Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

Black and white tinted lantern slide showing a woman standing alone amongst thatched huts. She wears a patterned wrap around her waist, a wrap shirt, a plain bracelet on each …

"Wapare-Männer, welche Bauholz herbeischaffen" ("Wapare men who fetch timber"). Photograph of five African men sitting on the ground next to timber. They wear kanzus, four wear also caps. One man …

Black and white lantern slide showing a view of the Evangelists' Training Institute at Mompono, Congo. Mompono is in the north of Congo. The Institute is a white brick building …

Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing two nurses from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society standing outside their dispensary at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. The nurses are dressed …

Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a Nigerian man in a light Western style suit, holding a cane. He sits on the arm of a chair, where …

Black and white lantern slide showing a woman's dance in southeast Nigeria, possibly at a religious celebration. The women wear wraps around their waists and head-wraps around their heads. They …

Black and white photograph featuring a group of missionaries attending a synod at Oron in modern Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria, in 1939. The group is mainly made up of European male …

Black and white lantern slide showing a European officer in the King's African Rifles standing outside a hut. He wears khaki shorts, a khaki shirt and a belt, with a …

Black and white photograph showing two doctors at the Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. Dr Cole stands with his back to the camera …

Black and white photograph showing a European churchyard at Calabar, a burial place for European missionaries. The churchyard is filled with stone, carved gravestones and crosses and looks onto a …