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RMDB5DFC–geography / travel, Ghana, people, women with children waiting for a ferry at the Volta River, circa 1960s, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2HX60TH–Training Women Teachers In ia -- A lecture on methods of teaching to Higher Elementary Students. The education of girls in West Africa is still pioneering work but considerable progress has been made in the last 10 years. The urgent need is for a greater number of African women teachers. The various bodies at present responsible for education, the Government schools, Missionary schools, the schools run by religious bodies with Government assistance and the Native Administration schools who
RF2EH1G54–An early 20th century photo of a group of Swahili women and their children from East Africa circa early 1900s
RM2HX60TP–Training Women Teachers In ia -- An art class at the school. The education of girls in West Africa is still pioneering work but considerable progress has been made in the last 10 years. The urgent need is for a greater number of African women teachers. The various bodies at present responsible for education, the Government schools, Missionary schools, the schools run by religious bodies with Government assistance and the Native Administration schools who receive varying degrees of Governmen
RM2T91PW3–Woman's Hat, 20th century, 5 1/4 x 16 in. (13.34 x 40.64 cm), Raffia, hair, pigment, South Africa, 20th century, In the early nineteenth century, married Zulu women commonly styled their hair by shaving their heads to leave only a cone-shaped topknot at the crown and coloring it red. A wide circular headdress, known as isicholo, replaced this hairstyle in the late nineteenth century. In many areas, Zulu women continue to wear it as a sign of their married status at special events and ceremonies
RM2B00N6N–Algeria: Veiled Muslim woman, early 20th century. Photograph of a veiled woman - presumably an Arab or Bedouin - of Algeria produced as a souvenir for the nascent European tourist market.
RMKWD28X–Afrikaner women pulling a wagon with their children and belongings during the Boer War in 1901. Driven off their farms by British anti-insurgency tactics, they were forced into unhealthy concentration camps. The last phase of the Boer War was a 20 month Afrikaner insurrection, from Sept. 1900 through May 1902. (BSLOC 2017 20 54)
RM2HGGXCW–Late 19th century vintage photograph: Indigenous man and women at pond, Natal, South Africa
RMD96475–Loss of the 'Birkenhead' iron paddle-steamer troopship sailed from Queenstown (Cobh) Ireland for Cape of Good Hope 7 January 1852, foundered off Simon's Bay, s Africa on 26 February. Commanding officer, Colonel Seton, gave order 'Women and children first' and troops stood in line on deck as if on parade and waited their fate. Women and children being lowered into ship's lifeboats. Early 20th century woodcut.
RMKWD2GH–Afrikaner women pulling a wagon with their children and belongings during the Boer War in 1901. Driven off their farms by British anti-insurgency tactics, they were forced into unhealthy concentration camps. The last phase of the Boer War was a 20 month Afrikaner insurrection, from Sept. 1900 through May 1902. (BSLOC 2017 20 54)
RM2B00N7N–Algeria: Berber women of the Ouled Nail Tribe. Photo by Rudolf Lehnert (1878-1948), 1904. Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa Oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke various Berber languages, which together form a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Lehnert & Landrock: Rudolf Franz Lehnert (Czech) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (German) had a photographic company based in Tunis, Cairo and Leipzig before World War II.
RM2B017H5–Tanzania: A young Swahili woman in Dar es Salaam, c. 1900. In the late 19th century, Imperial Germany conquered the regions that are now Tanzania (minus Zanzibar), Rwanda, and Burundi, and incorporated them into German East Africa. During World War I, an invasion attempt by the British was thwarted by German General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, who then mounted a drawn out guerrilla campaign against the British. The post–World War I accords and the League of Nations charter designated the area a British Mandate, except for a small area in the northwest, which was ceded to Belgium.
RMR9F61T–1950's Native woman wearing traditional tribal body decorations while trading and carrying Ogdens tobacco tin at street market West Africa
RMDB5CM9–geography / travel, Guinea, Conakry, markets, women on Madina market, 1960s, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2B01P72–North Africa: Portrait of a young African man ('jeune negre'), Lehnert and Landrock, c. 1920s. Rudolf Franz Lehnert (Czech) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (German) had a photographic company based in Tunis, Cairo and Leipzig before World War II. They specialised in somewhat risque Orientalist images of young Arab and Bedouin women, often dancers, and occasionally androgynous young men.
RF2EK8J98–An early 20th century photo of a group of Kikuyu men and women taking part in a ngoma ritual
RM2EEMAA9–Early 20th century photos of young Hausa Nigerian women showing various ethnic hairstyles circa 1909 photographed by Northcote Whitridge Thomas British Anthropologist and J.R. Raphael
RM2T91PPG–Beaded Apron (Jocolo), 20th century, 27 x 20 1/4 in. (68.58 x 51.44 cm), Leather backed by cloth, glass beads, 2 leather thongs, South Africa, 20th century, Throughout their lives, Southern African Ndebele women wear various aprons that mark stages of social advancement. Pre-adolescent girls wear an apron of one solid piece, called a 'ghabi'; when they reach adolescence, they start wearing a 'pepitu', recognizable by its simple embellishment and lack of flaps. After marriage, a woman wears more elaborately adorned aprons: the 'mapoto', for everyday use, has two square flaps
RF2HJT180–Native women hoeing a field of Maize, The most important crop in South Africa. Southern Africa (1923)
RMCWBX24–Women convicts working on road while chained together by neck rings in Tanganyika, East Africa ca. 1915.
RMD96484–Loss of the 'Birkenhead' iron paddle-steamer troopship which sailed from Queenstown (Cobh) Ireland for Cape of Good Hope 7 January 1852 Foundered off Simon's Bay South Africa 26 February. Of 638 souls on board only 184 saved by the boats. Commanding officer Colonel Seton gave the order 'Women and children first' and troops stood in line on deck as if on parade and waited their fate. Early 20th century colour-printed engraving.
RMG5AHFT–Zwei Tänzerinnen zwischen zwei Auftritten posieren für den Fotografen. Morocco, Africa, Northern, Maghreb, Maghrib, travel, 1910s, 1920s, 20th century, archive, Carl Simon, history, historical, Moroccan, woman, women, two dancers, dancer, belly dancing, portrait, smiling, allure, alluring, beauty, hand coloured glass slide
RM2BWB849–Curious to us , but an everyday sight in North Africa An interesting picture from the City of Tunis , showing three Jewish women in characteristic costume taking their constitutional 16 January 1926
RM2J43JPT–The brave ***** women who will fight during the war with Italy. They are (L to R) ***** Evoumedarre; Moulatevorks and Alede, all land owing class. October 20, 1935. (Photo by Keystone).
RM2B00N7J–Algeria: Young Berber woman of the Ouled Nail tribe. Photo by Rudolf Lehnert (1878-1948), c. 1905. Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa Oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke various Berber languages, which together form a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Lehnert & Landrock: Rudolf Franz Lehnert (Czech) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (German) had a photographic company based in Tunis, Cairo and Leipzig before World War II.
RME1CT95–Uniformed women of the British military services during World War 2. They are members of the Cairo Amateur Dramatic and Musical
RM2J72C9F–The Royal Tour Fashion Note From South Africa These three picturesque native women in full ceremonial dress were among the thousands of natives who demonstrated their loyalty to the King when the Royal Family paid a visit to the New Brighton native township at Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. March 08, 1947.
RMBHK2HF–people, ethnology, women, Africa, Southern Africa, portrait of a !Kung woman with hair decoration, 1960s,
RMERGGM0–Algerian Scenes: Women carrying water. Illustration of 1910. Liebig Extract of Meat Collectible Cards.
RMGBEB07–geography / travel, Congo, Simba uprising 1964 - 1965, mercenaries resting in a village, December 1964, Congo crisis, Civil War, , Africa, military, halting, machine gun, 20th century, historic, historical, people, male, man, men, 1960s, woman, women, female, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2T90W7X–Sande mask, second quarter of 20th century, 13 x 8 x 8 in. (33.0 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm), Wood, raffia, Sierra Leone, 20th century, A mask sometimes embodies ideals of physical and moral beauty or goodness. Here, the high forehead, downcast eyes, and elaborate coiffure suggest the pinnacle of female attractiveness among the Mende people. One of the very few types of masks worn by women in Africa, it accompanied young girls who had undergone initiation into the Sande association that prepared them for adulthood. The dyed raffia attached to the mask was part of a larger costume
RMAFNDMD–geography/travel, Kenia, people, women, young women, vincinty of Nairobi, Africa, half length, jewellery, necklace, bracelet, historic, historical, 20th century, 1960s, female, woman,
RMCWCD98–Women and men parade through the streets of Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo celebrating their forthcoming independence. June
RF2EH2W5N–An early 20th century photo of a group of women partaking in Sande a women's initiation society in Sierra Leone. The Sande society initiates girls into adulthood by rituals including female circumcision. Some members are wearing masks or ndoli jowei
RF2HJRWDP–SAHARA. While escorting his women-folk across the dreary waste, this Beduin bears a long-barrelled gun of antique design. North Africa (1923)
RF2GP2B02–Vintage illustration circa 1820 showing Europeans and Asians being sold into slavery at a slave market in Turkey. Slavery in the Ottoman Empire was a legal and significant part of the Ottoman Empire's economy and traditional society with the practice continuing into the early 20th century. Hundreds of thousands of Europeans were captured by Barbary pirates and sold as slaves in North Africa and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries
RM2HX611B–Watching The Planes Go By . . . -- The arrival and departure of International aircraft always attracts sightseers at Accra's Municipal Airport. Here African Women, in their varied coloured dresses, some with their babies slung over their backs, watch a homeward bound airliner leaving British West Africa for Britain. July 12, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.). ;Watching The Planes Go By . . . -- The arrival and departure of International aircraft always attracts sightseers at Accra's
RM2EAYRAB–An early 20th century photo of an Algerian trader weighing out vegetables to a customer circa 1920
RM2J72C98–Five Thousand Zulus Dance For Princes George During His Tour Of South Africa -- A splendid spectacle of native Africa was provided for Prince George, when five thousand Zulus danced before him at a great Indaba, held at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, during the tour. The great mass of Zulu warriors and women advancing to dance before the Prince. April 24, 1934. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).
RMC612D1–Africans of Natal, now a province in eastern Republic of South Africa, line up for vaccination during an 1904 smallpox epidemic
RM2HX6101–Training Woman Teachers In ia -- Sport is encouraged, and this together with the good food provided has greatly improved the girls health. The education of girls in West Africa is still pioneering work but considerable progress has been made in the last 10 years. The urgent need is for a greater number of African women teachers. The various bodies at present responsible for education, the Government schools, Missionary schools, the schools run by religious bodies with Government assistance
RM2B01R0A–Tunisia/Algeria: A young Ouled Nail couple. Photo by Rudolf Lehnert (13 July 1878 - 16 January 1948), 1904. Lehnert & Landrock: Rudolf Franz Lehnert (Czech) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (German) had a photographic company based in Tunis, Cairo and Leipzig before World War II. They specialised in somewhat risque Orientalist images of young Arab and Bedouin women, often dancers.
RM2RKB10X–(100918) -- BEIJING, Sept. 18, 2010 (Xinhua) -- Dr. Jane Goodall addresses a summit at Beijing 101 Middle School in Beijing, capital of China, on Sept. 18, 2010. The summit, featuring biological diversity this year, was held by Roots and Shoots. Roots and Shoots is a youth environmental educational program initiated by Dr. Jane Goodall, Mother of Chimpanzees , in Tanzania in 1991. Goodall is one of the most respected women scientist-activists of the 20th century. For over 45 years, since her 20s, the English-native has studied chimpanzees in Africa. She received the United Nations Messenger of
RME47CDD–British REME soldiers watch local women washing in the sweet water canal at Tel-el-Kebir Egypt 1943 during World War Two 2
RMAFNDN7–people, ethnology, family, women with children and europeans, Central Africa, pygmies, 1960,
RMCWBTNM–Africans of Natal, now a province in eastern Republic of South Africa, line up for vaccination during an 1904 smallpox epidemic
RMDB5G7X–geography / travel, Congo, events, Simba uprising 1964 - 1965, nuns liberated by mercenaries, Bunia, Ituri, Orientale province, December 1964, women, Congo Crisis, civil war, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 20th century, historic, historical, 1960s, people, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2BWAGBT–England Ladies Hockey Team for the South Africa tour at Merton Abbey , London . Left to right standing , Miss M Wynn- Evans , Miss H A Beebie , Miss F Jackson , Miss J Brown , Miss B Neweel , Miss C M Coad , Miss B Hewlett , Sitting Miss W ABaumann , Miss K Doman , Miss E Thompson , Miss G J and Miss F I Bryan 4 April 1925
RM2BMNXHR–illustration of West African women making pottery, from a set of school posters used for social studies, c 1930
RM2B00YAW–Benin/Dahomey: Group of retired Mino or 'Dahomey Amazons'. Photo by Edmond Fortier (1862-1918), 1908. The Dahomey Amazons or Mino were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin) which lasted until the end of the 19th century. The Mino were recruited from among the ahosi ('king's wives') of which there were often hundreds. Some women in Fon society became ahosi voluntarily, while others were involuntarily enrolled if their husbands or fathers complained to the King about their behaviour.
RMPB0G5F–Woman's Shawl (Aso Oke). Culture: Yoruba peoples. Dimensions: W. 42 × L. 68 in. (106.68 × 172.72 cm). Date: 19th century. Yoruba shawls such as this example are known as Aso Oke. This shawl is delicate and subtle while simultaneously presenting impressive craftsmanship and intricate composition. It presents a complex composition with four different forms of openwork arranged in separate fields. Woven by men, such shawls, dating back to the late 19th or early 20th century, were traditionnaly worn by women. On some occasions, Aso Oke were worn as head coverings in masquerades, and would then b
RM2HH5D65–'Johannesburg wash tub': men and women washing clothes / linen in a small pond or stream. Lines of clothes are hung up to dry in the background. The postcard was sent from Johannesburg to Rickmansworth, England, in 1903, shortly after the end of the Boer War
RMKWDKJ4–Enlarged details of Theodore Roosevelt (waving hat) and young Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. They are on the ferry boat, Androscoggin, in NYC Harbor, June 18, 1910 during Theodores welcome home after 9 months abroad in Africa and Europe (BSLOC 2017 8 21)
RM2HX60T0–Training Women Teachers In ia -- The Nursery School. The education of girls in West Africa is still pioneering work but considerable progress has been made in the last 10 years. The urgent need is for a greater number of African women teachers. The various bodies at present responsible for education, the Government schools, Missionary schools, the schools run by religious bodies with Government assistance and the Native Administration schools who receive varying degrees of Government Assist
RME1CT96–South African Women's Auxiliary Services sergeant is fitted with a gas mask. Unknown location during World War 2. April 1942.
RM2EFGB37–Early 20th century photo of a woman riding a camel in the Sudan as part of a camel caravan circa early 1900s
RM2H105WR–Lidded Pot, 1900s. Southern Africa, South Africa, Zulu, mid-20th century. Terracotta and plant fiber; diameter: 45.7 cm (18 in.); overall: 33 cm (13 in.). This large, beautifully shaped vessel was used for the serving of beer, an essential component of Zulu hospitality. Undecorated vessels were for private household use, and ornamented examples were reserved for guests. Zulu pottery is produced by women, and is typically thin-walled, with a burnished black surface. Decoration may be incised around the shoulder, as in this example, or may consist of raised bumps that resemble body scarificatio
RMKWDJ01–Enlarged details of Theodore Roosevelt (waving hat) and young Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. They are on the ferry boat, Androscoggin, in NYC Harbor, June 18, 1910 during Theodores welcome home after 9 months abroad in Africa and Europe (BSLOC 2017 8 21)
RMGBEB01–geography / travel, Congo, Simba uprising 1964 - 1965, mercenaries and native bearers marchin through the jungle, December 1964, Congo crisis, Civil War, Africa, military, march, creek, crossing, 20th century, historic, historical, people, male, man, men, 1960s, woman, women, female, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
![This flyer announces a demonstration in support of freeing the Saso 9 and the Namibia 3. The title reads: ['Free the Saso 9' / these women face death!! / FREE THE NAMIBIA THREE]. Below the title is an illustration of the Namibia Three. Information regarding the protest is at the bottom left corner of the flyer and reads: [DEMONSTRATE! / SAT MAR 20th, 1976. / Assemble at British Mission, 845 3 Av./ 52 St. 1P.M. / Assemble at South Africa Airways, 65 5th Ave. / 3 P.M. / VICTORY TO THE AFRICAN MASSES / Sponsored by PASOA, YAWF, AYM, (partial list)]. The back of the flyer is blank. The South Afric Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2G4GY4J/this-flyer-announces-a-demonstration-in-support-of-freeing-the-saso-9-and-the-namibia-3-the-title-reads-free-the-saso-9-these-women-face-death!!-free-the-namibia-three-below-the-title-is-an-illustration-of-the-namibia-three-information-regarding-the-protest-is-at-the-bottom-left-corner-of-the-flyer-and-reads-demonstrate!-sat-mar-20th-1976-assemble-at-british-mission-845-3-av-52-st-1pm-assemble-at-south-africa-airways-65-5th-ave-3-pm-victory-to-the-african-masses-sponsored-by-pasoa-yawf-aym-partial-list-the-back-of-the-flyer-is-blank-the-south-afric-2G4GY4J.jpg "This flyer announces a demonstration in support of freeing the Saso 9 and the Namibia 3. The title reads: ['Free the Saso 9' / these women face death!! / FREE THE NAMIBIA THREE]. Below the title is an illustration of the Namibia Three. Information regarding the protest is at the bottom left corner of the flyer and reads: [DEMONSTRATE! / SAT MAR 20th, 1976. / Assemble at British Mission, 845 3 Av./ 52 St. 1P.M. / Assemble at South Africa Airways, 65 5th Ave. / 3 P.M. / VICTORY TO THE AFRICAN MASSES / Sponsored by PASOA, YAWF, AYM, (partial list)]. The back of the flyer is blank. The South Afric Stock Photo")
RM2G4GY4J–This flyer announces a demonstration in support of freeing the Saso 9 and the Namibia 3. The title reads: ['Free the Saso 9' / these women face death!! / FREE THE NAMIBIA THREE]. Below the title is an illustration of the Namibia Three. Information regarding the protest is at the bottom left corner of the flyer and reads: [DEMONSTRATE! / SAT MAR 20th, 1976. / Assemble at British Mission, 845 3 Av./ 52 St. 1P.M. / Assemble at South Africa Airways, 65 5th Ave. / 3 P.M. / VICTORY TO THE AFRICAN MASSES / Sponsored by PASOA, YAWF, AYM, (partial list)]. The back of the flyer is blank. The South Afric
RMDAWKC6–people, ethnic, women, African woman, portrait with body painting, 1960s, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2BMNXHM–illustration of West African women making pottery, from a set of school posters used for social studies, c 1930
RMBBN8K7–geography / travel, Morocco, people, women selling bread in a street in Tangier, circa 1950s,
RMFGPP09–geography / travel, Angola, people, women with little children in a village, circa 1956, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RMDB5T2E–geography / travel, Guinea, Conakry, people, two women in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, circa 1950s, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2HX6108–Training Of Women Teachers In ia -- Marriage Training Class. The education of girls in West Africa is still pioneering work but considerable progress has been made in the last 10 years. The urgent need is for a greater number of African women teachers. The various bodies at present responsible for education, the Government schools, Missionary schools, the schools run by religious bodies with Government assistance and the Native Administration schools who receive varying degrees of Governmen
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