Portrait of a Christian family. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a Christian family. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a Christian family. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a Christian family. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
A Christian wedding. Group portrait. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
A Christian wedding. Portrait of a husband and wife. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a man, possibly a chief, and his extended family in traditional cloth dress. Photograph taken in December 1934 by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a Muslim family. Photograph taken in December 1934 by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a Muslim family. Photograph taken in December 1934 by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a traditional elder. Photograph taken sometime between November and December 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a woman in traditional dress. The house in the background is in the process of being thatched. Photograph taken in December 1934 by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
An Indian trader with his cloth and other wares. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Bargaining with an Indian trader at his informal shipboard stall. Photograph taken between 15-18 August 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
People carrying goods at the harbour. Photograph taken on 28 August 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Ridge's garage and the main street of the mining town of Chunya on the Lupa goldfields. Leonard Mwaisumo spent two months working as a clerk in Chunya before working for the Wilsons. Monica and Godfrey Wilson did a month of fieldwork there. Photograph taken in June 1937 by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Goods being lifted by crane at the harbour. Photograph taken on 28 August 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
A family gathering. Photograph taken sometime between October and December 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of a traditional family outside their hut. Photograph taken sometime between November and December 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Porters with goods recently ferried across a large river. Photograph possibly taken on a river near Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934, by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Porters ferrying the anthropologist's boxes across a large river. Photograph possibly taken on the Embala River near Ipande on 9 October 1934, by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Goods packed on a lorry going from Dodoma to Tukuyu. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson on 5 September 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of Kasitile, the rain-maker and ritual expert. This was taken shortly after Godfrey Wilson had been introduced to him by Leonard Mwaisumo. Kasitile would become his main informant in Nyakyusa rituals. Photograph taken in January 1935 by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Monica and Godfrey Wilson's research assistant, Leonard Mwaisumo, with his brothers outside the family home. Mwaisumo acted as research assistant for the Wilsons from September 1934 to November 1935. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson on 24 September 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Monica and Godfrey Wilson's research assistant, Leonard Mwaisumo, with his wife. Mwaisumo acted as research assistant for the Wilsons from September 1934 to November 1935. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson in September 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Market scene in Dar es Salaam. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson between 29 August and 4 September, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Two men making clothes. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson between 29 August and 4 September, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Porters carrying the anthropologist's luggage across a small river by way of a make-shift wooden bridge. Godfrey Wilson listed the names of ten porters who assisted either in taking his goods into the field, or from one field-site to another. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson sometime between September and October 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Porters crossing a river. Godfrey Wilson listed the names of ten porters who assisted either in taking his goods into the field, or from one field-site to another. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson sometime between September and October 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Porters carrying the anthropologist's luggage across a small river by way of a make-shift wooden bridge. Godfrey Wilson listed the names of ten porters who assisted either in taking his goods into the field, or from one field-site to another. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson sometime between September and October 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Porters crossing a river. Godfrey Wilson listed the names of ten porters who assisted either in taking his goods into the field, or from one field-site to another. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson sometime between September and October 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Porters ferrying the anthropologist's boxes across a large river. Photograph possibly taken on the Embala River near Ipande on 9 October 1934, by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Porters ferrying the anthropologist's boxes across a large river. Photograph possibly taken on the Embala River near Ipande on 9 October 1934, by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
A sailor scaling a ship's ladder on a journey from Durban to Dar es Salaam. Photograph taken between 15-18 August 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Portrait of Isaac Schapera, then 29 years of age, with another scholar on the steps of the main building at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, taken during the New Education Fellowship Conference in July 1934. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
The steamer and sailing boats on Lake Nyasa. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
The steamer on Lake Nyasa. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Street scene in Dar es Salaam. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson between 29 August and 4 September, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Street scene in Dar es Salaam. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson between 29 August and 4 September, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Tea at the British Colonial Club. The man in the foreground was on board the same ship as Godfrey Wilson when it sailed from Durban to Dar es Salaam. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson between 29 August and 4 September, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
The main building at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. This photograph was taken during the New Education Fellowship Conference in July 1934. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
View of the ship from the harbour. Photograph taken between 15-18 August 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Woman carrying her baggage at the harbour. Photograph taken on 28 August 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)