Category: The Black Star Collection
Creator: FARNWORTH, William
Event Date: 1961
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.060445

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Nyasaland 61 / Election; handwritten: 2; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORK; stamped: Please credit photo by: / WILLIAM FARNWORTH / P.O. Mlanje, Nyasaland; typed label: 2. Banda arrives in state for his presentation of election / candidates to stand on the Malawi ticket, in Nyasaland’s / first democratic elections to be held on August 15th, ’61. / Banda, centre in open tourer, waves his hate in response / to a tumultuous ovation from his followers, despite the / cloud of dust kicked up by his vanguard and outriders. / Uniformed Malawi ‘policeman’, centre fore, prevents / crowd rushing forward and bringing the procession to / a halt. Uniformed Nyasaland Police are conspicuous / by their absence at Malawi gatherings. Although Special / Branch men are always intermingled with the crowd.; stamped: A.R.T. FILMS / BOX 8252 C WAY TELEPHONE 23974 / 47 NORTH AVE, SALISBURY; handwritten: B.S.

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: MALAWI / NYASALAND
Retouching: N