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

"Mr. Bryan crossing a stream" Mr. Bryan, wearing a pith helmet and shorts, is on the back of the man walking through the shallow stream.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

Women made small mound of soil to cultivate potatoas, groundnuts and taros, in Yabassi, Cameroon.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923

Henri Nicod and his wife are on their way to visit a church. Mrs Nicod is in a kind of wheelchair, pushed by Indigenous people. Some other men carry a …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Woman cooking the evening meal" A woman is crouched near a large cooking vessel set on stones. Thatch roofed huts are in the background


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fr. Sirlinger as blacksmith with his carpenter" Father Eugène Sirlinger is working with metal on an anvil while a native man carrying a tool looks on at the Shendam Mission.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

Photograph of Dr Robert Laws being made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG). Dr Laws is standing on a platform which is …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Chief's wives beating corn in a mortar" Three women are using long sticks to beat corn in a mortar while another looks on.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Pauline (aged 15) and her brother - both Catholics" A young woman carries her toddler brother in a wrap on her back at the Shendam Mission.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"The chief on horseback" The chief of Shendam, clothed in long robes, is seated on a horse.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Beggar violinist - Cap made of leather and ostrich feathers" A robed man plays a stringed instrument. His hat has three sets of feathers sticking up from the top.