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Abudi

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anabeba Abudi, mtoto wake wa tatu kutoka mke wake wa pili. Abudi alikuwa miaka miwili kwenye picha hii iliyopigwa kwenye duka lao la mkate. Abudi ni sasa mwanjeshi.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is holding Abud, his third son from his first wife. Abud was around two years old in this picture taken at their bakery. Abud is now a soldier.
Date:
circa 1998
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Abudi

Baharini

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anasimama mbele ya bahari bandarini Lamu island. Ni yeye ndiye aliyemwuliza mtu fulani apigie picha kwa camera yake mpya. Kivuli cha mpigaji kinaonekana pia. Picha hii ilichapishwa kwa Bakori Studio Lamu island. Ustadh alikuwa na miaka kumi na tano kwenye picha hii.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is standing at the sea front. He asked a person passing by to take a picture of him with his new camera. The shadow of the photographer is also visible. The picture was then printed at the Bakori Studio in Lamu. Ustadh was fifteen years old in this picture.
Date:
February 2, 1967
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Baharini

Bakery

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii Ustadh Mau yanakaa deskini kwa bakery yake wakati aliposoma gazeti.<br>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)
Bakery

Balozi wa Oman

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii tunaona wazee wa mui walioalikwa na Balozi wa Oman. Wazee wengi wameshafariki. Ustadh Mau ndiye mdogo zaidi kuliko wao.<br>ENGLISH: This picture shows the elders of the mui area who were invited by the ambassador of Oman. The elderly man have all passed away. Ustadh was the youngest in this group.
Date:
2015
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Balozi wa Oman

Baraza la Kiswahili la Zanzibar

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha ya walioudhuria Baraza la Kiswahili Zanzibar (21 na 22 Desemba). Kati ya wataalamu ambao Ustadh Mau anawakumbuka, tunaweza kuona kwenye picha wafuatao: Dr. Nathalie Komty (US), Dr. Alawiyya (US), Dr. Wail Nabil (Egypt), Dr. Wala bin Walo (Kenya).<br>ENGLISH: Group photo taken during the Baraza la Kiswahili la Zanzibar (21st -22nd December). Amid the scholars in the picture, Ustadh Mau can remember the names of the following participants: Dr. Nathalie Komty (US), Dr. Alawiyya (US), Dr. Wail Nabil (Egypt), Dr. Wala bin Walo (Kenya).
Date:
2017
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Baraza la Kiswahili la Zanzibar

Baraza la wazee

Description:
SWAHILI: Wakati wa baraza hili wazee wa Lamu island walikutana miskiti ya Pwani kuongea kuhusu tatizo la miraa katika Lamu island. Moja ya maazimio kutoka mkutano huu lilikuwa la kutunga mashairi kwa ajili ya kuhamasisha jamii. Ndio sababu Ustadh Mau alitunga shairi linaloitwa Mukhaddirat ("Drug Abuses"). Kuanzia kwa upande wa kushoto, wazee ni wafutao: Sheikh Baskut, Suud Athman, Hussein Suud, Hamid Abdu Rahman , Mahmoud Mau, , , na mwisho ni Abdalla Swaleh (ndugu yake Ustadh Harith). Angalia shairi la umada_ms_00009 , umada_ms_00010.<br>ENGLISH: During this meeting, Lamu elderly leaders met at Pwani mosque to talk about the problem of miraa on the island. One of the decision taken during this meeting was to compose poems in order to warn the community. For this reason, Ustadh Mau composed the poem titled Mukhaddirat (“Drug Abuses”). Starting from the left-hand side, the elderly people are the following: Sheik Baskut, Suud Athman, Hussein Suud, Hamid Abdu Rahman, Mahmoud Mau, and the last one Abdalla Swaleh (the brother of Ustadh Harith). See poems umada_ms_00009 and umada_ms_00010
Date:
circa 2000
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Baraza la wazee

Barazani mta mwini

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.<br>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)
Barazani mta mwini

Barka Mahmoud na Hannan

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hini tunamuona bi Barka Mahmoud (mama yake Ustadh Mau) akiwa amempakata mtoto wa kike wa Ustadh aitwae Hannan.<br>ENGLISH: This picture depicts Ustadh Mau's mother, Barka Mahmoud with her grandaughter Hannan.
Date:
circa 1993
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Barka Mahmoud na Hannan

Bayreuth

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anaketi juu ya benchi akiota jua. Picha hii ilipigwa Ujerumani, wakati wa ziara yake Chuo Kikuu cha Bayreuth. Lengo la ziara yake lilikuwa kuhudhuria kwenye warsha ya mashairi ya Bwana Zaidi Mngumi.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is sitting on a bench in the sun during his visit to Germany at Bayreuth University. The reason of his travels to Germany was linked to his participation to the Zahidi Mngumi Poetry workshops.
Date:
2015
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Bayreuth

Certificate of particpation 1

Description:
SWAHILI: Cheti cha ushiriki kwa Ustadh Mau aliyehudhuria kwenye kongamano la kwanza la kimataifa la BAKIZA lililofanyika 21 na 22/12/2017.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau certificate of particpation at the first BAKIZA conference that was held in Zanzaibar (21st-22nd December).
Date:
2017
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Certificate of particpation 1

Certificate of particpation 2

Description:
SWAHILI: Cheti cha ushiriki kwa Ustadh Mau aliyehudhuria kwenye kongamano la tatu la kimataifa la Kiswahili la Chama cha Ukuzaji wa Kiswahili Duniani (CHAUKIDU) lililofanyika tarehe 15-16 Disemba Tanzania.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau certificate of participation at the third CHAUKIDU Swahili internationa conference (15th-16th December) held in Tanazania.
Date:
2017
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Certificate of particpation 2

Faza

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.<br>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)
Faza

Harusi ya Shehe (front)

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anasoma hapa shairi ambalo liko mikononi mwake wakati wa harusi ya Shehe Mahmoud Abdulkadir, mtoto wa ami yake. Shehe aliowa kabla ya Ustadh Mau. Kwa bahati mbaya picha haionekani vizuri. Nyuma ya picha hii insomwa jina la Ustadh Mau na anwani yake Lamu island.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here reading a poem that he holds in his hands for the wedding of Shehe Muhammad Abdulkadir, the son of his uncle. Shehe got married earlier than Ustadh Mau. The picture is unfortnately blurred. The back of this picture shows the name of Ustadh Mau as Sheikh M. Abdulkadir and his P.O. box number in Lamu island.
Date:
circa 1974
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Harusi ya Shehe (front)

Hija iwe makbuli

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.<br>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)
Hija iwe makbuli

Hotelini Iraq

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.<br>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)
Hotelini Iraq

Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 1

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha ya Ustadh Mau aliyehudhuria kongamano la CHAUKIDU lililofanyika Uganda (13-15 mwezi wa December).<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau's portrait picture at the CHAUKIDU conference that took place in Uganda (13th -15th December 2018).
Date:
2019
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 1

Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 2

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha ya Ustadh Mau aliyehudhuria kongamano la CHAUKIDU lililofanyika Uganda (13-15 mwezi wa Desemba).<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau's portrait picture at the CHAUKIDU conference that took place in Uganda (13th -15th December 2018).
Date:
2019
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 2

Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 3

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha ya Ustadh Mau aliyehudhuria kongamano la CHAUKIDU lililofanyika Uganda (13-15 mwezi wa Desemba).<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau's portrait picture at the CHAUKIDU conference that took place in Uganda (13th -15th December 2018).
Date:
2019
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 3

Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 4

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha ya Ustadh Mau pamoja na Profesa Abdulaziz Lodhi (Uswidi) walipohudhuria kwenye kongamano la CHAUKIDU Zanzibar.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau together with Prof. Abdulaziz Lodhi (Sweden) attending the CHAUKIDU conference
Date:
2019
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 4

Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 5

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha ya Ustadh Mau pamoja na Profesa Abdulaziz Lodhi (Uswidi) walipohudhuria kwenye kongamano la CHAUKIDU Zanzibar.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau together with Prof. Abdulaziz Lodhi (Sweden) attending the CHAUKIDU conference.
Date:
2019
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 5

Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 6

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha ya kikundi cha watalamu walioudhuria kwenye kongamano la CHAUKIDU lililofanyika Uganda (13-15 Desemba). Kati ya wataalamu ambao Ustadh Mau anawakumbuka, tunaweza kuona kwenye picha wafuatao: mwenyekiti wa CHAUKIDU, Dr. Wail Nabil (Egypt), Dr. Clara Momanyi and Prof. Rocha Chimera (Kenya).<br>ENGLISH: Group photo taken during the CHAUKIDU conference that took place in Uganda (13t-15th December). Amid the scholars in the picture, Ustadh Mau can remember the chair of the CHAUKIDU, Dr. Wail Nabil (Egypt), Dr. Clara Momanyi and Prof. Chimera (Kenya).
Date:
2019
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kongamano la CHAUKIDU 6

Kwa harusi ya She

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anamwambatia Athman Lali aliyealikwa pia harusini kwa She M. Abdulkadir, mtoto wa ami yake Ustadh Mau. Nyuma ya picha uko muhuri wa anwani yake.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here holding Athman Lali who was also invited at the wedding of She M. Abdulkadir. On the back cover of this picture the stamp of She shows their contact details.
Date:
1974
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kwa harusi ya She

Kwa Mahrus Hotel I

Description:
SWAHILI: Hapa ni sherehe ya kumwaga D.O. district officer ya Lamu island aliyehamishwa . Sherehe ilifanywa hoteli ya Maarus Lamu island. Mtu anayekaa karibu na Ustadh Mau upande wa kulia ni Mansour Ali Mansour.<br>ENGLISH: This is the farewell party for D.O. district officer ya Lamu island who was relocated. The farewell party took place at the Maarus hotel on Lamu island. The man sitting close to Ustadh Mau on the right-hand side is Mansour Ali Mansour.
Date:
circa 1980
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kwa Mahrus Hotel I

Kwa Mahrus hoteli II

Description:
SWAHILI: Hapa ni sherehe ya kumwaga D.O. district officer ya Lamu island aliyehamishwa . Sherehe ilifanywa hoteli ya Maarus Lamu island.<br>ENGLISH: This is the farewell party for D.O. district officer ya Lamu island who was relocated. The farewell party took place at the Maarus hotel on Lamu island.
Date:
circa 1980
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kwa Mahrus hoteli II

Kwa shule ya wasichana I

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anakaa kati ya Amina (upande wa kulia) na Kheiru (upande wa kushoto) Rayyan Mosque. Wasichana ni wanfunzi wa Mkomani Girls Primary School. Darasa la nane. Siku hizi wasichana wana miaka kumi na tano. Kulingana na mfumo wa zamani Ustadh Mau aliwatembelea kila wiki mara moja kutoa mawaidha juu ja umuhimu wa kuwa na maadili mema .<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is sitting between Amina (righ-hand side) and Kheiru (left-hand side) at the Rayyan Mosque. The girls were students of the Mkomani Girls Primary School, class eight. The girls are fifteen years old now. On the photo back side the full name of Amina Khayarun is written. In the past Ustadh Mau uesed to visit them every Wedenesday to offer counseiling guidance on good behaviour and manners.
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kwa shule ya wasichana I

Kwa shule ya wasichana II

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii inonyesha wasichana wa darasa la nane wa Mkomani Girls Primary School. Wote wanasimama huko Rayyan Mosque ndani ya ua la shule yenyewe.<br>ENGLISH: This picture shows the students of Mkomani Girls Primary School standing at the Rayyan Mosque, part of the compund of the school itself.
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kwa shule ya wasichana II

Kwenye duka la mkate

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii Ustadh Mau yuko katika duka la mkate ambalo ami yake alilinunua kutoka mhindi aliyeitwa Bachu, mtu wa madhehebu wa Ithnashari. Ustadh Mau amefanya kazi kwenye duka hilo la mkate kuanzia mwaka 1973 hadi 2005; baadaye alimwuzia mtoto wake wa kwanza anayeitwa Fatih. Mwaka 2015, Fatih alimwuzia kakake Yasseer (mtoto wa pili kwa upande wa mke wake wa kwanza) ambaye anashughulika nayo hadi siku hizi. Aina ya mkate kwenye picha ni madhura au "mascons" (kutoka Kingereza) na mikate mirefu yaani long rolls. Kipindi cha kula mkate ni kawaida jioni pamoja na chai na Blue Band.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here portrayed in the bakery that his uncle bought. The bakery was earlier run by an Indian man known as Bachu belonging to the Ithnashari school. Ustadh Mau has worked in the bakery from 1973 up to 2005, afterwards he passed it over and sold it to his first son Fatih. In 2015, Fatih sold it to his brother and up to nowadays the bakery his run by Yasser, Ustadh Mau's second born (from his first wife). The bread in the picture is known as scons (from English) and long rolls. The preferred time to consume bread until nowadays is in the evening, with tea and butter.
Date:
circa 1990
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kwenye duka la mkate

Louis & Clark College

Description:
SWAHILI: hiki ni kikundi cha wanafunzi wa Louis & Clark college ambao walisafiri Lamu pamoja na msimamizi wao Profesa Richard Peck anayekaa chini kwa miwani karibu na mwanamke mmoja aliyevaa fulana nyekundu upande wake wa kushoto.<br>ENGLISH: This is the group of students from Louis & Clark College that travelled to Lamu. Their teacher was Peck who is the man wearing sunglasses in the first line close to the girl wearing a red tshirt on his left-hand side.
Date:
1982
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Louis & Clark College

Maktabani kwake I

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anasimama karibu na rasa za maktaba yake. Hii ni sehemu ya kwanza aliyoitengeneza nyumbani Langoni kabla alipojenga ghorofa nyingine kubwa zaidi baadaye. Vitabu vinavyoonyeshwa ni vitabu vya dini khususan kwa kiarabu na baadhi kwa kingereza.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is standing close to his book shelves. This is the beginning of his library that he put on in Langoni, before building a seprate bigger room on the second floor for it later on. The books shown are mainly Arabic books and a few in English.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Maktabani kwake I

Maktabani kwake II

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau wenye raha maktabani kwake akivaa fulana ya Lamu island Culture Festival. Nyuma yake kinaonekana Mayo Clinic kuhusu Family Health Book, na Arabic Encyclopaedia of Shafy. Kitabu cha kwanza Ustadh Mau alimwazima mtoto wake Nadya kwa masomo yake.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau nicely smiling in his library wearing a tshirt of Lamu island Culture Festival. On the background the Mayo Clinic on Family Health Book, and the Arabic Encyclopaedia of Shafy. His daughter Nadya borrowed this book from him for her studies.
Date:
2014
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Maktabani kwake II

Malindi Bus

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anaketi na rafiki yake Mahsen Alwi ambaye alikuwa na ofisi ya bus iliyoitwa Malindi Bus. Ofisi hii ilikuwa mkabala wa duka la mkate wa Ustadh Mau. Ofisi hii haiko tena na nafasi yake siku hizi iko duka la wanawake lililoanzishwa na Barke, mtoto wa kike wa saba wa Ustadh Mau (upande wa Bibi yake wa kwanza).<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is sitting with his friend Mahsen Alwi who back then used to run a bus office called Malindi Bus. This office was just opposite to Ustadh Mau's bakery and now it has been replaced by a shop of cosmetics run by Barke, Ustadh Mau's seventh daughter (from his first wife).
Date:
circa 1980
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Malindi Bus

Mashindano

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustaadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa hapa kwa shindano la maswali kwa watoto wa shule ya msingi.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau was invited here to a quiz contest for children of primary schools.
Date:
circa 1980s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Mashindano

Mashindano

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii ilipigwa siku ya mwisho wa mashindano kumtuza mshindi. Sherehe ilifanywa Lamu Fort. Mtu aliyeketi karibu na Ustadh Mau ni Muhammad Mubarak Salim aliyekuwa mkubwa wa Posta. Mtoto wake ni waziri wa afya.<br>ENGLISH: This is a picture taken during the last day of a quiz context to award the winner. The ceremony took place at Lamu Fort.
Date:
circa 2000
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Mashindano

Miskitini kwa Bwana Fadhil

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.<br>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)
Miskitini kwa Bwana Fadhil

Miskiti wa Hindi

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikwenda kuangalia kazi ya kutengeneza miskiti wa Hindi, eneo karibu la Mokowe ambapo pia gereza iko. Waliojenga ni shirika linaloitwa al-Muntada al-Islamiy kutoka Saudia. Baada ya tar. 11 ya mwezi wa saba 2001 shirika hilo kama mashirika mengi lilifunga.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau visited this mosque in the area of Hindi, close by Mokowe where also a prison is located. The mosque was built by the organization called Muntada al-Islamiy from Saudi Arabia. After september 11th 2001, this organization like many other Islamic foundations ceased their activities.
Date:
circa 1985
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Miskiti wa Hindi

Mkunguni

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anawasilisha kuhusu mada ya afya na michango Mkunguni.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is giving a public talk on creating awareness about public health and vaccinations at Town Sqaure in Lamu.
Date:
2012
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Mkunguni

Mkutano Mokowe I

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii inarejelea mkutano sehemu ya Mokowe kuhusu elimu ya kiuraia. Mkutano ulidhaminiwa na Ford Foundation.<br>ENGLISH: This picture dates back a meeting in Mokowe about civic education . The meeting was powered by Ford Foundation.
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Mkutano Mokowe I

Mkutano Mokowe II

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii inarejelea mkutano sehemu ya Mokowe kuhusu elimu ya kiuraia. Mkutano ulidhaminiwa na Ford Foundation. Bwana Khalidi Omar, mwimbaji wa taarab anaonekana pia kwenye picha hii.<br>ENGLISH: This picture dates back a meeting in Mokowe about civic education . The meeting was powered by Ford Foundation. Bwana Khalidi Omar, a taarab singer from Lamu can be also seen in this photo.
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Mkutano Mokowe II

Mkutano Tawassal Foundation

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii ilipigwa wakati wa mkutano juu ja elimu ya kiuraia kwa Tawassal Foundation. Warsha iliyodhaminiwa na Ford Foundation.<br>ENGLISH: This picture was taken during a workshop on civic education with Tawassal Foundation and powered by Ford Foundation.
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Mkutano Tawassal Foundation

Mkutano wa RISSEA

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii inaonyesha Ustadh Mau wakati wa warsha iliyopangwa na RISSEA ("Research Institute of Swahili Studies of Eastern Africa") mjini Mombasa. Msomi aliyekaa karibu naye ni Profesa Abdulaziz Lodhi aliyefundisha wakati ule Chuo Kikuu cha Uppsala, Sweden.<br>ENGLISH: This picture shows Ustadh Mau during the workshop organised by RISSEA ("Research Institute of Swahili Studies of Eastern Africa") in Mombasa. The scholar sitting close to him is Prof. Abdulaziz Lodhi who was back then teaching at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Date:
circa 2000
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Mkutano wa RISSEA

Msaada wa chakula Bonini

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alipiga picha hii ya kundi la watu waliokwenda Bonini kuwaletea watu chakula na nguo.<br>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)
Msaada wa chakula Bonini

Nyumbani kwa mtu fulani

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.<br>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)
Nyumbani kwa mtu fulani

Pumbao la uvuvi

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha inaonyesha Ustadh Mau anayesimama kwa jumper la mvua pamoja na rafiki zake jahazini. Jamaa alikwenda kuvua kupumbaa. Kwa boti walikwenda si mbali, anavyokumbuka Ustadh walikwenda sehemu ya Pate.<br>ENGLISH: This picture shows Ustadh standing on a dhow with a rain coat together with his friends. The group went to fish for leisure. They did not sail too far, Ustadh Mau recalls they sailed around Pate.
Date:
circa 2000
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Pumbao la uvuvi

Sakafuni

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.<br>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)
Sakafuni

Semina ya UKIMWI

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alihudhuria semina kuhusu UKIMWI. Mwanamume anayesimama karibu naye upande wa kulia alisafiri naye kutoka Lamu island, yule mwingine alitoka kutoka sehemu tofauti kwa kuwa semina ilivutiwa na watu kutoka sehemu mbali mbali.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau was attending a seminar on HIV held in Nairobi. The man sitting by his side on the right-hand side travelled with him from Lamu island. The other man came from elsewhere as the seminar gathered people from different places.
Date:
2000
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Semina ya UKIMWI

Sherehe ya kumwaga

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau was invited to take part to a farewell celebration for Athras Mohammad Ali aliyekuwa mkurugenzi wa elimu Lamu island. Mzee aliyekaa upande wa kulia nyuma ya Ustadh Mau ni Abdalla Iskandar aliyekuwa ami yake Athrash na seremala maarufu sana Lamu island. Sherehe ya kumwaga Athras Mohammad Ali ilifanyiwa Lamu Fort Museum.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa kwa sherehe ya kumwaga Athrash Mohammad Ali who was education officer of Lamu island. The elderly man on the right-hand side behinf Ustadh Mau is Abdalla Iskandar the uncle of Atrash and a reknown wood carpenter in Lamu island. The farewell celebration took place at Lamu island Fort Museum.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Sherehe ya kumwaga

Shuleni Lamu island Girls (front)

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amehudhuria warsha shule ya sekondari ya Lamu island Girls. Mwanamke anayekaa karibu naye alikuwa mwalimu mkuu wa shule hii na jina lake ni Mary. Mwanamume anayekaa na anayevaa kofia anaitwa Fahim na alikuwa mbunge wa Lamu island magharibi. Nyuma ya picha hii inasomwa jina la Aboud Mahmoud ambaye ni mtoto wa tata kwa upande wa mke wake wa pili.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is attending a workshop at the secondary school of Lamu island Girls. Sitting close to him is the head teacher of the school called Mary. The man sitting with a kofia is Fahim who was member of parliament of Lamu island. Back cover of the above picture that shows the name of Abud Mahmoud, Ustadh Mau's third son from his second wife.
Date:
circa 2002
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Shuleni Lamu island Girls (front)

Sura ya Ustadh Mau

Description:
SWAHILI: Sura hii inayopendeza ya Ustadh Mau ilipigwa kwenya duka lake la mkate. Ustadh Mau alianza kuvaa miwani alipokuwa miaka thalatini na tatu.<br>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)
Sura ya Ustadh Mau

Sura ya Ustadh Mau II

Description:
SWAHILI: Sura hii nyingine ya Ustadh Mau inaonyesha uso wake unaonara kutokana na jua na bahari nyuma yake.<br>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)
Sura ya Ustadh Mau II

Sven Haldin

Description:
SWAHILI: Huyu mtu kwenye picha anaitwa Sven Haldin kutoka Uswidi. Yeye alimtumia Ustadh Mau picha yake baada ya kusafiri Lamu island. Ustadh Mau alichangia kwenye jarida lililochapishwa na Uppsala University na msimamizi wake alikuwa Profesa Abdulaziz Lodhi na Sven mmojawapo wa almashauri. Nyuma ya picha Sven aliandika yeye mwenyewe yafuatayo: Picha hii- ya mimi binafsi ilipigwa mwaka 1971 nilipokwenda shule kuwa mhandisi.” Upande wa nyuma wa picha hii inaonyesha maneno machache ambayo Sven alimwandikia Ustadh Mau.<br>ENGLISH: The man in this picture is Sven Haldin, from Sweden. He came to Lamu island and sent this picture of him to Ustadh Mau afterwards. Ustadh Mau contributed to a journal titled Lugha , edited by Abdulaziz Lodhi and Sven was part of the board. On the photo back cove, Sven Aldi wrote a note himself: “This picture of me was taken in 1971 when I was attending a school to become engineer.” The recto of this picture contains an explanatory note written by Sven to Ustadh Mau.
Date:
1971
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Sven Haldin

The delegation in Iraq

Description:
SWAHILI: Huu ni ujumbe ambao Ustadh Mau alisafiri nao wakati wa ziara ya Iraq. Mwanamume kati kati (mtu wa tatu kutoka kulia) anayeshika begi nyeusi alikuwa mwenyeyji wa Iraq aliyewaongoza mjini. Kutoka kulia watu ni wafuatao: Abdalla Skandar, Mohamed Swaleh , mwenyeji wa Iraq, mbunge wa Lamu island Mzamil Omar, Mohammed Sharif na nyuma yake Ustadh Mau. Aliyepiga picha hii ni Omar Bwana.<br>ENGLISH: This is the delegation that Ustadh Mau traveled with during their visit to Iraq. The man in the middle holding a black bag is the host who showed the delegation around. From right-hand side the people are: Abdalla Skandar, Mohamed Swaleh , the host from Iraq, the MP of Lamu island Mzamil Omar, Mohammed Sharif and behind him Ustadh Mau. The one who took this picture is Omar Bwana.
Date:
1982
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
The delegation in Iraq

Tuzo ya madrasa

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa kama mgeni maalum madrasa ya Swafaa Lamu island. Picha inaonyesha Ustadh Mau alipopokea zawadi kutoka mwalimu wa madrasa hii.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau was invited as guest of honour at the madrasa Swafaa in Lamu island. The picture portrays Ustadh Mau receiving a present from the madrasa teacher.
Date:
circa 1960
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Tuzo ya madrasa

Ukaguzi Kizingitini

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau aliwapokea watu wawili kutoka Islamic Foundation Centre na aliwasindikizia kuangalia madrasa na miskiti Kizingitini.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau received two guests from Islamic Foundation Centre from Nairobi. In the picture he is accompanying Mohammad Akhtar and the Abu Hamid Slatch (the photographer) to see the madrasa and mosque in Kizingitini.
Date:
1986
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ukaguzi Kizingitini

Ustadh Mau akiongea Mkunguni

Description:
SWAHILI: Katika picha hii Ustadh Mau anaonekana akizungumzisha kundi la watu katika eneo la Mkunguni, iliyoko katikati ya mji wa Lamu island. Mkutano huu uliandaliwa juu ya kuelimisha watu kuhusu afya na chanjo, ili kujenga watu imani ju ya umuhimu wa afya. Mmoja wa wa aliyesimama nyuma ya ustadh ni afisa wa afya.<br>ENGLISH: On this picture Ustadh Mau is seen speaking to a crowd on Mkunguni, Lamu island's town square. The gathering was held to raise awareness on health issues and vaccines, in order to motivate people to take care of one's own and eachother's health. The man behind Ustadh was a health officer.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau akiongea Mkunguni

Ustadh Mau akisoma kitabu

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii tunamuona Ustadh Mau akisoma Texas Review alichozawadiwa na jirani yake kutoka Uamerika akiwa nje ya nyumba yake.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is reading the Texas Review given to him by his American neighbour. Ustadh was standing outside of his house in the picture.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau akisoma kitabu

Ustadh Mau akiwa ameshika kitabu

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii tunaona Ustadh ameshikilia daftari ambalo yeye mwenyewe amezungumziwa. Daftari hilo limetayarishwa na mwanafunzi wa kifaransa anayefanya PhD kuhusu wanawake wa Lamu island, hivyo basi akanukuu beti kadhaa za shairi la Ustadh Mau liitwalo "wasia wa mabanati".<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is seen posing with a book which featured his portrait photo and one of his poems, ''Advice to the girls''. The book was written by a French PhD student about the women of Lamu island.
Date:
circa 1995-1999
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau akiwa ameshika kitabu

Ustadh Mau akiwa Boni

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii ilipigwa mwanzoni mwa mwaka wa elfu moja mia tisa na tisaini, katika kijiji kidogo kiitwacho Boni, katika maeneo ya Lamu island. Picha hii inaonesha Ustadh akipeana chakula na madaftri ya kidini kwa watoto kijijini wenye kuishi katika hali duni. Nyuma ya hii picha jina la ustadh likeandikwa kwa herufi za Kiarabu na pia ikieleza kwamba hii picha ilipgwa siku ya kwanza ustadh kuwasili Boni.<br>ENGLISH: This picture was taken in the early 1990's in Boni, a remote village in Lamu island. It depicts Ustadh Mau handing out donations (food and religious books) to the children of the village who live in difficult circumstances. On the back of this particular photograph Ustadh's name is written in Arabic as well as the information that that photograph was taken on the day of his arrival in Boni.
Date:
circa 1990
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau akiwa Boni

Ustadh Mau akiwa Boni

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii ilipigwa mwanzoni mwa mwaka wa elfu moja mia tisa na tisaini, katika kijiji kidogo kiitwacho Boni katika maeneo ya Lamu island. Picha hii inaonesha ustadh akipeana chakula na madaftari ya kidini kwa watoto wa kijijini wenye kuishi katika hali duni.<br>ENGLISH: This picture was taken in the early 1990's in Boni, a remote village in Lamu island. It depicts Ustadh Mau handing out donations (food and religious books) to the children of the village who live in difficult circumstances.
Date:
circa 1990
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau akiwa Boni

Ustadh Mau akiwa Boni

Description:
SWAHILI: Picha hii ilipigwa mwanzoni mwa mwaka wa elfu moja mia tisa na tisaini, katika kijiji kidogo kiitwacho Boni katika maeneo ya Lamu island. Picha hii inaonesha Ustadh akipeana chakula na madaftari ya kidini kwa watoto wa kijijini wenye kuishi katika hali duni.<br>ENGLISH: This picture was taken in the early 1990's in Boni, a remote village in Lamu island. It depicts Ustadh Mau handing out donations (food and religious books) to the children of the village who live in difficult circumstances.
Date:
circa 1990
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau akiwa Boni

Ustadh Mau akiwa Shanga Kisiwani Pate

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anaonekana kwenye mkusanyiko wa watu katika eneo la shanga ndani ya kisiwa cha Pate. Ustadh alialikwa kueka jiwe la msingi kwa minajili ya kujengwa mskiti mpya.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is depicted at a gathering in Shanga, a village on Pate islandIsland. Ustadh was invited to lay down the foundation stone (jiwe la msingi) for a new mosque there.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau akiwa Shanga Kisiwani Pate

Ustadh Mau alipokuwa mtoto

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau ana mwaka mmoja kwenye picha hii na anacheza kwa videde nyumbani kwa ami yake Abdulrahamn Abdulkadir, ami ya Ustadh Mau, kwenye mtaa mwini. Ustadh Mau alikumbuka bado videde hivi kwenye picha alipoviona nyumbani alipokuwa mkubwa zaidi.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is here one year old and playing with toys at the place of Abdulrahman Abdulkadir , Ustadh Mau's uncle , at Mtaa Mwini. Ustadh Mau could still remember the toys in this picture when he saw them later on.
Date:
1953
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau alipokuwa mtoto

Ustadh Mau Baghdadi

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.<br>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)
Ustadh Mau Baghdadi

Ustadh Mau katika mkutano

Description:
SWAHILI: Hii picha ni ya Ustadh Mau akiwa kwenye mkutano mjini Lamu island. Mkutano wenyewe ulikuwa kuhusu elimu ya kijamii.<br>ENGLISH: This photograph is a portrait of Ustadh Mau at a workshop in Lamu island. The workshop was about civic education.
Date:
circa 2007
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau katika mkutano

Ustadh Mau kuandaa mikate kutumia tanuri

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii tunamuona Ustadh Mau akiwa ndani ya bakery yao. Tunaona jiko linalotumia kuni aina ya tanuri walilotumia kuoka mikate.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture we can see Ustadh in front of the oven inside the bakery. He was preparing to make tanuri, a type of bread, using firewood for the oven.
Date:
circa 1980
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau kuandaa mikate kutumia tanuri

Ustadh Mau kwa Sheikh Yusuf Bamku

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii Ustadh Mau yuko pamoja na Shk. Yusuf Bamku ambaye alikuwa mwalimu wa madrasa Kizingitini. Picha ilipigwa kwa Bakori Studio. Sheikh Yusuf Bamku anavaa kaunda suit inayorejelea rais wa Zambia Kaunda aliyevaa aina hii.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh Mau is with Sheikh Yusuf Bamku a madrasa teacher working at Kizingitini. The picture was taken at the Bakori studio. Shk Yusuf Bamku is wearing a shirt called kaunda that echoes back to the kind of suit worn by the president of Zambia.
Date:
circa 1970
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau kwa Sheikh Yusuf Bamku

Ustadh Mau mbele ya lango la Ishtar

Description:
SWAHILI: Katika picha hii Ustadh Mau amesimama mbele ya Lango la Ishtar lililoko Iraq. Ustadh alienda huko pamoja na baadhi ya watu wakiwemo Msallam na Omar Bwana kutoka Lamu island baada ya vita vya Iran na Iraq ili kuwapa usaidizi waisLamu island.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is seen standing in front of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon, Iraq. Ustadh went there with other men from Lamu island such as Msallam and Omar Bwana. The trip was meant to support Muslims in Iraq after the Iran-Iraq war.
Date:
circa 1982
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau mbele ya lango la Ishtar

Ustadh Mau na Abudi

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anabeba mtoto wake wa mwisho Aboud (kwa upande wa mke wake wa pili) nje ya nyumbani kwao Langoni. Aboud alizaliwa mwaka elfu moja mia tisa tisini na sabaa (1997).<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau holding his last born Aboud (from his second wife) outside their house in Langoni. Aboud was born in 1997.
Date:
1996
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau na Abudi

Ustadh Mau na Athman Lali

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa kuhudhuria warsha iliyothaminiwa na Ford Foundation kupitia Tawassal Foundation kuhusu mada ya elimu ya uraia. Mashairi kama kwa mfano Ahmed Nassir na Ahmed Msallam walialikwa. Kwa warsha hii Ustadh Mau alitunga mashairi mawili: Uzinduzi na Mwangaza. Mwanaume anayeketi karibu naye ni Athman Lali kutoka Yale University.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau was invited to a workshop supported by Ford Foundation on civic education. Poets like Ahmed Nassir and Ahmed Msallam were invited. For this occasion he composed two poems: Uziunduzi and Mwangaza. The man sitting close to Ustadh Mau is Athman Lali (Yale University).
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau na Athman Lali

Ustadh Mau na Azra

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anabeba Azra nyumbani kwao Rasini. Upande wa kulia kuna tupa au boya . Asili yake ya tupa iliyotumika baharini na wavuvi kutoka nje kama ishara ya nyavu zao baharini. Kwenye picha hii tupa hii inaonyesha maandishi ya kiarabu na maua kama mapambo tu. Mara nyingine watu wanataka tupa hii na wanatia maji kwa samaki.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is holding Azra at their place in Rasini. On their right-hand side a glass is shown. In the past, it used to be a sign to mark fishing nets by fisherman from other countries. In the picture it is just a decoration with Arabic writings and flowers . In other cases, people cut this glass and fill it with water and fishes.
Date:
1987
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau na Azra

Ustadh Mau na Hannani

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anabeba mtoto wake wa kike cha pili kwa upande wa mke wake wa pili. Jina la mtoto ni Hannan na jina hili linarejea jina la Hanan Ashrawi waziri ya elimu na utafiti Falastin wakati wa kipindi cha Yasser Arafat. Picha ilipigwa kwenye dula lake la mkate.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is holding his second daughter from his second wife. Her name is Hannan and draws from Hanan Asharawi the Palestinian minister of higher education and research of Palestine at the time of Yasser Aarafat. The picture was taken at his bakery.
Date:
1991
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau na Hannani

Ustadh Mau na Sheikh Mohamad Sherif Baghdadi

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anakaa nyuma ya kifaru nje ya mji wa Baghdad pamoja na rafiki yake aliyechaguliwa kusafiri Baghdad kama yeye. Walikaa Baghdad zaidi ya wiki takriban.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is standing behind a tank outside the city of Baghdad together with his friend, who like him, was chosen to travel to Iraq. They stayed in Baghdad for around a week.
Date:
1982
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau na Sheikh Mohamad Sherif Baghdadi

Ustadh Mau na Soud Al Maawy katika mkutano

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii Ustadh Mau pamoja na Soud Al Maawy aliyekua mwalimu mkuu wa shule ya upili ya Lamu island Boys wakiwa katika mkutano ulioandaliwa na Tawassal Foundation kuhusu mafunzo ya kijamii.<br>ENGLISH: In this picture Ustadh is pictured sitting alongside Soud al Maawy, the headmaster of the Lamu island Boys high school in Lamu island. They were both attending a workshop about civic education organized by Tawassal Foundation.
Date:
circa 2000
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau na Soud Al Maawy katika mkutano

Ustadh Mau na wanae

Description:
SWAHILI: Kwenye picha hii Ustadh Mau anaonekana akiwana familia yake. Ni sherehe ndogo ya nyumbani kusherehekea kuzaliwa kwa Aboud (mtoto wa Ustadh Mau) akiwa amefikisha mwaka mmoja.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh is pictured with his young children. It was a small family-only gathering for Aboud's first birthday.
Date:
circa 2000
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ustadh Mau na wanae

Waandishi II

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa kuhudhuria warsha iliyothaminiwa na Ford Foundation kupitia Tawassal Foundation kuhusu mada ya elimu ya uraia. Mashairi kama kwa mfano Ahmed Nassir, Ahmed Msallam na Athman Lali walialikwa. Kwa warsha hii Ustadh Mau alitunga mashairi mawili: Uzinduzi na Mwangaza.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau was invited to a workshop supported by Ford Foundation on civic education. Poets like Ahmed Nassir , Ahmed Msallam and Athman Lali were invited. For this occasion he composed two poems: Uziunduzi and Mwangaza.
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Waandishi II

Waandishi II

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa kuhudhuria warsha iliyothaminiwa na Ford Foundation kupitia Tawassal Foundation kuhusu mada ya elimu ya uraia. Mashairi kama kwa mfano Ahmed Nassir, Ahmed Msallam na Athman Lali walialikwa. Kwa warsha hii Ustadh Mau alitunga mashairi mawili: Uzinduzi na Mwangaza.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau was invited to a workshop supported by Ford Foundation on civic education. Poets like Ahmed Nassir , Ahmed Msallam and Athman Lali were invited. For this occasion he composed two poems: Uziunduzi and Mwangaza.
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Waandishi II

Waandishi III

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa kuhudhuria warsha iliyothaminiwa na Ford Foundation kupitia Tawassal Foundation kuhusu mada ya elimu ya uraia. Mashairi kama kwa mfano Ahmed Nassir, Ahmed Msallam na Athman Lali walialikwa. Kwa warsha hii Ustadh Mau alitunga mashairi mawili: Uzinduzi na Mwangaza.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau was invited to a workshop supported by Ford Foundation on civic education. Poets like Ahmed Nassir , Ahmed Msallam and Athman Lali were invited. For this occasion he composed two poems: Uziunduzi and Mwangaza.
Date:
2013
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Waandishi III

Warsha Mombasa

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SWAHILI: Picha ni kutoka warsha kuhusu UKIMWI mjini Mombasa. Mtu anayekaa karibu na Mahmoud Mau ni mtu kutoka Tana River. Viongozi vya dini wengi walikuwa wamealikwa.<br>ENGLISH: This picture was taken during a workshop on HIV held in Mombasa and organised by RISSEA ("Research Institute of Swahili Studies of Eastern Africa"). The person sitting close to Ustadh Mau is from Tana River. Many religious scholars took part at this meeting.
Date:
circa 1990
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Warsha Mombasa

Warsha ya masomo ya haki za uraia

Description:
SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau alikuwa amealikwa kuhudhuria warsha iliyothaminiwa na Ford Foundation kupitia Tawassal Foundation kuhusu mada ya elimu ya uraia. Mashairi kama kwa mfano Ahmed Nassir walialikwa. Kwa warsha hii Ustadh Mau alitunga mashairi mawili: Uzinduzi na Mwangaza. Mshairi anayekaa upande wa kulia anaitwa Ahmed Msallam mtungaji maarufu aliyetumia Kibajuni kwa tungo zake.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau was invited to a workshop supported by Ford Foundation on civic education. Poets like Ahmed Nassir were invited. For this occasion he composed two poems: Uziunduzi and Mwangaza. The poet sitting on the right-hand side is Ahmed Msallam, a famous poet using Kibajuni language in his works.
Date:
2012
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Warsha ya masomo ya haki za uraia

Ziara ya Boni

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SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau yuko kwenye picha hii kwa boni, kabila ambalo limesauliwa. Ni waislamu ingawa hawajui sana kuhusu dini. Ustadh alikwenda kuwatembelea huko madrasani kwao. Picha inaonyesha alipowaletea wanafunzi wa madrasa zawadi kama vitabu kalamu na paramendi kwa kusoma. Wakati huo walikuwa jamaa ya elfu tatu , wanaishi kwenye vijiji vitano: Bargoni, Mangai, Dede wa rede, Mlimani, Basuba (baina Mokowe na Kiunga, Lamu island West). Siku hizi kuna operesheni inayoitwa Operation Boni Forest kupambana na al-Shabab ambao wanafikiriwa kwamba wako Boni Forest.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Mau is amid the Boni people, an ethnic group that has been forgotten. As he puts it, "they are Muslims but they do not know enough about Islam" . Ustadh Mau went to visit them at their madrasa. The picture shows him bringing to them books, pens and candies. Back then the Boni group counted 3000 people. Boni people live in five villages: Bargoni, Mangai, Dede wa rede, Mlimani, Basuba (between Mokowe and Kiunga, Lamu island West). Currently an operation called Operation Boni Forest against al-Shabab is on.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ziara ya Boni

Ziara ya Maulidi

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SWAHILI: Ustadh Mau anasimama pamoja na mwanfunzi anayeitwa Jennifer Karstelt aliyesafiri Lamu island pamoja na Profesa Richard Peck. Mtoto kwenye picha ni mtoto wake Ustadh Mau, Fatih. Muda ulikuwa wakati wa sherehe ya Maulidi ambapo watu wanafuatana kwa matari . Kwenye picha wako karibu na makaburi ya Langoni. Bendera nyekundu nyuma inaandikwa kwa kiarabu kwa rangi nyeupe Ya 'Ali al-Habsh , hili ni jina la mtungaji kutoka Yemen wa kitabu Samtu al-Ddurar ("Kutunga kwa lulu"). Kitabu hiki (uk. 400) kinasomwa sana wakati wa mfungo sita. Kitabu cha Maulidi Barazanji kimefika mapema.<br>ENGLISH: Ustadh Maui is standing together with one of his pupil who is called Jennifer Karstelt who travelled to Lamu together with Prof. Richard Peck. The boy in the picture is his son Fatih. The photo was taken during the Maulidi celebration that people follow with great devotion. In the picture they are close to the cemetery in Langoni. On the red flag behind them it is written in Arabic in white Ya 'Ali al-Habsh, that is the name of a Yemeni author who composed Samtu al-Ddurar ("To compose by means of pearls"). This book count 400 pages and it is widely read during the month of mfungo sita. The book titled Maulidi Barazanji was circulating earlier.
Date:
2001
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ziara ya Maulidi