on the Move, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2190
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a herd of Sable antelope running across the wooded savannah in East Africa in the 19th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

African [Kenyan?] Village of Thatched Roofed Houses, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2192
Scope and Contents

Photograph of an African [Kenyan?] village of thatched roof houses in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

British East Africa, Native Humped Cattle, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/104
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a tribesman herding native Humped cattle in British East Africa in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Chilembwe letters, c 1965 (copies of material dated 1900-1915)

 File — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/14/4
Scope and Contents This file contains Chilembwe letters dating from 1900 to 1915 (copies). Letters in the Zomba Archives (9) (with covering letter, 17 March 1965). Writers: Chilembwe, Peters, Bismarck. Includes Minutes of the National Industrial Union Meetings, 15 June 1909 and 14 August 1909. Letters from British East Africa. Sent as 'News from the Field' to the National Baptist Foreign Mission Board of...
Dates: c 1965 (copies of material dated 1900-1915)

East African Sheep, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1709
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a small flock of East African sheep grazing in the grasslands in the early 20th century

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Eland cow, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/24
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a dead Eland cow (a plains antelope from Eastern and Southern Africa) lying in the brush.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

File 1: Government reports: Nyasaland, Central and East Africa, 1946-1974

 Series — Box CLX-A-14: Series Coll-490/1; Series Coll-490/2
Identifier: Coll-490/1
Scope and Contents This section contains material (mostly printed reports) on: Land Commission 1946 – Nyasaland Protectorate Report of the Commission of Inquiry: Native Rising within Nyasaland Protectorate Colonial Annual Report, Nyasaland, 1947 Inter-territorial organisation in East Africa: Revised Proposals, 1947 The Colonial Empire (1947-48) ...
Dates: 1946-1974

German East Africa Cattle [Col?], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2811
Scope and Contents

Photograph of German East Africa cattle [col?] standing on the plainds in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s