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Women in training, Kenya, c. 1980s–1990s.

A series of photographs documenting women participating in a specialised scouting training programme in Kenya.

Photographer and exact location unknown.

Bomet Foundation Archive.

Bomet welcomes contributions from individuals and families holding photographs, documents and personal collections relating to East African cultural and social histories. If you have material you would like to share or contribute to the archive, we invite you to get in touch at info@bometfoundation.org by @bometfoundation

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Chepsol Rural SACCO Ltd. membership card, date unknown; Republic of Kenya driving licence, dated 2000.
Kenya.

Documents of membership, mobility and identification, bearing the handwritten entries, stamps and traces of everyday use.

Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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This Is Tanganyika, 1961.

Published in the year of independence, This Is Tanganyika documents the people, landscapes, industries and political life of Tanganyika at a moment of profound change.

Tanganyika gained independence from British rule on 9 December 1961, later uniting with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania.

From the Bomet Foundation archive. by @bometfoundation

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Envi Cosmetics Ltd., Kenya, c. 1970s.
Advertisement for Envi Softness moisturiser.

An example of Kenyan beauty advertising from the period, bringing together portraiture, typography and cosmetic packaging in the visual language of beauty and modernity.

Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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Kenya Airways timetable, 1988.
Effective 27 March–29 October 1988. Featuring the airline’s early visual identity and the tagline “The pride of Africa.”

Printed ephemera documenting Kenya’s aviation and graphic design history.

Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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From the Bomet Archive

Nilestar Tours (Africa) Ltd., “East Africa Touring Safari” brochure, effective January 1972.

Issued for airline personnel and travel agency staff, the brochure sets out Volkswagen-microbus itineraries across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda — Amboseli, Ngorongoro, Manyara, Murchison Falls — with offices listed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Vancouver, London and Nairobi, a record of East African tourism marketing in the early 1970s.

Nilestar Tours East Africa Touring Safari 1972
Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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From the Bomet Archive

Selected pages from Track & Field News, Vol. 22, No. 14, September 1969.

Published in Los Altos, California, the issue covers a decathlon record attempt at South Lake Tahoe and international meet results from Victoria, British Columbia, alongside advertising for adidas — a record of American track and field publishing at the close of the 1960s.

Track & Field News
September 1969
Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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From the Bomet Archive

Selected pages from The Runner, March 1983.

The issue’s cover story, “Kenya: Land of Running” by Cheryl Bentsen with photographs by Steve Jackson, reports from Gusii Stadium in Kisii and a school track meet in Kapsabet, tracing the Rift Valley running culture that produced a generation of Kenyan champions.

The Runner
March 1983
Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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From the Bomet Archive

Selected pages from Viva, Vol. 1, No. 9, September 1975.

Published in Nairobi, the issue brings together social commentary, fiction, photography, illustration and advertising, offering a record of Kenyan print in the 1970s.

Viva Vol. 1, No. 9 September 1975 Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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From the Bomet Archive
Photographs by John Tyman, Samburu, Kenya, 1982.

Made during Tyman’s time in northern Kenya, these photographs document aspects of Samburu dress and adornment, with particular attention to the arrangement of beadwork across the body.

Portraits are presented alongside close studies of necklaces, head ornaments and other details, recording the colour, pattern, materials and construction of individual forms of adornment.

Together, the photographs form part of a wider body of work by Tyman documenting communities and everyday life in Kenya during the early 1980s, now held within the Bomet Archive.

John Tyman Samburu, Kenya, 1982 Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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From the Bomet Archive
Photographs by John Tyman, Kenya, 1982.

These images document aspects of domestic and material life, including earthen construction, livestock and the preparation of animal hide.

As photographic records, they retain information about materials, building practices, labour and everyday processes alongside their primary subjects.

The photographs form part of Bomet’s growing photographic holdings documenting social, cultural and material histories across East Africa.

John Tyman Kenya, 1982 Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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From the Bomet Archive
Children’s Viva, Vol. 1, No. 7, September 1985.

The cover depicts a group of young hockey players photographed on a playing field in Kenya.

Held within Bomet’s collection of East African periodicals, Children’s Viva provides a record of youth culture and popular publishing in Kenya during the 1980s.

Periodicals are collected as both documentary and material records: preserving editorial content alongside photography, illustration, typography, advertising and graphic design.

Children’s Viva Vol. 1, No. 7 September 1985 Bomet Archive by @bometfoundation

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