Partial sequence of mounted photographs, some with captions

Includes groups, buildings, landscapes, individuals, and customs. Groups include: "native" Christians; "raw unchristianised natives"; the annual meeting of the Church of Bamangwato, Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate [later Botswana]; Imdaba meeting at Serowe; group of Kambole [Northern Rhodesia, lat...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: c.1880 - c.1910
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 1
Summary: Includes groups, buildings, landscapes, individuals, and customs. Groups include: "native" Christians; "raw unchristianised natives"; the annual meeting of the Church of Bamangwato, Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate [later Botswana]; Imdaba meeting at Serowe; group of Kambole [Northern Rhodesia, later Zambia] converts. People include: Kalulu (a Christian teacher), Chief Khama [III], [Rev. Harry] Johnson, "Shumaliki the teacher" [?Shomolekae] photographed by Cullen Reed [George Cullen Harvey Reed]. Other places include: South Tanganyika [later Tanzania], Mokito Valley, Fort Rosebery [Mansa, Zambia], Niamkolo [Zambia], Molepolole [Botswana], Awembe [Zambia], Lake Ngami [Botswana]. Also includes: "ilamfiya" [symbolic ritual article made with an antelope horn, bell, and small basket].
Previous numbers: A?5, A7, A13, A14, A16, A17, A1?, A20
Extent: 29 sepia or black and white prints mounted on 8 cards
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably expired
File number: 1
Copies: Several prints are marked up for publication, including 1 published in The Chronicle (December 1900)
Format: Archive