Theodore Roosevelt’s camp in Africa
Subject(s): Africa, Big game hunting, Indigenous peoples, Kenya, Kikuyu (African people), Maasai (African people), Masai (African people), Religious dance, Religious dance, Modern, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Safaris, Smithsonian Institution
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After his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt took part in a safari through parts of eastern and central Africa, funded and organized by the Smithsonian Institution. In this film, Roosevelt and members of his party appear in different locations, all probably in the vicinity of Mt. Kenya, British East Africa (Kenya), in 1909. There are views of Kikuyu and/or Masai ritual dances, shots of Roosevelt and party with tribesmen, campsite porters busy at work, and Roosevelt on horseback. The film also contains several views of what is probably part of the large Kikuyu dance performed in Roosevelt’s honor at Nyeri in August, with a small number of Masai also participating. There is a view of large number of what may be Masai women ceremonially forming circle, through which men with shields pass.
Collection
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Creation Date
1909
Creator(s)
Period
African Safari (March 1909-1910)
Record Type
Video
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt’s camp in Africa. [1909]. Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292870. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940. Theodore Roosevelt’s camp in Africa. [1909]. Video.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292870.
APA:
Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940., [1909]. Theodore Roosevelt’s camp in Africa.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292870.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound.
APA:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound.
