Author Archives: corvusfugit

1895: A-ka-u-ku

Posted on May 12, 2019

In 1895, King Njoya of the Bamum, an ethnic group from what is now western Cameroon, invented an alphabet to record the history of his people. Njoya, who traced his linaege back 16 or 17 generations of kings, was insipred … Continue reading →

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1890: Pig Disturber

Posted on May 11, 2019

William Weekes: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen; I made up the date.

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1987: Basebenzi Masimanyane

Posted on May 11, 2019

Congress of South African Trade Unions: 1987 Calendar In 1987, COSATU conducted a two-day strike during the general elections in May as part of its Living Wage Campaign. More than 2.5 million workers took part. Later that month, their headquarters … Continue reading →

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1920: Robe

Posted on May 10, 2019

James White Calf (attrib): Elkskin Robe (ca. 1920); the robe is a record of the war honors of Mountain Chief, a Blackfeet chief.

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1943: Balloon Site

Posted on May 8, 2019

Laura Knight: A Balloon Site, Coventry (1943)

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1899: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord

Posted on May 7, 2019

Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord (1899); from the Prayer of Azariah, a passage that appears in the book of Daniel in some versions of the Christian Bible: … Continue reading →

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1919: At the Back of the North Wind

Posted on May 6, 2019

Jessie Willcox Smith: illustration for George MacDonald’s At the Back of the North Wind (1919)

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