Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"Hochzeitsgäste, die Hütten der Brauteltern" ("Wedding guests, the huts of the bride's parents"). Photograph of a crowd of African people sitting or standing outdoors. In the background three hemispherical thatched …

"Anlage eines Feldes in Mbozi. Im Hintergrund die Vieh-Stallungen. Haus für Boten u. Träger" ("Arrangement of a field in Mbozi. In the background the stables. House for messengers a[nd] carriers"). …

"Mission des Pères Rédemptoristes au Congo. Préfecture Apostolique de Matadi. Kimpese – La maison des Pères. Kongo-missie der Paters Redemptoristen. Apostolische Prefektuur van Matadi. Kimpese – "Het huis der Paters." …

"Spielende Kinder in einem Dorf am Songwe zwischen Mbozi u. Isoko." ("Playing children in a village at the [River] Songwe between Mbozi and Isoko."). In the background a grass-roofed, poor-quality …

"Das Städtchen Caledon." ("The small city of Caledon."). The picture shows a panoramic view of the town. There are many dwellings and a church. A mountain is in the background. …

Photograph of the mission house in Ricatla. In the foreground, on the sides of the picture, trees. Photographie de la maison missionnaire de Ricatla. Au premier plan, sur les côtés …

"Rice valleys N.E. of Capital" View from hillside on edge of the city looking across fields. Indigenous man standing amongst plants in the foreground. John Parrett served as a printer …

"Häuptling Sangiva in seinem Gehöft" ("Chief Sangiva in his homestead"). Pare(?), in front of 2 rectangular houses with curved plant fiber roofs, chief with peaked cap, sitting, next to him …

"Jonathan, Nyasalander". Portrait of an African man in shirt and shorts with a hat in his hand standing outside a brick and thatch building. He is probably one of the …

“Printer’s house.” Exterior view of a thatched roofed building behind a fence. ❧ Livingstonia mission station was established in 1891 by Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) when he travelled north from …