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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001535/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- 41. Chief Kazembe with a female missionary [Mabel Shaw] and attendants
- Alternate title:
- Chief Kazembe with a female missionary [Mabel Shaw] and attendants
- Alternate title:
- Mwata Kazembe XI with Mabel Shaw and attendants
- Alternate title:
- Female missionary seated under parasol with African Chief, Zambia, ca.1917
- Creator:
- [Hawkins, Francis H.] ( Photographer )
- Place of Publication:
- [Zambia]
- Publisher:
- [photograph]
- Publication Date:
- c.1915
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 photograph
Notes
- Abstract:
- Kazembe and the missionary are seated, the former in robes with ornate jewelry. 3 attendants stand behind, 1 holding a parasoll. Possibly taken by "F H H" [Francis Hawkins during a deputation]
- General Note:
- 1 sepia print (photograph) measuring 90 x 69 mm
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Shaw, Mabel : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/107912875
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Mwata Kazembe, 1907- : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43177457
- Biographical:
- Mwata Kazembe XI, who ruled 1904-1919 is also known by his personal name as Muonga Kapakata (spelled Mwonga Kapakata by some souces). Kazembe was a traditional kingdom located what is now northern Zambia and southeastern Congo. 'Mwata'* was originally a title equivalent to 'General' but has the literal meaning 'axe'. The first of the Kazembe line were warriors. --- *Mwata appears to be a generally accepted misspelling. The correct spelling is 'Mwanta' (http://www.lusakavoice.com/2015/03/15/mwata-kazembe-what-does-mwata-kazembe-mean/ [last referenced: 06 March 2020).
- Biographical:
- Shaw, Mabel (1889-1973); missionary. Mabel Shaw was born in December 1889, at Bilston. She trained at the Women's Missionary College, Edinburgh. In 1915, she was appointed to Mbereshi, Central Africa, with the London Missionary Society, and sailed on 6 March 1915. She was the first single woman missionary to be sent by the London Missionary Society to Central Africa. Her work was chiefly educational, but also evangelistic. She founded the Girl's Boarding School, which later became known as the Livingstone Memorial School in Mbereshi, and which marked a significant new chapter in the education of African girls in Northern Rhodesia. In 1931 she was awarded an OBE in recognition of her missionary work in central Africa. She retired from the London Missionary Society in 1941. In 1942 she was appointed to temporary service with the Church Missionary Society, and sailed once more for Africa on 9 April. She retired from the Church Missionary Society in 1952. She died on 25 April 1973 in Guildford. Books written by Mabel Shaw included Children of the Chief (LMS Gift Book for 1921); Dawn in Africa (Edinburgh House Press, 1927); God's Candlelights: An Educational Venture in Northern Rhodesia (Edinburgh House Press, 1932); A Treasure of Darkness: An Idyll of African Child Life (Longmans, 1936).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- SOAS University of London
- Rights Management:
 This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License. This license allows others to download this work and share them with others as long as they mention the author and link back to the author, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.- Resource Identifier:
- CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 8/Photo 41 ( SOAS order with )
CWM/LMS/04/10/06/076/41 ( SOAS CALM reference )
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