WEST AFRICA,NIGERIA,KADUNA,KANU,KAWO (ALL NAMED) c1945

THESE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE PRODUCED IN 1945

I DONT KNOW FOR WHAT REASON THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THESE IMAGES WERE DOING THERE

BUT I SUSPECT IT WAS PROBABLY DEVELOPING THE ROAD SYSTEM FROM KADUNA TO LAGOS.

THEY ARE NOW A RARE GLIMPSE INTO THIS AREAS PAST WHICH BY NOW IS FULL OF DEVELOPEMENT

THERE ARE DETAILS WRITTEN ON THE REVERSE OF THEM

THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS BELOW

1 HERE IS A CLOSE UP OF A PAGAN WOMAN,NOTICE

 THEY CARRY THEIR LOADS ON THEIR BACKS NOT ON THEIR HEAD KADUNA JULY 1945

2 AFRICAN VULTURE

3 KADUNA AUGUST 1945 (CLOSE UP REVEALS GREENS HOTEL SIGN ON WALL

4 A HAUSA HUNTER I DIDNT TAKE THIS ONE BUT I THOUGHT IT INTERESTING KADUNA AUGUST 1945

MIDDLE ROW

5 ONE OF THE GIDDAS

6 CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL LAGOS

BOTTOM ROW

7 AFRICAN PEACOCK

8 THE COLLAGE KADUNA

9 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE RAIL & ROAD BRIDGE KADUNA

10 THIS IS A VERY POPULAR WAY OF TRANSPORT THE AFRICAN IS ONE OF THE IBO TRIBES

SECOND IMAGE LOT

TOP ROW

1 A HAUSA LAD BEATING CORN KAWO VILLAGE

2 ANOTHER GROUP OF PAGAN WOMAN KADUNA AUGUST 1945

3 HAUSA FISHERMAN

4 AN IBO WOMAN AT KAWO,IM SORRY THE WOMAN IS YARUBA (HER NAME)

MIDDLE ROW

5 KANO

6 REPAIRING A CRATER ON THE ROAD

BOTTOM ROW

7 A HOUSA WOMAN,WASHING DAY KAWO VILLAGE

8 THE ROAD

9 ANT HILL

10 VOODO MAN

11 AN IBO LAD

THERE ARE THREE OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS NOT SHOWN HERE

JEEP IN FRONT OF AN ANT HILL

TWO AFRICAN CHILDREN

ONE AFRICAN CHILD

SIZE      3 1/2   X    2 1/2  INCHES

CONDITION   AS SCANNED

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