Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Barefeet to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, Manda Hill, Lusaka, Zambia
Although photographs were taken in Zambia early in the history of photography, they were not the first in the region, and there may be others undocumented. The earliest surviving photograph taken in southern Africa is of a Native Woman of Sofala, Mozambique, claimed to be Queen Xai Xai, taken by E. Thiésson in 1845 (Haney, 35). Photographic equipment and chemicals were reportedly available in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth from 1847 (36). ~ Peter Langmead in Postcards from Zambia
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