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Title
Group photograph, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1920-1929
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1929
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
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
" Miss Low, Mr F. W. Bowman, Miss Muir, Chief Kawinga and mohammedan teacher[?]". "Nyasaland [Malawi]". Portrait of five individuals sitting for a group photograph and are listed on the back The mission workers sit on deck chairs and Mr Bowman sits in the middle holding a pipe with his pith helmet removed. In front, on a woven mat, sit two native Africans cross-legged, the individual on the left is presumably Chief Kawinga. The background shows several mission buildings and a number of trees. This photograph is one of several taken during Miss Muir's time serving in the Domasi mission where she gave medical support throughout the region. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions in Southern Nyasaland and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 16.2 x 12 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75641032-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78707
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75641032-1.jpg
Subject
Bowman, F. W., Missionary worker, Malawi, fl. 1921
Low, Miss, Missionary Worker, Malawi, fl. 1921
Muir, Miss, Mission medical worker, Malawi, fl. 1921
Medical personnel
Group portraits
Islam
Leaders (people)
Time Period
circa 1920/1929
Place
Africa
Domasi
Malawi
Southern region
Source
Acc.7548/F/4 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75641030 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Photographs from various mission fields collected by Dr. Stevenson
image/tiff

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