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An African Banjo, Zambia, ca.1905-ca.1940
Black and white photograph of a young boy holding an African Banjo. The African Banjo is a long thin stringed instrument with a gourd like body. It may also be referred to as an African Gourd Banjo. The address of the photographer is recorded on the slide as "J.D. Edward, 13 Bank Street Edinburgh".; 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-LS6-048.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_Volume7/1608.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): Musical instruments
Date created: 1905/1940
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (aat genre): portraits
Format (aat): lantern slides
Legacy record ID: impa-m68712
Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources
File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS6/48
Date 1905/1940
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64728
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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