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West Africa in the Van der Kraaij Photo Collection 1972-1987
ByWest Africa in the complete Van der Kraaij Photo Collection 1972-1987
This year Dutch economist and photo donor Fred van der Kraaij more or less completed his donation of now 1407 images of West and North Africa to Wikimedia Commons. In his Introduction he highlighted some events he witnessed, which are shown below. Van der Kraaij views his photographs as notes and historical records and mentioned three themes in his pictorial work: people, their housing and their economic activities. Some of his photographs of the 1976 inauguration of president William Richard Tolbert (1913 – 1980) in Monrovia, Liberia, are included here as well.
Events
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Tolbert inauguration. A crowd celebrates William Richard Tolbert, 20th President of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, 1976.
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Tolbert inauguration. Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
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Ceremonial Grebo War Dances. Women of Half Graway, Liberia, 1978.
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Ceremonial Grebo War Dances. A grimacing man in a decorated cap.
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Ceremonial Grebo War Dances. Women in colourful lappa cloth dresses.
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The Hanging of the Harper Seven, Harper, Liberia, convicted of ritual murders, 16 February 1979.
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State visit of President Carter, Monrovia, Liberia, 3 April 1978. Banner "The residents of Monrovia extend a warm welcome".
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State visit of President Carter, waving from his car.
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State visit of President Carter. Young spectators.
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Visit of Pope John Paul II to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 1980. Local archbishop Paul Zoungrana to the right.
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Visit of Pope John Paul II, with Zoungrana.
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Visit of Pope John Paul II. A well dressed crowd.
People, their housing and their economic activities
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People at the shop of Hidar Hammam on the main road, Ganta (Gompa City), Nimba county, Liberia, 1976.
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A water vendor with his donkey, Mossi Plateau, Burkina Faso, 1981.
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Men drilling a well, Mossi Plateau, Burkina Faso, 1981.
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Men with their zebus on a market, Pouytenga, Burkina Faso, 1981.
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A local smith with tools and a transistor radio, Ziga, Burkina Faso, 1981.
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A Burkina agricultural extension officer with Van der Kraaij, program officer, Plateau-Central Region, Burkina Faso, 1982.
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Young men transport the cotton harvest, Mogtédo, Burkina Faso, 1981.
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An IVECO truck crosses a steel bridge over the Black Volta/Mouhoun River, Burkina Faso, 1984.
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A Fulani mother with her daughter, Boucle du Mouhoun, Burkina Faso, 1984.
In this issue
August 2022
- Albania report
- Australia report
- Brazil report
- Estonia report
- Germany report
- Indonesia report
- Italy report
- Kosovo report
- Netherlands report
- New Zealand report
- Poland report
- Portugal report
- Serbia report
- Sweden report
- UK report
- Uruguay report
- USA report
- AvoinGLAM report
- Content Partnerships Hub report
- Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report
- WMF GLAM report
- Calendar
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