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Title
Eingeborenen Wohnungen
Native houses
Creator
Wuhrmann, Anna (Ms)
Date Created and/or Issued
1911/1915
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Note: Vermutlich Reproduktion eines älteren Photopositivs. - "Eingeborne Wohnungen. Die Herren der Versuchsstation brauchen selbstredend für ihre grosse Arbeit die Hilfe der Eingeborenen. Vornehme Herren und Häuptllinge verpflichten sich gegen ein Entgelt eine gewisse Anzahl ihrer Sklaven als Landarbeiter auf die landwirtschaftliche Station zu schicken. Die Sklaven gehen gewöhnlich gerne als Arbeiter auf die europäische Ansiedlung, denn die Bezahlung ist gut und die Behandlung gewöhnlich besser, als im Gehöfte des Herrn. - Arbeitsfähige Männer, die jeweilen im April ihre 6 Mark Steuern nicht bezahlen können, werden auch auf die Versuchsstation befohlen und müssen da durch harte Arbeit ihre Steuer abverdienen. Gewöhnlich arbeiten sie für die nichtbezahlte Abgabe einen Monat. Die Arbeiter wohnen in Kuti in einem besonderen 'Dorf', das mitten unter rauschenden Palmen steht und nicht allzu fern von den Arbeitsplätzen und von den Wohnungen der Europäer entfernt ist." (Wuhrmann, A., 1917. Beschreibung zu den Lichtbildern aus Bamum. E-30-0,6).
Note translation: Probably reproduction of older vintage print. - "Native housing. The gentlemen of the research station need the help of natives in their great work, of course. Distinguished native gentlemen and chiefs commit themselves against payment to assign some of their slaves as workers on this agricultural station. The slaves in their turn usually go very happily to work in a European settlement, for they are paid more and the treatment they receive is usually better than in the compound of their masters. - Men capable of work but not able to pay their poll-tax of DM 6 in April each year are sent to this station too and have to work hard to earn their tax. They are usually expected to work for one month to to cover the tax they have not been able to pay in cash. The workers live in a special 'village' in Kuti among whispering palms, not too far from their work and the houses of the Europeans."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
5.7 x 8.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-m28959 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-3439
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m28959
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-3439.jpg
Subject
Colonizer
Grass
House
Landscape
Palm
Time Period
1911/1915
Place
Bamum
Kutie
Source
E-30.33.067 [Reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. Grasslands. Bamum. 1. Panorama of Fumban, town walls, town gates. 2. Compounds in Fumban. 3. Economy. 4. Markets. 5. Craftsmen and artists. 6. Hausas in Bamum. 7. Landscape
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17106
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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