Mantantu Dundulu, N’lemvo. Linguist, pioneer, man of faith.
To celebrate Black History Month, Dr Daniel Gerrard , Lecturer in Medieval History here at Regent’s, is jumping ahead a few centuries from the Middle Ages to write about an amazing man, Mantantu Dundulu, better known as N’lemvo. A superb linguist, interpretor ,translator and possibly the first Christian Protestant convert in Congo, here he commemorates… Read more »
‘Just a Novelty’ …. Taking a Bioscope to the Congo
Looking through some files in this strange time of working at home, I came across copies of letters written by a young man named Frank Oldrieve in the summer of 1905 . Frank was about to become a missionary in what was then known as the Congo Free State (now the Democratic Republic of Congo)… Read more »
An Elephant Ride to Chitor
Hello, from us all at the Angus. We’re back again after quite a while , but we are as busy as ever! Today on this cold and grey November morning in Oxford I thought it might be good to have a glimpse into the daily journal of Clara R Southwell . A member of the… Read more »
Escaping to 1896 India…
It’s been a very busy few days here at Regent’s Park College. All our new students have arrived and there is a much busier, more vibrant feel to the building than there has been over the summer. All of the academics are here. The main office is hectic. As for the Library – Emma, our… Read more »
Hidden treasures, part 5. In which I realise that this diary is written by Herbert J Lorrain and was sent to his mother as a gift
First of all, today’s excerpt for your enjoyment: “On Monday morning we are up betimes, soon after sunrise we pass by the piles of the new bridge which is to bring the train across the river & so on to Silchar. There are numbers of cooleys at work, but very soon the rains will swell… Read more »
Hidden treasures: Part 4 – A very solemn Sabbath
Next morning we wake to find it raining, but this does not hinder us in the least; the naked boatmen perhaps work all the harder, for the air is cool & pleasant. At 8 oclock [sic] in the morning we reach Jaluacherra the first sign of civilization we have seen since leaving Sairang, here we… Read more »
Discovering the treasures
August is a somewhat strange month here at the Angus. We are closed to the public for the month which allows us time to get on with other jobs which are not that easy to perform when we have visitors. For example, I was able to do a stock take last week (using both of… Read more »
Hidden Treasures, part 3: In which the Lorrains encounter a fierce storm, a meteor and two hermits
“It seems that we have been asleep but a few minutes when we hear the stentorian voice of our travelling companion shouting to the boatman to get up, & upon looking at our watch we find it already past five o’clock. There is the usual groaning among the men, the mumbling of inarticulate sentences &… Read more »
Hidden treasures, part 2: He who watcheth
As I mentioned last week, the story of the Lorrain’s “holiday trip of 4000 miles” is too good not to be shared. It is very much fixed at a certain point in time but is so well written that it gives a different, perhaps more complete, perspective than we would perhaps find in a history… Read more »
Hidden treasure
Seeing as I have now been in post for three weeks, I thought it about time that I write a blog post to replace the advertisement for my position. My first three weeks at the Angus have been wonderful. The team has been incredibly welcoming and I delight daily at all the wonderful items we… Read more »
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