British West Africa / Liberia

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3 photograph albums from 1935-1936 with views and people in and around KATSINA, Nigeria. Presumably taken by an English missionary posted there partly to oversee some building projects. The first album started with approx. 12 photographs of England before departure by ship to Africa, followed by some of life as a passenger on board the ship, followed by arrival in port in Nigeria. The bulk of the images then relate to daily life in Katsina and its environs, with some emphasis on building projects, and much related to daily village life in the region. KATSINA (local government area and the capital city of Katsina State, in northern Nigeria, located around 260 kilometres (160 mi) east of the city of Sokoto and 135 kilometres (84 mi) northwest of Kano, t-bra185a1BRA 185close to the border with Niger Republic). Black cloth, string bound. Upper covers titles in white pencil. Containing approx. 282 gelatin silver photographs, mounted mainly 3 per page, back to back on card leaves. Uncaptioned. Later title labels on inside of each front board. Size: albums - approx. 29cm x 22cm / photographs (inc. white thread borders) - approx. 14cm x 8.5cm. Very Good condition. Minor wear to boards and spine. Minor fading / age-toning to a relatively small number of images. B

Price: $2000.00

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Set of photo cards by Cigarros Susini on Liberia, c1912. B

Price: $90.00

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Italian press photo of the Nigerian missionary delegation to the 1963 coronation of Pope Paul VI. B

Price: $90.00

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14 colonial postcards of habits in Nigeria. Shown are local architecture, pot making, Sura women dancing, a Hausa family, photography by Nigerian photographer Olojo Kosoko, district chiefs, colonial troops, Bororo female, Matakam female, haoussa type. B

Price: $420.00

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Photo album belonging to a colonial family living in Ghana, 1955-1957, most likely the family of the last Governor of the Gold Coast Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke. Shown are life in Teshie, Cape Coast and Accra, photos of Kwame Nkrumah, the last Governor of the Gold Coast Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke and R.T. Sackey (headmaster of Prempeh College), graduating class of the Prempeh College, along with the celebrations of Ghana’s independence in 1957. There is a reference to one V. L. Budge but I cannot determine who this is, 100 photos in all. Mostly non-captioned. A good insight into events leading up to Ghana’s independence. B

Price: $1200.00

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t-bra168BRA 168t-bra168aBRA 168t-bra168a1BRA 168Collection of 5 handwritten diaries by Joan Flex, a British nurse serving in Onitsha Hospital in Nigeria from 1945-1952. The diaries cover the complete period. Rare to find a complete sequence of diaries on this subject matter. B

Price: $3000.00

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t-bra166BRA 166t-bra166aBRA 166t-bra166a1BRA 166Photo album of the Gold Coast Regiment in Accra. No date or captions but shortly after WW2. 30 photos in all. B

Price: $400.00

Note: The regiment was formed in 1879 as the Gold Coast Constabulary, from personnel of the Hausa Constabulary of Southern Nigeria, to perform internal security and police duties in the British colony of the Gold Coast. In this guise, the regiment earned its first battle honour as part of the Ashanti campaign. The Gold Coast Constabulary was renamed in 1901 as the Gold Coast Regiment, following the foundation of the West African Frontier Force, under the direction of the Colonial Office of the British Government. t-bra166a2BRA 166t-bra166a3BRA 166The regiment raised a total of five battalions for service during the First World War, all of which served during the East Africa campaign. During the Second World War, the regiment raised nine battalions, and saw action in Kenya's Northern Frontier District, Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia and Burma as part of the 82nd West African Division, the 24th Gold Coast Brigade, and the 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade. The age of soldiers enlisted into the military could vary greatly between 7 and 50 years, whereas the majority (90 per cent) was between 18 and 30 years. In 1957, the Gold Coast became the first sub-Saharan nation to be granted independence from Great Britain. In 1959, the Gold Coast Military Forces, including the Gold Coast Regiment, were withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force. With the country's change of name to Ghana, the regiment was renamed the Ghana Regiment.

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Vintage Snapshots Album. 9 Photographs, British Soldier in West Africa, 1942-43. Names of British soldiers and local natives on reverse.of each. Size approx 10.5cm x 9cm.

Price: $90.00

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Photo album belonging to a British diplomat working with Lord Milverton in Lagos, Nigeria, 1946-1950.(Perhaps his secretary Richard Peel) 209 photos, all but 32 show Nigeria and South Africa. Meeting with various dignitaries, residence in Buea, Government House in Lagos, YWCA, visit of the Belgian Prince Regent, official tour of creeks, war canoes, Lord and Lady Milvertons farewell visit to Ibadan, H.E Mr. G. Beresfor Stooke's tours of the northern provinces, swearing in ceremony of H. E. Sir John Macpherson K.C.M.G. at Government house, tour of South Africa and Victoria Falls, safari and more. Many photos with legible captions.

Price: $900.00

Note: t-bra162aBRA 162t-bra162a1BRA 162Arthur Frederick Richards, 1st Baron Milverton (21 February 1885 – 27 October 1978) was born in Bristol in 1885, the son of William Richards. He was educated at Clifton College in Bristol, and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1907 with a BA. Richards entered the Malayan Civil Service in 1908. By 1921, he had become the Acting 1st Assistant Colonial Secretary for the Straits Settlements. He served as Acting Under-Secretary of the Federated Malay States in 1926, and became full Under-Secretary from 1927 to 1929. He was the Acting General Advisor in Johore between 1929 and 1920, and from 1930 to 1933 he served as the Governor of Northern Borneo. t-bra162a2BRA 162t-bra162a3BRA 162t-bra162a4BRA 162Following this, he served as Governor of the Gambia from 1933 to 1936. He served as Governor of Fiji from 1936 to 1938 concurrently with High Commissioner of the Western Pacific. From 1938 to 1943, he served as Governor of Jamaica. From 1943 to 1948, he served as Governor of Nigeria. He was known in the Colonial Service as 'Old Sinister'. He became the first Colonial Office official to be raised to the peerage while still in office. In 1986, his former private secretary in Nigeria, Richard Peel, published a memoir of Richards, titled Old Sinister: A Memoir of Sir Arthur Richards. He was made a CMG in 1933, elevated to KCMG in 1935, and again to GCMG in 1942. In 1947 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milverton, of Lagos and of Clifton in the City of Bristol. He was also appointed to the Order of St. John., and was awarded the US Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. B

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1882 article from The Home Journal on Liberia, discussing the governments recent accomplishments. B

Price: $20.00

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