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Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau akiwa na rafiki yake Athman Lali katika vitaa vya Lamu island. Lali alisomea chuo kikuu cha Lamu island boys kisha akaendeleza masomo Uingereza na baadaye akawa mfanyakazi wa makavazi ya Lamu island Fort. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau and his friend Athman Lali posing together in the streets of Lamu island. Lali graduated from Lamu island Boys high school, studied abroad and when he came back he was a member of staff at the Lamu island Fort Museum.
Date:: circa 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Picha hii ilipigwa kutoka duka la mkate wa Ustadh Mau na inaonyesha sehemu ya barabara kuu Lamu island inayoitwa usita mui. Njia inaonyesha kwamba ilinyesha na watu hukaa barazani. Upande wa kulia inawezekana kuona hoteli ya Azizi Boja na mbele na juu kidogo studio ya picha ya Bokor. ENGLISH: This picture was taken from Ustadh Mau's bakery and shows a piece of the main road on Lamu island called usita wa mui. The street shows that it rained and people sitting on their barazas. On the right-hand side, it's possible to see teh hotel known as Azizi Boja and further ahead on the top-right-end side the photography studio known as Bakor Studio.
Date:: 1968
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Picha hii ilipigwa nje ya bakery upande wa nyuma. Ustadh Mau anasimama karibu na Swaleh Mahfudh (upande wa kushoto) na Said Kidege (upande wa kulia). Nyuma yao inaonekana makuti ya boma. ENGLISH: This picture was taken outside Ustadh Mau's bakery in the backyard. Ustadh Mau is standing close to Swaleh Mahfudh (left-hand side) who married the sister of Said Kidege (right-hand side). They are standing behind a fence made of coconut palm leaves.
Date:: November 28, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau yuko kwenye duka la mkate wakati tanuri iliyotengenezwa na matufali ya udongo ilianguka na halafu ilijengwa upya kwa majiwe yale yale. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here in his bakery when the firewood oven made of bricks felt apart and was built again with other bricks.
Date:: 1982
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Picha hii ya sura ya Ustadh Mau ilipigwa kwenye studio Mombasa. Mavazi anayovaa yanafanana picha kwa ombi la passport yake. Ustadh Mau ailipewa picha hii mwezi wa okotba mwaka 2023 kutoka rafiki aliyetafuta picha hii nyumbani kwake Lamu. ENGLISH: This profile picture of Ustadh Mau was taken in a studio in Mombasa. He dresses similarly for his passport application. The picture was given to Ustadh Mau in October 2023 by a friend of him who found it in his records at home in Lamu.
Date:: 1966
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anatengeneza keki na katai kwenye duka la mkate pamoja na marafiki wawili kutoka shule inayoitwa siku hizi Lamu island Girls Secondary School. Kijana aliyekaa karibu nyuma karibu na ukuta anaitwa Hassan Katan na kijana mwingine anaitwa Salim Bin Hamin. Vijana hawa walipitia mara kwa mara kwa duka la mkate na kwa njia hii walijuana na Ustadh Mau na walizoea kukaa naye dukani. Juu ja kimeza nyuma ya Ustadh Mau kuna keki tayari na wakati huo huo wao watatu wanatengeneza biscuti za katai. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is preparing queen cupakes and cookies at the bakery with the help of two friends from the school now called Lamu island Girls Secondary School. The boy sitting close to the wall is Hassan Kahtan and the other boy is Salim Bin Hamin. The two boys used to stop by and got to know Ustadh Mau and spending time with him at the bakery. On the small table behind Ustadh Mau, queen cupcakes are lying while the three of them are preparing cookies.
Date:: circa 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Huyu ni marehemu babake ya Ustadh Mau jina lake Ahmed Abdulkadir. Kwenye picha yuko pamoja na wajukuu wake kutoka mtoto wake wa kike Rabia: Abdulaziz (mtoto anayesimama karibu naye) na Fatma (mtoto wa kike anayembeba). Ahmed Abdulkadir alikuwa mtoto wa mwisho ingawa alitangulia kufariki kwa sababu ya ugonjwa wa afya (1915-1971). ENGLISH: This is Ustadh Mau's father Ahmed Abdulkadir with his grandchildren from his daughter Rabia: Abdulaziz (the boy standing on his right-hand side) and Fatma (the girl in his arms). Ahmed Abdulkadir was the last born but passed away earlier due to healthy problems (1915-1971).
Date:: circa 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Picha ya Ustadh Mau akiwa kijana mdogo akiwa nyuma ya bakery yao amesimama nyuma ya mti mkubwa wa mgomba. ENGLISH: A very young Ustadh Mau behind the bakery, posing in front of big banana trees.
Date:: circa 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Picha ya Ustadh Mau akiwa kijana barobaro. Picha hii ilipigwa na rafiki yake Ustadh Mau. ENGLISH: A portrait of Ustadh Mau as a young adult. One of Ustadh's friends took this picture of him.
Date:: circa 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Hii ni picha ya madrasa ya kitambo mjini Lamu island aliposomea Ustadh Mau. Madrasa hii ilikua ya pili kuanzishwa Kenya nzima. Jumba la madrasa hiyo limeporomoka na kuwa gofu sahii. ENGLISH: This is a photograph of an old madrasa in Lamu island. This was the second madrasa to ever open in Kenya. Later, the building collapsed and got destroyed.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

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