Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

Photograph of Calvin Mapope with his wife and children. In the background, the porch of a building. Photographie de Calvin Mapope avec sa femme et leurs enfants. À l'arrière plan, …

"Die Kirche in Utengule. Geschw. Kootz mit d. kl. Stolz. Geschw. Kruppa." ("Church in Utengule. Br[ethren] Kootz and li[ttle] Stolz. Br[ethren] Kruppa."). Africans dressed in white, half hidden behind bushes, …

"DOMINICAINES MISSIONNAIRES DE NIANGARA. - La Lecon de Couture." ("DOMINICAN MISSIONARIES OF NIANGARA. - The Sewing Lesson.") A missionary sister teaches a group of nineteen indigenous girls to sew. Some …

"Rev. Oliver J. Griffin". Reverend Griffin and his wife seated on bench under tree. Griffin served in Lagos from 1897 to 1928. Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun …

“Ecole de Frères Maristes, Stanleyville. Entrée principale – Groupe de internes.” Students and the missionary father teacher pose for a photo at the main entrance to the Marist Brothers mission …

"EGYPTE - Pretre turc en priere." ("Turkish priest in prayer.") A man with a grey beard, a dark robe, and a dark turban kneels on a patterned rug in the …

"Vue du Paléron [Paleron]" ("View from Paléron [Paleron]") "Famille H. Berthoud et Mlle Grand" ("H. Berthoud family and Miss Grand") Photograph of a group of Swiss missionaries on a mountain …

Ethiopie - Dobba : Ecole de la Mission". Several black-robed Catholic missionary fathers sit among rows of seating and standing students. The youngest are young children, while the oldest are …

Photograph of Swiss missionaries riding donkeys in Matutwini. They wear dark colored clothes and hats. On the right, Arnold Borel. Photographie de missionnaires suisses romands montant des ânes à Matutwini. …

"Baziya. Utabeliza. Für die Stationsleute gibt es Gedecke. Danach Tee und Brot. Die Dorfleute essen ohne Geräte. Ihr Getränk ist Hoasbier" ("Baziya. Utabeliza. For the people of the station there …