Nigeria (nation)
Found in 1776 Collections and/or Records:
The Emir with his body guard, 1928 - 1939
The Emir’s eldest son rides down to salute his father, 1928 - 1939
The Emir’s sons aged seven (snapped after saluting their father), 1928 - 1939
The following list of complaints... of robberies, &c., committed on the Lagoon between Badagry and Porto Novo, by subjects of the King of Porto Novo, 1871-09-09
This is a printed broadside.
The Gang (African workmen), 1928 - 1939
“The gang” (African workmen), 1928 - 1939
The inimitable Popoff, 1936
54 x 80 mm. View of a young African man standing beside the motor car featured in RCMS 363/4/11.
The innumerable stone figures of Esie, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They were discovered in a clearing amidst a grove of oil palms and other trees, the clearing itself bordered by peregun trees, a kind of aloes planted round holy places. The grove is today an important centre of the fertility cult. Natives of Esie found the figures about 1773. The grove was kept secret until 1933, when an English missionary was told about it by one of his African mission teachers'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
The Lurike of Kudaru, 1900
159 x 113 mm. Showing the Lurike of Kudaru, dressed in Arab fashion and seated on a horse, with an attendant holding the animal's bridge. According to Arnett, E.J. (1920) the Chief of Kudaru was Tura-ki Kerami. Whether this is the same figure has not been determined.
The main figure of the seven holy bronzes of Tada, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'It is of dark bronze, 3 ft 8 inches high, and is called 'Gago'. Gago is a title still used by the village chiefs in Idah, below Tada on the Niger. The head-dress of the figure consists of a tigh [sic] fitting helmet. At the front of back of it medallions are attached with a horned and moustached face on them. The close-fitting gown is richly decorated with designs'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
The Nigeria Constitutional Conference in London, 1958-09
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-10
204 x 151 mm.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-09-29
Colour transparency.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-09-29
Colour transparency
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-10
Colour transparency showing major delegates.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-10
Colour transparency. Premier of the Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-10
Colour transparency. Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Premier of the Eastern Region.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-10
Colour transparency. Alhaji the Hon. Abubakar Tafawar Balewa, the Federal Prime Minister.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-10
Colour transparency. General view of delegates.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, 1958-10
Colour transparency. Dr E.M.L. Endeley, leader of Government Business in the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, London., 1958-09
206 x 152 mm.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, London., 1958-09
151 x 204 mm.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, London, 1958-09
205 x 152 mm.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, London, 1958-09
205 x 152 mm.
The Nigerian Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, London, 1957-05-23
Colour transparency. General view of the conference table.