Portrait of a Christian convert, probably a research assistant, holding his topee. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Portrait of a Christian convert in safari uniform. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
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)
A funeral procession featuring men with spears. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
A funeral procession featuring men with spears. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
A young girl carrying a load walks along a road with her sibling alongside her. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
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)
Portrait of a young woman carrying a basket. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
An adolescent girl at a ceremonial ritual. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
A ritual gathering at an ubunyago (cleansing the country) ceremony. In the centre is Chief Porokoto wearing a hat. Photograph taken near Rungwe Mission Station, 28 September 1937.
Older boys tending cattle near a boys' village. Photograph taken at Rungwe Mission Station by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
A Christian convert, probably a research assistant, meeting with two men in traditional attire, outside their home. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Close up of the stem of one of the young chief's trees. This photograph is related to that depicted in: Communal rituals of the Nyakyusa. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute. Plate 6.
Cultivation in Nyakyusa country. In the foreground are bananas, coffee, and bamboos; in the middle are ridges for sweet potatoes and mounds for maize. The Rungwe volcano is pictured on the extreme right. The house has been built in a modern style, and raised for drainage.
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)
The anthropologist in the field. This photograph was possibly taken by Godfrey Wilson's research assistant, Leonard Mwaisumo, October-December 1934)