Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

University of Southern California

Selected items with African Origination


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USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Shendam Chapel" A rectangular building with a thatched roof is set behind some palm trees.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

Land of the Tsihimety [tribe] : map of the north-eastern part of the missionary district of Marovoay, showing the route followed by the missionary Rusillon from the 9th May to …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fr. Sirlinger in Mission yard at Kano with Christian child" Father Sirlinger is holding a baby who is wearing a dress and hat.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

A missionary baptizes several young people who are kneeling in front of him. The king Njoya might be on the left of the picture.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Ankwe natives. The youth is a Christian teacher" A youth and a woman of the Ankwe or Goemai people pose for the camera. The youth wears a flowing white robe …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Interior of Church before altar rails were put up" The church is a narrow space with wooden benches and an altar in the front.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Church steeple with 2 bells" A two-storey tower made of mud brick has a thatched roof.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Interior" The front of the church at Kano is shown with decorated altar and wooden benches for seating.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Battage des haricots, juillet 1923" ("Threshing beans, July 1923") Photograph of African women threshing beans in Antioka. In the foreground, in the center, two children. In the background, buildings and …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

“Anthony” Portrait of Austin John Anthony Irvine, son of Archibald Clive Irvine and Margaret Joyce Irvine, who was born in Aberdeen in April1922 and spent his childhood in the Chogoria …