ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece: S. H. Fazan's formal portrait.

1 Porters on foot safari, Nyanza, before the First World War.

2Luo warriors, before 1914.

3Luo women dancing, before 1914.

4Nyanza women, probably from Kisii, visit S. H. Fazan on safari, before 1916.

5Luo Chiefs' Retainers or Tribal Police, before 1916.

6S. H. Fazan's house, Lokiriama, Turkana, 1915 or 1916.

7Transport donkeys, Turkana, c. 1916.

8Turkana warriors, c. 1916.

9A Christmas drink, Lokiriama, 1915 or 1916.

10Christmas races, Lokiriama, 1915 or 1916.

11Oxcart, the normal transport for settler pioneers.

12Mombasa docks, 1926.

13Mr and Mrs Fazan, shopping in Mombasa, 1926.

14A coastal street, 1920s.

15Unroadworthy car, 1920s.

16Uncarworthy road, 1920s.

17The District Commissioner's new house, Machakos, c. 1927.

18S. H. Fazan with Kamba women charcoal burners, 1920s.

19A District Commissioner's Baraza, 1920s.

20Kikuyu Ngoma [dance], almost certainly in 1928, to celebrate the visit of Edward Prince of Wales.

21The Aga Khan's Golden Jubilee, celebrated in Kisumu, 1937. Left to right, outside the Provincial Commissioner's House: The Aga Khan, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah; Anthea Fazan, Stephen Fazan, Eleanor Fazan, the Begum Andreáe Aga Khan, S. H. Fazan, Mrs Fazan, Mrs Cochrane, Cecil Davenport (a fellow Provincial Commissioner).

22S. H. Fazan in full tropical fig with the Governor's lady, Lady Brooke-Popham, 1937.

23The new Governor, Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, with his senior officials, 1937. S. H. Fazan, as the senior Provincial Commissioner, is seated at the Governor's right-hand side.