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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000276/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Lamu and the War, 1939 -1941 (MS 53829m)
- Series Title:
- Hichens Collection :
- Creator:
- Lawrence, A. A. M. ( Author, Primary )
- Publication Date:
- circa 1941 AD (circa 1360 A.H.)
- Language:
- English
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Typescript manuscript : In black, single-spaced type on thin paper
Notes
- Abstract:
- The author gives information on the impact of the Italian conquest of the Lamu archipelago in 1939. He specifically looks at the economic and political implications and at the interaction between the British and Italian armies. He also mentions changes such as the introduction of a signal-station and an air-raid alarm system in Lamu town. ( en )
- General Note:
- Date of Composition: 1941 AD (1360 A.H.)
- General Note:
- Languages: English (Roman script)
- General Note:
- Extent: 3 leaves
- General Note:
- Incipit: Before the entry of Italy into the War, condition in Lamu were not very abnormal.
- General Note:
- Purchased from Kegan Paul, 26 November 1948
- General Note:
- The Official Gazette notes the presence of A. A. M. Lawrence in an administrative position in Zanzibar in July 1934. The Gazette, in March 1936, notes his successful completion of the Standard Swahili (written part only) examination. He is also noted by the Gazette as Chairman of the Tana River and Lamu Liquor Licensing Court in Lamu in 1941; and, again as District Commissioner of Eldoret, in June 1945, and of Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzola, in October 1945.
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 53829 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53829m ( SOAS manuscript number )
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