IDNO

LS.140634.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Uganda Borders. 55.1.
Africa, East.
Char camp, 6580 ft, on the site of the old Didinga barracks at the point of invasion from Abyssinia and Topotha.

On print for duplicate image P.50103.ACH2: "Blockaded fort at Char (6580’ [feet]) built on the spur of the mountains as a protection against raids by the Abyssinians.
Formerly the site of a Didinga military post situated on the line of attack & used by their enemies, the Turk Turkana, Abyssinians & Topotha." [Shepstone’s caption]

Place

E Africa; Uganda; South Sudan; Didinga Mountains; Topotha; Char [Ango-Egyptian Sudan; Abyssinia]

Cultural Affliation

Didinga

Named Person

Photographer

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Date

1923

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: Driberg, J. H. "The Didinga Mountains." The Geographical Journal, vol. 69, no. 5, 1927, pp. 385–401. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1782086. [JD 14/06/2018]