Sujet

A Kikuyu Home Guard on duty

Légende

Kenya, A young man in a tattered jacket stands barefoot on a hillside, holding a spear. A white cloth around his arm and head indicates he is a member of the Kikuyu Home Guard. Original typescript caption: A Kikuyu Home Guard on duty, during the round-up of a gang which had come out of the forest. The Guards tie bits of cloth round their heads to distinguish friend from foe. Many of them are armed with spears and swords, a few with rifles. The[y] are volunteers and unpaid and have killed or captured many hundreds of armed gangsters, 1953. 1995/076/7/8/2.11.

Date

01 févr. 1953

Crédit

Photo12/Bristol Archives/UIG

Notre référence

UMG20A06_130

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,7Mo (4,0Mo) / 29,9cm x 41,6cm / 3531 x 4919 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Kenya A young man in a tattered jacket stands barefoot on a hillside holding a spear A white cloth around his arm and head indicates he is a member of the Kikuyu Home Guard Original typescript caption: A Kikuyu Home Guard on duty during the round-up of a gang which had come out of the forest The Guards tie bits of cloth round their heads to distinguish friend from foe Many of them are armed with spears and swords a few with rifles The[y] are volunteers and unpaid and have killed or captured many hundreds of armed gangsters 1953