An African Plain, Zambia, ca.1905-ca.1940 (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS6-028)

An African Plain, Zambia, ca.1905-ca.1940

"Lion Country". Photograph of an African plain, probably in Zambia.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Lubwa mission. Lubwa mission at Chinsali in north-eastern Zambia began as an outpost of the Free Church of Scotland mission in Malawi. The first missionary expeditions to the Chinsali area were carried out by student teachers from the Overtoun Institute at Khondowe. The Bemba are the largest ethnic group in northern Zambia and the first Free Church of Scotland establishment among the Bemba was a school at Lubwa, opened in 1905 by the Malawian teacher David Kaunda and his wife.

Photographer: Unknown

Filename: imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS6-028.tif

Coverage date: 1905/1940

Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960

Type: images

Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s

Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity

Archival file: impaunpub_Volume7/1588.url

Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom

Geographic subject (country): Zambia

Format (aacr2): 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.

Geographic subject (continent): Africa

Rights: Contact the repository for details.

Part of series: Lubwa LS6

Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk

Subject (lcsh Keyword): Landscapes

Date created: 1905/1940

Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject (aat genre): exterior views

Format (aat): lantern slides

Legacy record ID: impa-m68689

Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources

File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS6/28

university of edinburgh university of southern california reverend donald fraser church of scotland foreign missions committee history of zambia international mission photography archive ca 1860 ca 1960 magic lantern images muchinga province high resolution ultra high resolution lion malawi zambia

1960

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