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Description:: SWAHILI: Picha ya mama yake Usadh Mau kwa jina la Barka Mahmoud. Picha hii ilipigwa na Ustadh Mau kutumia kamera yake ya analog. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau's mother Barka Mahmoud. This picture was taken by Ustadh himself with his own analog camera.
Date:: circa 1968
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikwenda kusherekea Idi shule ya Lamu island Primary School. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here particpating at the Id celebration organised at Lamu island Primary School.
Date:: circa 1972
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii Ustadh Mau yanakaa deskini kwa bakery yake wakati aliposoma gazeti. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here portrayed at the counter of his bakery while reading the newspaper.
Date:: circa 1988
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau ameketi huko akisoma nyumbani kwa Mama Azra kisiwa cha Pate, mji wa Faza (jina lake la asili ni Rasini). Karibu naye kuna baadhi ya vitabu ambavyo yeye alianza kupanga ili awe na maktaba ndogo ya nyumbani huku pia. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is sitting while reading at Mama Azra's house on Pate island, city of Faza (originally known as Rasini). Close to him a small book shelf that he started collecting is also visible. He tried to set up there too a small home library there too.
Date:: 1987
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Picha hii ilipigwa na jirani mzungu ( mume wake Madam Joss) wa Ustadh Mau mta mwini. Yalikuwa mazoea yao kukaa barazani nde ya nyumba yake kuongea na kunywa kahawa hadi magharibi. Wale ambao wanakaa kuanzia upande wa kushoto ni Abdalla Jumaani, Bwana Omar, Abdalla Quresh, Mahsen Alwi na Ustadh Mau. Wazee wote wameshafariki. ENGLISH: This picture was taken by the husband of Miss Joss who offered to the baraza some coffee. They used to meet there every afternoon to chat and have coffee until sunset. The people sitting are (starting from the left-hand side): Abdalla Jumaani, Bwana Omar, Abdala Quresh, Mahsen Alwi and Ustadh Mau. All Ustadh Mau's friends have already passed away.
Date:: around 1990
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Sura hii nyingine ya Ustadh Mau inaonyesha uso wake unaonara kutokana na jua na bahari nyuma yake. ENGLISH: This other close-up portrait of Ustadh Mau shows his shining face and the sea on the background.
Date:: 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anakaa miskitini kwa Bwana Fadhili alipokwenda kila Jumanne jioni. Wakati ule msimamizi wa miskiti alikuwa Muhamad Twalib imam aliyependelea maulidi. Wakati Ustadh Mau hakuwepo, mtu fulani aliyetembelea miskiti aliongea dhidhi ya maulidi. Tangu tukio hilo, imam akamtakaza huyu mtu kurudi miskitini kwake. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is sitting at Bwana Fadhil's mosque where he used to go Tuesdays in the evening. Ustadh Mau recalls that the imam of the mosque Muhammad Twalib was in favour of maulid celebrations. While he was absent, someone else visited the mosque and spoke against maulidi. After this episode the imam refused that person to come again.
Date:: circa 1983
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii Barke Abud Mbarak (mama wa Ustadh Mau) anabeba mjukuu wake Barke nyumbani kwake Langoni, Lamu island. ENGLISH: In this picture Barke Abud Mbarak (Ustadh Mau's mother) is holding her grandaughter Hannan at her place in Langoni, Lamu island.
Date:: circa 1993
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alipiga picha hii ya kundi la watu waliokwenda Bonini kuwaletea watu chakula na nguo. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau took this picture of the group of people who visited Boni area to bring food and clothes to the community.
Date:: 1982
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anakaa pamoja na baadhi za marafiki yake ya ujumbe uliosafiri Iraq. Kwenye picha hii walikuwa kijijini shambani na nyuma yao kuna miti ya mitende. ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here sitting with some of the friends of the delegation who traveled to Iraq. They are stitting in a remote area close by the fields. Behind them, dates palm trees.
Date:: 1982
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

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