FA 317
FA 317
17 colonial postcards of different Senegalese music and dancing.
Price: $510.00
French West Africa
FA 316
FA 316
38 colonial postcards of social life among the Sengealese. Shown are people waiting outside a state court in Cayor, rare photo of a “jug day” celebration, “very primitive people”, the Chief’s wives, female hair dressing, medical procedure with suction cup, rare photo of the newly circumcised, wrestling, funeral interment, women washing laundry, playing on a baobab tree, male haircutting “indigenous figaro”, local pupils, preparing for a horse race, children playtime, river/forest culture, women story tellers (griots), cooking, hauling water, more.
Price: $1140.00
FA 314
Complete set of 10 humor postcards of Senegal.
Price: $300.00
FA 313
45 colonial postcards of Saint-Louis and Dakar, showing the transportation of indigenous housing, panoramas, school for the sons of the chief, various government buildings, slaughterhouse, marine barracks, hotel metropole, hotel de la Defense, electric factory, camp of indigenous troops, barracks of Senegalese workers, boulevard Pinet-Laprade, praying outside the mosque, various hotels, a french bookstore, more. Good architectural interest
Price: $1350.00
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FA 312
10 colonial postcards of early Dakar, by Fortier. Shows colonial presence and commerce as well as local living conditions.
Price: $300.00
FA 309
FA 309
11 colonial postcards of types and scenes of Haute Volta.
Price: $330.00
FA 307
Four photos on postcard stock of Haute Volta types.
Price: $120.00
FA 305
FA 305
5 postcards from the short-lived (1904-1921) colony of Haut-Senegal and Niger.
Note: The "colony of Upper Senegal and Niger" was created, from the colony of Senegambia and Niger , by the decree of October 18, 1904, relating to the reorganization of the General Government of French West Africa. When it was created, the “colony of Upper Senegal and Niger” included the former territories of Upper Senegal and Middle Niger; as well as the third military territory, capital: Sorbo-Haoussa (1900-1903), Niamey (1903-1911), then Zinder from January 1,1911. Its capital was Bamako. A decree of March 2, 1907 incorporated into Upper Senegal and Niger the areas of of Fada N'Gourma and Say , both separated from the colony of Dahomey . On January 1, 1912, the military territory of Niger ceased to be part of Upper Senegal and Niger and became an autonomous colony by decree of October 13, 1922. The decree of March 1,1919, created the colony of Upper Volta and divided Upper Senegal and Niger into two separate colonies: Upper Volta , comprising the districts of Gaoua , Bobo-Dioulasso , Dédougou , Ouagadougou , Dori , Say and Fada N'Gourma; and Upper Senegal and Niger.
Price: $150.00
FA 304
7 postcards of missionary activity in French Soudan and Haute-Volta between 1933-1947. HAC
Note: The first Catholic missionaries, members of the Algerian-based White Fathers, arrived in the region with the French colonialists in 1896. Missions were established in Ouagadougou in 1901 and Koupéla in 1900. The first Burkinabe baptisms occurred in 1905. Indigenous religious orders, such as the Soeurs de l'Immaculée-Conception (1922) and Soeurs de l'Annonciation (1948), were founded. The first African priests were ordained in 1942, marking a significant step toward localization.
Price: $210.00
Note: The territory of French Sudan was reestablished in 1902. Though the borders shifted slightly, there was little territorial change until 1933. At that point, the colony of the French Upper Volta (Haute-Volta, modern Burkina Faso) dissolved, and the northern territory was added to French Sudan. In 1947, Upper Volta was reestablished, and the French Sudan borders became those that eventually became the borders of Mali.
FA 303
FA 303
FA 303
22 early 20th century postcards of scenes, types and economic/social activity in Senegal-Soudan.
Price: $660.00
Note: This collection reflects the early link between French Soudan and Senegal. Later on The Mali Federation was a federation in West Africa linking the French colonies of Senegal and French Sudan for two months in 1960. It was founded on 4 April 1959 as a territory with self-rule within the French Community and became independent after negotiations with France on 20 June 1960. Two months later, on 19 August 1960, the Sudanese Republic leaders in the Mali Federation mobilized the army, and Senegal leaders in the federation retaliated by mobilizing the gendarmerie (national police); this resulted in a tense stand-off, and led to the withdrawal from the federation by Senegal the next day. The Sudanese Republic officials resisted this dissolution, cut off diplomatic relations with Senegal, and defiantly changed the name of their country to Mali. For the brief existence of the Mali Federation, the premier was Modibo Keïta, who would later become the first President of Mali, and its government was based in Dakar, the eventual capital of Senegal.