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

"Paie" ("Wages") Photograph of African women and children standing in front of a hut. They wear loincloths and look at the camera. Two of them carry bags on their head. …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

“Breaking up land.” Exterior view of indigenous men hoeing ground around the Chogoria mission station. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Treasury of Shendam. Built of mud, covered with a thin coat of cement" A small building with several small peaks along roofline has two large square openings in front and …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Kano. From on of the hills inside the city walls." A number of low buildings and walls can be seen in a settlement, with a view to the horizon beyond.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"1923". Teachers and students at Antsirabe Boys' School, Antsirabe. Standing in the third row from left: Marie Saugen, a missionary in Madagascar from 1921-1927. She married pastor Jakob Isaksen 1895-1978, …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

Portrait of five students of the pastoral school of Douala (Paul Jocky is sitting on the left), with Charles Maitre, missionary of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Interior of Church ready for Xmas" The altar of the church is shown with candles and decorations hanging from the ceiling.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Cleaning day. Palm trees are dates planted by the Fathers" Several young boys and a dog surround a bicycle that is upside down for cleaning. There are palm trees in …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

Mission station of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) in Mahajanga. There are the missionary buildings and Mahajanga and the sea on the background.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Ankwe pagan" A man of the Ankwe or Goemai people,with a woven wrap below his waist, stands between a thatched roof hut and a woven straw wall.