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.2005.060451

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: 1961; handwritten: Portuguese East Africa / [illeg.] / Beira; handwritten: Malawi; handwritten: 28; stamped: Please credit photo by: / WILLIAM FARNWORTH / P.O. Mlanje, Nyasaland; typed label: 28. Nyasalands’ main wealth, tea, swings aboard at BEIRA / docks, Portuguese East Africa. This raises an interesting / speculation. Nyasalands’ port of export is Beira, there / is no other. The route through Tanganyika via the lake / is a pipe dream, the total carrying tonnage of the lake / service is around 1,000 tons only, and Tanganyika / has no rail link capable of handling Nyasalands’ export / and import tonnage. The Portuguese are worries about / influence from Nyasaland on their Africans, and should / Nyasaland go independent, the Portuguese could cause / the country a lot of grief, virtually sealing her off. / Malawi Party is extremely antagonistic towards P.E.A., / Malawi slogan,…sooner be free and starve…’ could / become reality; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; stamped: A.R.T. FILMS / BOX 8252, C’WAY TELEPHONE 23974 / 47 NORTH AVE, SALISBURY; handwritten: B.S.; handwritten: CE / 9837; handwritten: BS20

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