Black and white lantern slide featuring a native African soldier (an "askari") standing on the plain. He is holding a bag and his bedroll is rolled up on the ground beside him. The soldier wears a dark shirt, short and puttees, and goes barefoot. His pill-box hat is khaki with a dark triangle in the centre, possibly bearing his number. This style of cap was used for the raised wartime battalions of the King's African Rifles. This slide comes from a set on the activities of the King’s African Rifles battalions in Nyasaland. It was originally held by the Church of Scotland, and generated by J.W MacKay.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78528
- Date published
- 1914/1918
- Dates
- 1914/1918
- Format
- Lantern slides Photographs
- Pages
- lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
- Place Discussed
- Africa Malawi plains
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Malawi
- Reference
- IMP-CSWC47-LS13-29.tif
- Rights
- Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/a22e8c965142dbfe4b111dff55877f64
