A Christian teacher with Kisii elders, c. 1908
Mission and tradition in one frame — the negotiation that reshaped a century.
A Christian teacher or missionary photographed among Kisii tribesmen in the early colonial years. Images like this documented the cultural encounter that mission education and Christianity carried into the highlands — new faith beside old authority, each watching the other.
Cultural context
Archival photograph held in the digital museum's visual record. See the image caption for source and licence.
