Chief sons, Mompono, Congo, ca. 1920-1930

Black and white lantern slide showing a group of Congolese boys gathered around a table upon which bowls of food are laid. A larger bowl lies under the table. A boy in the foreground holds out a bowl, whilst another appears to serve him from inside a container. The boys wear light shorts and vests, implying that they may be from a Congo Balolo Mission institution. The caption to this image reads: "Chief sons, Mompono." 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.