Items

• Item 26. Ganda Literature by R. A. Snoxall, reprinted from African Studies, March 1942. 10 pages. (90). Also Item 29.

  The papers in this collection are entirely devoted to educational subjects and Sykes's work on education in Africa an Makerere College.
• Item 2. Audio cassette tape. Side A. Songs from Ghana. Seven contrasted songs concluding with the Ghana National Anthem.
• Correspondence and printed material acquired by Pestell during his time at Government House in Salisbury. Many are on the theme of resistance to the Smith regime. They include speeches, reports, articles, two issues of the student paper 'Black and White' and Centre Party leaflets. Six items are undated.

  The material relates almost entirely to the period between 1965 and 1969 concerning the events of the Rhodesian Declaration of Independence and its effects while Pestell worked in the Government House in Salisbury.
• Correspondence with Hugh Tracey. Director, African Music Research, Johannesburg, about his recordings of African songs in Northern Rhodeia and the work of the African Music Society; with related enclosures.
• Correspondence with Motsete, in Sophiatown, Johannesberg, about publishing a song composed by him; and related correspondence with the BBC Overseas Music Organizer
• Letters from Peter Abrahams, Pan-African Federation, to RH concerning the publication of poetry of Osadebay; and an invitation to the Pan-African Congress Press Conference in London on 26 Oct 1945 to meet Dr W. E. B. Du Bois, with an extract from Who's Who concerning Du Bois.
• Paintings, sketches and linocuts by Nigerian artists and school children, 1937-1953

  As Inspector of Education, Duckworth collected and kept much from his time there in 1930 to 1953. Many of these pictures were reproduced in Nigeria and there are some proofs and pages from the magazine. The art work includes 23 paintings by E. Okaybulu showing African ceremonies, dances and other activities, some with descriptive notes and stories written on the back.
• Song of the Spear', 1986

  Documentary examining the role of culture in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa. Intercuts performances by the Amandla Cultural Ensemble with footage of the mass singing of resistance songs and interviews with leading cultural workers of the African National Congress.
• Miscellaneous printed material, some published by the Anti-Slavery Society, 1824, 1847, 1926-1948

  Pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, periodicals and press cuttings, including reprints of lectures and articles which includes 'Clinging Chains or a Cry of the Suffering Slave', poems by Henry James Glanville with a foreword by Earl Beauchamp and dedication to Lady Simon, 1930 (who is South-African born)
• Documents, 1913-c.1973, (fols. 262-367) Miscellaneous documents (c.1913-c.1973). Includes: family trees (c.1951) a poem entitled 'Children and their Parents' attributed to Molly Fischer (1936)

  These documents contain a poem by Fischer's wife, South African-born Molly Fischer (nee Krige), entitled 'Children and their Parents'.
• 1030. An intelligence report on the Ekpoma village group, Benin, 1932; Four Edo fables, 1933; Some aspects of the Otu system of the Isa sub-tribe of the Edo people, 1933; The priest-chiefs of Ogoja, 1940.
• 495. Some notes on the history of Esie (Nigeria) and its stone images, 1933; Stone images, Esie, by F. Daniel; notes on the development of local crafts and industries; notes on Oyo Province.
• Informal district diaries and report on the constitution, organisation and customs of the Nanumba people.
• Customs and habits of the Bemba (Xerox).
• 130. Tribal laws and customs, Kenya: Elgayo, Kamasia, Marakwet, Nandi, Turkana, Use in Gishu Masai, Wanderobo. 8 pts.
• 781. Photostat of manuscript on Basuto customs.
• 510. Scrapbook of Administrative Officer, Nigeria, containing notes on tribal customs, cults and crafts, sketches of tribal markings, &c.
• 1279. Poem and journals in Hausa, with related notes on Northern Nigerian languages.
• Notes by Leslie Matola on the Wakindiga (? a pigmy tribe) and other tribes; on rock drawings found covered with "green enamel" near Songa; and translation into various African languages of the Oath and lists of numerals.

  The papers cover the years 1936 to 1956 and reflect many, but not all, of the aspects of his work as a magistrate in Tanganyika, the East African Court of Appeal, etc.
• UX No. 170. Notebook of Swahili Prayers and Meditations
• UX No. 44. Central Africa Songs and Tunes.
• UX No. 5. Lala Language Tables and exercises, service book in Lala, folktales and proverbs etc. (Items 1-12 could all be of interest)
• Stories and articles about West Africa from 'Blackwood's Magazine', with a list of contents at the beginning in Sharp's hand. West African poems and parodies - cuttings from magazines. Stories from the 'West African Review'

  This collection covers the whole of Sharp's career in Nigeria, Barbados and British Guiana and his journalistic interests
• R. Berger, "Oral Traditions in Karagwe"

  Correspondence, writings, subject files, notes and maps of A. T. Matson, Environmental Health Officer, Kenya Medical Department, and authority on the Nandi people of Kenya.
• J. W. T. Allen, "The Collection of Swahili Literature and its Relation to Oral Tradition and History"

  Correspondence, writings, subject files, notes and maps of A. T. Matson, Environmental Health Officer, Kenya Medical Department, and authority on the Nandi people of Kenya.