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

"Samson Opam, Gold Coast" Portrait of indigenous minister wearing robes and holding crucifix. Copyright of commercial photographer, W.H. Selby. Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

African orphans with the missionaries who took them in, in Yabassi.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Shendam schoolboy - Dick - 1/2 English" A young boy in a shirt and shorts salutes the camera.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Christian family - Mrs. Kosmo wife of native of German Cameroon" A woman wearing a robe and headdress is seated in a chair, holding a baby. A young girl in …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

“Medical work by the roadside.” Exterior view showing children being examined by a dresser whilst Mrs Irvine sits in the Dodge holding her baby son. ❧ This image is from …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fulani encampment. Calabashes for milk" A young man is crouched on the ground in front of a makeshift tent with several large bowls on the ground near him.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Aruscha - Kostschule: Knaben - Mädchen" ("Arusha boarding school: Boys - girls"). Group portrait taken on a lawn. Children dressed in European clothes standing in rows. Missionary Blumer in the …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

Children standing under mangotrees during the communion, in Samkita.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Mission House, Shendam" The mission house is a one-storey building with overhanging roof.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Effects of famine in Domasi, 1923". "Nyasaland". Photograph showing a group, consisting mainly of children, who are emaciated and suffering from the effects of famine conditions. Several of the children …