Drill for boys, Congo, ca. 1920-1930

Black and white lantern slide showing lines of Congolese boys and young men standing to attention in an unknown location. Members of the group are in various forms of dress: some wear shorts and shirts, some wear trousers and shirts, and some wear wraps around their waists. This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo Balolo Mission, a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900.