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Description:: SWAHILI: Picha hii ilitengenezwa na mtoto wa Mahmoud Mau anayeitwaa Azra aliyetaka kumtakia babake hijra iwe maqbuli. Picha inaonyesha Mhamoud na karibu naye mtoto ingawa alihariri sura yake na aliweka karibu na sura ya babake. Nyuma ya picha mna ujumbe wa Azra anayejiitambulisha kwa jina Azra Mau kabla alipoolewa. ENGLISH: This picture was edited by Ustadh Mau's daughter Azra who wanted to wish his father all the best for his piligrimage. The picture shows Ustadh Mau close by his daughter. The two figures were edited and put close to each other. On the back side a message in verse form is handwritten by Azra who signed it with her name before being married.
Date:: 2016
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau yuko maktabani kwake na ana raha wakati anashika kitabu mikononi. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is at his library, holding a book in his hands while nicely smiling.
Date:: 2014
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Wakati wa ukosefu wa ngano nchi nzima Kenya, Ustadh Mau hakuweza kuendelea kufanya kazi dukani kwake la mkate na ndio maana kwa muda alianza kushughulika sokoni kama muuzaji wa nyama. Ustadh alikuwa na miaka 28 takriban kwenye picha. ENGLISH: During the caresty of wheat in the whole country of Kenya, Ustadh Mau could not work at his bakery and this is why he started for a while to work at the market as seller of meat. Ustadh Mau was around 28 years old.
Date:: 1998 or 1988?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Sura hii inayopendeza ya Ustadh Mau ilipigwa kwenya duka lake la mkate. Ustadh Mau alianza kuvaa miwani alipokuwa miaka thalatini na tatu. ENGLISH: This beautiful portrait of Ustadh Mau was taken at his bakery. Ustadh Mau started wearing glasses when he was thirty-three years old.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anasoma gazeti sakafuni kwa nyumbani kwake. Juu ja sakafu hii ilikuwa imejengwa maktaba yake baadaye. Makuti ya mnazi yanayonekana yanatoka nyumba ya nyuma. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is reading on the rooftop of his house. On that rooftop his library was then built later on. The coconut palm tree that is visible belongs to the house behind him.
Date:: circa 1978
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau yuko kwenye picha hii kitanda cha hotel Baghdad, Iraq aliposafiri pamoja na ujumbe wa watu saba. Alialikwa na Ubalozi wa Iraq kuunga mkono Iraq wakati wa vita dhidhi ya Iran. Aliyechaguliwa na Mzamil Omar Mzamil aliyekuwa mbunge wa Lamu island. Kwenye picha anashika simu ya hoteli kwa ajili ya kupigwa picha tu. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here portrayed liying on the bed of his hotel room in Iraq where he travelled with other seven people. He was invited by the embassy of Iraq in support to Iraq during the war against Iran. He was chosen by Mzamil Omar Mzamil who was MP (member of parliament) of Lamu island. He is holding the hotel phone just for the purpose of the photo.
Date:: 1982
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Marafiki wawili wa Ustadh Mau wakiwa kwenye picha. Kijana aliye upande wa kulia ni mashuhuri sana kwa kucheza ngoma ya kitamaduni ya shabuani. Picha hii ilipigwa na Ustadh Mau mwenyewe. ENGLISH: Two friends of Ustadh Mau posing together. The man on the right was famous for shabuani dancing, a traditional Swahili dance. Ustadh took the photo himself.
Date:: circa 1975
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau na rafiki yake wakiwa kwenye kiwanja nyuma ya bakery yao. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is pictured with his American friend in front of the bakery.
Date:: circa 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anonegea nyumbani kwa mtu fulani lakini hakumbuki sana ilikuwa wapi na nani. Bila ya shaka wale ambao wanaketi walikuwa si Waislamu. ENGLISH: Ustadh was talking at someone's place. The people sitting in the picture are not Muslim. He has vague memories of the exact context.
Date:: circa 1990
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii Ustadh Mau anaonekana akiwa amembeba mwanae Hannan. Kando yake professor Richard Peck ambaye ni rafiki yake Ustadh Mau kutoka Oregon, America. ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is seen holding his daughter Hannan. Next to them is an American professor named Richard Peck from Oregon, America.
Date:: circa 1993
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

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