British East / Central Africa

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11 colonial postcards of Christian life in Uganda. B

Price: $330.00

BRA 179BRA 179

12 colonial postcards of different types of Dar-Es-Salem and Tanzania. Shows the "civilizing" mission as well.

Price: $360.00

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23 colonial postcards of Kenya, shown various local types and the formation of a seminary. B

Price: $690.00

BRA 176BRA 176

13 colonial postcards of Sudan, showing scarification, Lotuko, Bicharis, Golo and Shilluk types, Dinka children with their toys, different markets. B

Price: $390.00

BRA 169

5 postcards from the Missions des P.P. Saint-Esprit of locals around Zanzibar. B

Price: $150.00

BRA 167BRA 167

Perpetual missionary calendar. Italian. SOLD

Price: $60.00

BRA 163

A group of 15 photographs documenting the Akoraheka Ranching and Dairy Co-operative in western Uganda in 1968, apparently taken during a visit by English travelers or development personnel. The photographs record the everyday operations and social world of the cooperative during the early post-independence period, including agricultural training, workers arriving by bicycle, the weighing and transport of goods, Ugandan supervisory personnel, communal gatherings, local celebrations, inspection of work, and workers’ families.

Of particular interest is the interaction between European visitors or technical personnel and Ugandan workers and managers. Several images appear to document the transfer of agricultural and managerial knowledge, while others show Ugandans in positions of responsibility and authority. The collection therefore provides useful visual evidence for the study of rural development, cooperative agriculture, labor, Africanization, and the changing relationships between Europeans and Africans in Uganda only six years after independence.

The photographs are especially valuable for their informal character. Rather than presenting only official or promotional views of agricultural development, they record ordinary workplace routines, transportation, recreation, family presence, and social interaction within the cooperative community. $450

NOTE: The Akoraheka Ranching Cooperative Society Limited appears in Uganda's official Ministry of Trade cooperative database as a permanently registered cooperative. 1968 was an important moment in Ugandan agricultural development. Uganda had become independent only six years earlier, in 1962. The country's Dairy Corporation was established in 1967 and began expanding organized milk collection and agricultural support; by 1972 Uganda had roughly 90 milk-collection centers. At almost exactly the moment these photographs were taken, the World Bank was also preparing a major Uganda Beef Ranching Development Project, with its report dated September 9, 1968.

Price: $450.00