Archive for the 'African' Category

Historic African Photographs Available Online

arybin on Jun 30 2009 | Filed under: African, Images on the Web, Photography, VRC

The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs includes 7,610 photographs, 230 glass lantern slides, and various other materials depicting life in Africa from 1860-1960. For the first time, thousands of these images are now available for free online, thanks to Northwestern University Library.
The collection chronicles Europe’s colonization of East Africa, including the work of [...]

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Swahili Kingdom Images

mmacken on Aug 14 2008 | Filed under: African, Architecture

ArchNet is very happy to announce a new collection of rare Swahili Kingdom images in its Digital Library, the James de Vere Allen Collection.
At present, this collection includes 185 black & white images of the Palace at Gedi, the Great Mosque of Gedi, the Kongo Mosque, the McCrindle house, and the Lamu cityscape, as well [...]

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Aluka, Digital Library of African Culture

mmacken on Jun 28 2007 | Filed under: African, Architecture, Images by Subscription

From the Aluka website:
Aluka, a not-for-profit, collaborative and international initiative, announces the release of its online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. ‘Aluka’ is derived from a Zulu word meaning ‘to weave,” reflecting Aluka’s mission to connect resources and scholars from around the world.
Aluka’s partners have contributed materials ranging from archival documents, [...]

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