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Colonial Sudanese Indigenous Women Children and Native Village Life Photo Archive 1930s

1930ref. 234711930. Sudanese women children and men in village photo archive from the 1930s when Sudan remained under Anglo-Egyptian rule a colonial arrangement lasting from 1899 to 1956. Rural Sudan in this period was governed through "Native Administration" introduced in the 1920s which placed many local communities under chiefs and customary courts while British officials controlled taxation policing and regional policy. This small format photo archive of posed locals was likely taken by a western traveler for anthropological study and documentation. Photo archive of 8 silver gelatin photos measuring 2.5" x 3.5" each. Women and girls carry baskets and bundles smile directly at the camera stand beside mud-plastered walls and pose with children held against their shoulders. Two boys sit inside a narrow wooden or metal container while a robed man stands alone in bright sun. The emphasis is intimate rather than official showcasing faces clothing hair head coverings jewelry domestic labor and childhood presence. The 1930s were also the years after the Gezira Scheme opened in 1925 when colonial Sudan became increasingly tied to cotton production irrigation and export agriculture. Sudanese communities were subjected to heavy taxation labor controls and agricultural policies designed largely to serve British imperial trade especially cotton production for overseas markets. Colonial administrators reshaped local economies through irrigation schemes transportation projects and systems of indirect rule that strengthened some local authorities while restricting political independence and contributing to deep regional inequalities that continued after Sudanese independence in 1956. Minor fading and edge wear; photos remain crisp and clean. Overall very good condition. These portraits sit apart from that administrative record preserving everyday Sudanese cultural life under colonialism. unknown books

Max Rambod Inc. · Estados UnidosUS$ 450,00≈ € 401,25

MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC WORLD - EGYPT - NILE – SUDANBiblio.com

Album with 56 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by a Passenger of the SS “City of Cairo” Showing Nubian and Sudanese Cities and Villages along the White Nile from Ibrim to Kosti Including Khartoum Omdurman Wad-Alzaky Ad Douiem and Others; Several Views of the Blue Nile and a Three-Part Panorama of Port Said. 1924-6.

ref. PD23Oblong folio ca. 325x42 cm 13 x 16 ½ in. Six grey card album leaves. With 56 mounted gelatin silver prints including a three-part panorama ca. 65x325 cm 2 ½ x 12 ¾ in. the other photos are ca. 7.5 x 13 cm 3 x 5 ¼ in. or slightly smaller. All photos captioned and many dated in period manuscript blue ink on the mounts. Recent brown cloth album with embossed design on front cover. One image partially detached and folded one with repaired tear a few photographs with mild rubbing or fading and many photographs showing the traces of the adhesive otherwise a very good album with strong sharp photographs. Album with interesting snapshot photographs of the villages and cities located on the Nile River banks from Ibrim Lower Nubia Egypt to Kosti present-day White Nile state of Sudan. Apparently taken by a young British military man on service in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan the album includes views of the Abu Simbel rock temple before it was moved in 1968 during the construction of the Aswan High Dam Wadi Halfa Khartoum White Nile bridge to Omdurman under construction British barracks – with two images of a sand storm closing over the barracks native boats on the Blue Nile in Khartoum the White Nile in flood the junction point of the White and Blue Nile nearby Moghren village Khartoum-Omdurman ferry boat Omdurman native market buildings on the Nile bank a street in the native quarter Ad Douiem local people on the Nile bank British Governor’s house native market prison cart White Nile Police officers Wad-Alzaky Kosti railway station mosque bridge under construction native village native market “S.S. Fateh alongside at Kosti” and others; there are also photos of the local fishermen and children and several views of the White Nile with two photos showing the felucca race on July 15 1924. The album closes with a three-part panorama of Port Said harbour taken in 1926 from the “Fleet Frozen meat store” showing the Navy House destroyed during the 1956 Suez Crisis the Suez Canal Company Office and naval cruisers docked nearby. Overall a nice photo collection of views of Egypt and Sudan along the banks of the Nile River. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · Estados UnidosUS$ 750,00≈ € 668,75

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