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

"Fr. Sirlinger's two hunter" Two native men holding clubs are posed in front of a thatched wall.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923

Children standing under mangotrees during the communion, in Samkita.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Children in native costume" Three young children standing in front of the Mission building wear minimal clothing.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Schoolboys after work drinking native beer" More than twenty boys are seated in a flat area in front of two buildings. There are what appear to be wooden sawhorses in …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Native Christians at Shendam - Sunday morning" About twenty men, women, and children are posed with the Mission House in the background


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

"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

Children standing under mangotrees during the communion, in Samkita.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Antonio aged 12 when on tour. Offspring of cannibals and given to Mission by government when 1 year old" A boy in a tunic is posed in front of a …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Government clerk at Shendam. Mohammedan" A robed man with a cloth headcovering sits on a chair with a book on his knee. Two children are standing near him.