Young men with female missionary, Congo, ca. 1920-1930

Black and white lantern slide showing a group of young Congolese men in a group portrait with a European female misionary from the Congo Balolo Mission. The men and boys wear shirts and shorts of a similar style, indicating that they may be part of a mission institution. The female missionary sits in the centre of the image, looking to one side. She wears smart clothes and a wide-brimmed hat. 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.