Portrait of the chief Khama with his counsellors, in Mangwato, Northern Rhodesia. Khama III became king of the Bamangwato in 1875 and he was baptized into the Lutheran church via the London Missionary Society. François Coillard was the first missionary of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) who went in Barotseland to evangelize the Lozi people. He worked in this region from 1878 to 1904. Photograph published in 1887 by François Coillard in the photo album named "Vues du Zambèze".
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photographic prints, 11.7x17.5 cm 19x24 cm (sup.) photographs
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