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    Image Number: BHA00010_25
    Title: a1956_T633_26
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: SAED:SOCIAL:PERSONALITY:DRUM NOVEMBER 1956 Ð Mrs Geraldine Spooner Ð Old mother spooner continues to go to church untringly Ð the one pillar of faith thatÕs left to her in her old age. A woman who just refuses to be bogged down by age is Mrs. Geraldine M. Spooner. At 83 she is one of the oldest Ð and liveliest Ð people in Phokeng, Rustenburg. And Rustenburg Ð the place of rest Ð is only about 104 old! She came to South Africa in 1915 with her late husband, the late Reverend Kenneth Egerton Spooner, to do missionary work among the Bafokeng. They first started off with a grass-thatched roof for a church and six years later they added a school next to it. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©Baileys Archives) NegT633
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2049 x 3116
    Media Id: 69_607
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: vertical, black and white image, South Africa, Africa, Drum Magazine, historical value, socials, history, 1950s, elderly woman, Rustenberg, Phokeng, North West Province, gardening, front garden, personality, outside house, 1956, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00011_1
    Title: Rustenburg Coronation – Chief Edward Patric Lebone Molotlegi
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: SAED:SOCIAL:PERSONALITY:DRUM OCTOBER 1959 � Proud and self-conscious, the khaki-clad Mafokeng Guards pave the way for the Chief down a dusty street of the village of Phokeng. In their wake too are local dignitaries, children and a few stray dogs. Rustenburg Coronation � It lasted three days. Fifteen thousand people came. Jazz bands, brass bands, the lot. Even the Minister of Bantu Administration looked in at the village of Phokeng for the coronation of Chief �dward Patric Lbone Molotlegi of the Bafokeng tribe. Joburg�s nitelife celebrities, professional men, teachers, factory workers, businessmen and the usual �guests� who turn up to everything going. They all flocked to the dusty, country village of Phokeng, near Rustenburg, in the Transvaal. It was going to be �The feast of the year,� (Photograph by Peter Magubane �Baileys Archives) NEG 3
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5703 x 3784
    Media Id: 69_181
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa, history, coronation of the King of the Bafokeng, October 1959, 1959, October, street, khakhi guards, Peter Magubane, dusty street, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00011_3
    Title: Rustenburg Coronation
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: SAED:SOCIAL:PERSONALITY:DRUM OCTOBER 1959 � Despite efforts to separate them, black and white mingled in the crowd. Rustenburg Coronation � It lasted three days. Fifteen thousand people came. Jazz bands, brass bands, the lot. Even the Minister of Bantu Administration looked in at the village of Phokeng for the coronation of Chief �dward Patric Lbone Molotlegi of the Bafokeng tribe. Joburg�s nitelife celebrities, professional men, teachers, factory workers, businessmen and the usual �guests� who turn up to everything going. They all flocked to the dusty, country village of Phokeng, near Rustenburg, in the Transvaal. It was going to be �The feast of the year,� (Photograph by Peter Magubane �Baileys Archives) NEG 16
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3795 x 5709
    Media Id: 70_7
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa, history, coronation of the King of the Bafokeng, coronation, October 1959, 1959, phokeng, Chief Edward Patric Lebone Molotlegi, Bafokeng, tribe, Peter Magubane, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00011_4
    Title: B1959_19
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY PETER MAGUBANE. OCTOBER 1959 - RUSTENBURG CORONATION . SAED:SOCIAL:PERSONALITY:DRUM OCTOBER 1959 � The Chief�s naval uniform was only sign of British influence. Rustenburg Coronation � It lasted three days. Fifteen thousand people came. Jazz bands, brass bands, the lot. Even the Minister of Bantu Administration looked in at the village of Phokeng for the coronation of Chief �dward Patric Lbone Molotlegi of the Bafokeng tribe. Joburg�s nitelife celebrities, professional men, teachers, factory workers, businessmen and the usual �guests� who turn up to everything going. They all flocked to the dusty, country village of Phokeng, near Rustenburg, in the Transvaal. It was going to be �The feast of the year,� (Photograph by Peter Magubane �Baileys Archives) NEG 19
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Location: Rustenburg
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3807 x 5753
    Media Id: 70_27
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa, history, coronation of the King of the Bafokeng,
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    Image Number: BHA00018_2
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: NIGED: SOCIAL:CITY:JUL 1967 Ð Irrepressible Lagos Ð There is always something happening on the bustling streets of Lagos. It therefore no wonder that Lagos is always alive with girls,cars, parties and dances. In fact, no other city or town in the Nigeria federation, or throughout West Africa for that matter, offers a wider variety of ways in which to pass the time. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: Nigeria
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 4067 x 5191
    Media Id: 69_439
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Drum Magazine, black and white image, Africa, Lagos, historical, vertical, Nigeria, bustling, traffic, street scenes, July, 1967, 1960s, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00019_1
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DRUM MAY 1962 �GREAT MEN CAME TO THE CONFERENCE OF DESTINY. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:MAY 1962 �Great Men Came To The Conference Of Destiny �President Leopold Senghor Of Senegal �The Conference of Heads of African and Malagasy States, which was held in Lagos, Nigeria, at the beginning of the year, saw some encouraging evidence of a continental unity based on the awareness of common problems, and the necessity to fight them with weapons of inter-continental co-operation and friendship. ( Photograph by Drum Photographe
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: Nigeria
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5284 x 4119
    Media Id: 69_676
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, Africa, horizontal, history, cultural history, West Africa, Nigeria, Drum Magazine, social comments, historical value, 1962, 1960s, politics, conferences, Lagos, President, unity, smiling, waving, close-up, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00019_15
    Title: Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the North
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DRUM JUL 1965 BELLO THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGENDNIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:JUL 1965 Bello The Man Behind The Legend The Sardauna visits a pottery studio in the north. He strides the Nigerian scene aloof and inscrutable. To most Nigerians, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the North, is more a legend than a man. But man he is. A truly remarkable man who disdains wealth, who rules the giant North yet owns only ten acres of land, who works and prays for his people with such inspired energy that he sleeps only in snatches, whose exemplary life has shamed the corruptDRUM Editor NELSON OTTAH, who went to the north to meet the Sardauna, tells on these pages of the man behind the legend. His interview with Sir Ahmadu is the most revealing ever published. ( Photograph by Matthew Faji Photographer BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5483 x 3625
    Media Id: 69_752
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: West Africa, Drum Magazine, Nigeria, politics, July 1965, 1965, July, Bello, Sardauna, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto, pottery studio, pottery, studio, Matthew Faji, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00019_6
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: NIGED:SOCIAL:ENTERTAINMENT:MUSIC:DEC 1959 Ð This Music Makes Them Crazy Ð ÒBonsueÓ and ÒRopopoÓ session. ItÕs the latest craze. But some elders want it banned. They say itÕs Òtoo suggestive.Ó But the boys and girls are just living it up. Nigerian teenagers are screaming to a new type of ÒriotousÓ music. It has fired their imagination with its gusto and hot, tear-away beat. (Photograph by Matthew Faji ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: Nigeria
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5222 x 4144
    Media Id: 69_669
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, Africa, horizontal, history, cultural history, West Africa, Nigeria, Drum Magazine, social comments, historical value, African music, modern dance, entertainment, jive, african youth, fun, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00019_7
    Title: Man, Highlife Is Getting Crazier Still
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DRUM JAN 1959 MAN, HIGHLIFE IS GETTING CRAZIER STILLNIGED:SOCIAL:ENTERTAINMENT:MUSIC:JAN 1959 Man, Highlife Is Getting Crazier Still Lagos lads and lassies do the no-motions-barred Tcha-Tcha-Tcha.. They call it Highlife, reaching for stars. ’My customers dance anything from blues to the ukulele Hawaiian. But their latest craze is Tcha-Tcha-Tcha,“ a Lagos night club proprietor told us as we were wandering around to find out how the people enjoy themselves. And he wasn't exaggerating when he called the Tcha a craze, for, on the dance floor, were boys and girls some rolling on the ground, some reeling like wounded things, and some falling backwards and forwards all answering the call of the Tcha-Tcha-Tcha. This was crazy Highlife getting crazier, madder, loonier, bursting at the seams with abandon. ( Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5386 x 4080
    Media Id: 70_154
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, High life, dancing, Drum Magazine, music, entertainment, January 1959, 1959, January, 1950s, African woman, African man dancing, Tcha-Tcha, dance, night club, Drum Photographer, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00019_8
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: . DRUM FEB 1963 Ð MAJEKODUNMI Ð THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WEST. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:FEB 1963 Ð Majekodunmi Ð The Man Who Saved The West Ð A Man in a hurry Ð Dr Majekodunmi was to do a lot in the West, quickly. ÒBut not by me alone. It was a very successful adventure in co-operation,Ó he said. In May 1962 a crisis flared in the Western Region. Then in stepped Dr Moses Majekodunmi, doctor and scientist. His job as administrator was to replace chaos with order. His chief weapons were a cool brain and courage. Since 1941, he has been a very well-known man. That he was appointed a senator some few years ago by the government of the federation did not in itself take the scientist from science to politics. It was subsequently announced that Dr Majekodunmi the senator, would also be Dr Majekodunmi, the federal minister of health. ( Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 4146 x 5161
    Media Id: 69_656
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: vertical, black and white image, South Africa, Africa, Drum Magazine, historical value, socials, history, 1963, 1960s, Nigeria, West Africa, politicians, black African man, administrator, traditional dress, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0001_8
    Title: a1952_2_3
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: SAED:SOCIAL:PERSONALITY:CRIME: DRUM JANUARY 1952 Ð Leaders on Johannesburg vigilantes give their views on fighting tsotsism. VigilantesÕ patrol location streets and help send down the crime rate but they make enemies as well as friends. Mr G. G. Xorile chairman of the Orlando West Vigilante Association, says: ÒThe prevalence of crime is largely due to the residents themselves being negligent about exercising parental control over their children. We must find a way out, and I think the Vigilante Association is the answer.Ó (Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg © BAHA) NEG 002 FRAME 3
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Pixel Size: 4650 x 4706
    Media Id: 69_587
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: square, black and white image, Drum Magazine, historical value, socials, history, 1952, 1950s, vigilantes, leaders, meeting, meeting halls, fight against crime, tsotsi's, addressing meeting, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_10
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: . NIGED:POLITICS:WAR:OCT 1969 Ð It All Began Like A Bad Dream Ð Tragedy of War Ð Federal Troops Quickly made temporary repairs to blown-up bridges. Nelson Ottah was the editor of Drum until February 1967 when he got the ÒfeverÓ and joined the exodus of Ibos to the Eastern Region. For over two years he was in the thick of it all, as a functionary in OjukwuÕs propaganda directorate. He was part of it. He saw the early fever, the epidemic nature of it. He saw the waste of life, the starvation, the frustration, the hopelessness of a shattered illusion. Nelson Ottah says this should not and ought not have been. In this article he appeals to Ibos scattered all over the country for a change of heart, and tells them of the futility of the rebellion. In the former Eastern Nigeria, people Ð young men, old men, young women, old women and children Ð are still dying daily in hundreds and in thousands, from bullets, from bombs, from hunger, from exposure, from despair. Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, de
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: Nigeria
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5222 x 4113
    Media Id: 70_102
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Drum Magazine, history, cultural history, social comments, historical value, black and white image, Nigeria, Africa, horizontal, West Africa, 1969, 1960s, war, tragedy, inter-tribal conflict., bridges, destroyed, bridge, crossing bridge, politics, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_11
    Title: It All Began Like A Bad Dream - Tragedy of War Bridges
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:WAR:OCT 1969 It All Began Like A Bad Dream Tragedy of War Bridges are especially vulnerable in time of war. Nelson Ottah was the editor of Drum until February 1967 when he got the fever and joined the exodus of Ibos to the Eastern Region. For over two years he was in the thick of it all, as a functionary in Ojukwu's propaganda directorate. He was part of it. He saw the early fever, the epidemic nature of it. He saw the waste of life, the starvation, the frustration, the hopelessness of a shattered illusion. Nelson Ottah says this should not and ought not have been. In this article he appeals to Ibos scattered all over the country for a change of heart, and tells them of the futility of the rebellion. In the former Eastern Nigeria, people young men, old men, young women, old women and children are still dying daily in hundreds and in thousands, from bullets, from bombs, from hunger, from exposure, from despair. Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, despite the vast ceme
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 4106 x 5260
    Media Id: 69_704
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, war, politics, October 1969, 1969 October, Nelson Ottah, bridges, war bridges, tragedy, Drum Photographer, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_15
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:FEB 1954 Ð WhoÕs Who In The 1964 Election Fight ÐNCNC Leader Dr Michael Okpara. His party gives the impression of being bemused Òand a shadow of its former glory,Ó says the West African Pilot. The National Convention of Nigerian Citizens gives the impression of being smug, disorganized and bemused. The Action Group gives the appearance of being puzzled, atrophied and uncertain. The United PeopleÕs Party presents the image of ideological impotence and opportunism. The picture that small parties like the Dynamic Party, the Northern Elements Progressive Union and the United Middle-Belt Congress present is that of bewilderment, irresolution and drift. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: Nigeria
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3995 x 5363
    Media Id: 69_599
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: vertical, black and white image, South Africa, Africa, Drum Magazine, historical value, socials, history, black African woman, hats, portrait, three quarters view, head and shoulders, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_19
    Title: The Future Of The Emirs
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: . NIGED:SOCIAL:CULTURE:PERSONALITIES:MAR 1968 Ð The Future Of The Emirs Ð Devout Northerners owe their allegiances to their faith and their emirs. ÒEmirs of Northern Nigeria have always operated within a democratic framework. What many people did not see clearly was that their form of democracy was more by consultation and by consensus. Present day demand is for the democracy of the secret ballot. The people want to have more say about how they are governed. This doesnÕt mean that the emirs no longer have important functions. The emirs should adapt their institution to fit the new order. Even with the power passing on to the masses, the emirs can still symbolize that power, representing the collective power of the people.Ó (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5173 x 4017
    Media Id: 70_75
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Drum Magazine, black and white image, Africa, Nigeria, historical, horizontal, March, 1968, 1960s, Muslim, bowing, crowds, March 1968, Emirs, West Africa, culture, religion, Drum Photographer, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_2
    Title: Tragedy of war
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DRUM OCT 1969 IT ALL BEGAN LIKE A BAD DREAM. NIGED:POLITICS:WAR:OCT 1969 It All Began Like A Bad Dream Tragedy of War A woman weeps in liberated Calabar. Nelson Ottah was the editor of Drum until February 1967 when he got the ÒfeverÓ and joined the exodus of Ibos to the Eastern Region. For over two years he was in the thick of it all, as a functionary in OjukwuÕs propaganda directorate. He was part of it. He saw the early fever, the epidemic nature of it. He saw the waste of life, the starvation, the frustration, the hopelessness of a shattered illusion. Nelson Ottah says this should not and ought not have been. In this article he appeals to Ibos scattered all over the country for a change of heart, and tells them of the futility of the rebellion. In the former Eastern Nigeria, people young men, old men, young women, old women and children are still dying daily in hundreds and in thousands, from bullets, from bombs, from hunger, from exposure, from despair. Chukwue
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3896 x 5139
    Media Id: 69_340
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, politics, war, Drum Magazine, October 1969, 1969, woman sitting, crying, bad dream, Calabar, weeps, Nelson Ottah, editor of Drum, ibos, Eastern Region, Ojukwu, hunger, exposure, despair, dying, Drum Photographer, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_20
    Title: Day Of Mourning Ironsi Is Assassinated - Sir Francis Ibiam
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: . NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:MAY 1967 Ð Day Of Mourning Ð Ironsi Is Assassinated ÐSir Francis Ibiam, advisor to the military governor of Eastern Nigeria, in deep mourning at the burial of Lieutenant-Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi. It was a solemn occasion, the most solemn that many Nigerians remember. Major-General Aguiyi-ironsi, former head of the federal military government and supreme commander of the armed forces, and Lieutenant-Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, former military governor of Western Nigeria, were killed in Ibadan on July 29, 1966, by mutinous soldiers of the Nigerian army. The federal military government formally announced their death on Saturday, January 14, 1967, the eve of the first anniversary of the army mutiny. In deed, Major-General Aguiyi-Irons, and Lieutenant-Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi were mourned twice Ð privately by thousands on August 1, and officially, by thousands in January 1967. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5261 x 4074
    Media Id: 69_552
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: horizontal, black and white image, Africa, Nigeria, political assassinations, 1960s, portrait, west africa, mourning, Sir Francis Ibiam, Lieutenant-Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, Major-General Aguiyi-ironsi, Lieutenant-Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, May 1967, 1967, Drum Photographer, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_5
    Title: It All Began Like A Bad Dream Tragedy of War - Starvation
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    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:WAR:OCT 1969 It All Began Like A Bad Dream Tragedy of War The war is Over but, for the civilian population in the rebel areas, the fight against starvation continues. Nelson Ottah was the editor of Drum until February 1967 when he got the ÒfeverÓ and joined the exodus of Ibos to the Eastern Region. For over two years he was in the thick of it all, as a functionary in OjukwuÕs propaganda directorate. He was part of it. He saw the early fever, the epidemic nature of it. He saw the waste of life, the starvation, the frustration, the hopelessness of a shattered illusion. Nelson Ottah says this should not and ought not have been. In this article he appeals to Ibos scattered all over the country for a change of heart, and tells them of the futility of the rebellion. In the former Eastern Nigeria, people young men, old men, young women, old women and children are still dying daily in hundreds and in thousands, from bullets, from bombs, from hunger, from exposu
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 4122 x 5261
    Media Id: 69_346
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, Drum Magazine, politics, war, October 1969, child, tragedy of war, starvation, Drum photographer, 1969, October, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_6
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:WAR:OCT 1969 Ð It All Began Like A Bad Dream Ð Tragedy of War ÐThe Innocents of war, men, women and children caught up in a helpless situation which was not of their making. Nelson Ottah was the editor of Drum until February 1967 when he got the ÒfeverÓ and joined the exodus of Ibos to the Eastern Region. For over two years he was in the thick of it all, as a functionary in OjukwuÕs propaganda directorate. He was part of it. He saw the early fever, the epidemic nature of it. He saw the waste of life, the starvation, the frustration, the hopelessness of a shattered illusion. Nelson Ottah says this should not and ought not have been. In this article he appeals to Ibos scattered all over the country for a change of heart, and tells them of the futility of the rebellion. In the former Eastern Nigeria, people Ð young men, old men, young women, old women and children Ð are still dying daily in hundreds and in thousands, from bullets, from bombs, from hunger, from expos
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: Nigeria
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 4083 x 5231
    Media Id: 70_130
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: West Africa, vertical, Drum Magazine, history, black and white image, Africa, Nigeria, cultural history, social comments, historical value, 1969, 1960s, starvation, food distribution, black African people, crowds, empty, containers, war, inter-tribal conflict., ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_7
    Title: Tragedy of war
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:WAR:OCT 1969 Ð It All Began Like A Bad Dream Ð Tragedy of War Ð Federal Soldiers advance through a devastated township. Nelson Ottah was the editor of Drum until February 1967 when he got the ÒfeverÓ and joined the exodus of Ibos to the Eastern Region. For over two years he was in the thick of it all, as a functionary in OjukwuÕs propaganda directorate. He was part of it. He saw the early fever, the epidemic nature of it. He saw the waste of life, the starvation, the frustration, the hopelessness of a shattered illusion. Nelson Ottah says this should not and ought not have been. In this article he appeals to Ibos scattered all over the country for a change of heart, and tells them of the futility of the rebellion. In the former Eastern Nigeria, people Ð young men, old men, young women, old women and children Ð are still dying daily in hundreds and in thousands, from bullets, from bombs, from hunger, from exposure, from despair. Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, despite the vas
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5223 x 4083
    Media Id: 69_674
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, Africa, horizontal, history, cultural history, West Africa, Nigeria, Drum Magazine, social comments, historical value, 1969, 1960s, politics, war, tragedy, soldiers, armed forces, checking, searching, towns, destroyed homes, high angle shot, Drum Photographer, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00020_9
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    Description: DRUM FEB 1970 Ð END OF A REBELLION. NIGED:POLITICS:WAR:PERSONALITIES:FEB 1970 Ð End of a Rebellion Ð In January 1970 Ojukwu went into exile in Cote DÕIvoire, and his deputy, Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Effiong, was left to announce the end of secession and negotiate terms for peace. The re-integration of the secessionist areas took place more easily than many observers predicted. Back under control, the secessionist soon realized the federal troops had not indulged in genocide as their leaders would have had them believe. At the end of the war a general amnesty was offered to all those who had fought against the Nigerian army. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 5246 x 4130
    Media Id: 69_636
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    Keywords: black and white image, South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Drum Magazine, historical value, socials, history, 1970, 1970s, politics, war, Nigeria, West Africa, Lorry, heavy loads, country road, soldiers, civilians, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00021_11
    Title: The Influence of Islam on West Africa
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    Description: DRUM NOV 1958 Ð THE STRENGTH AND INFLUENCE OF ISLAM ON WEST AFRICA. NIGED:SOCIAL:CULTURE:RELIGION:NOV 1958 Ð The Strength And Influence Of Islam On West Africa Ð The Central Mosque, Lagos. The rich, the poor, the retired and the unemployed: they are all to be found in the mosques. The floors of the mosques are lined with carpets, some ornate, some threadbare. Worshippers shed their shoes before entering. It is difficult to be precise about the number of Muslims in West Africa, since in most territories religious statistics are not recorded in the census. The vast majority of the population of Northern Nigeria is Muslim, though some pagan tribes have survived, especially in the Middle Belt. In the predominantly Yoruba Western Region of Nigeria, conversion to Islam is taking place rapidly, and it is estimated that in some of the big towns, like Ibadan, between 50 and 60 per cent of the population is already Muslim.( Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Orientation: panoramic
    Pixel Size: 5849 x 3501
    Media Id: 69_452
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    Keywords: Drum Magazine, black and white image, Africa, Lagos, historical, horizontal, Nigeria, Mosques , Islam, November, 1958, 1950s, Muslims, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00021_12
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    Description: DRUM JUN 1958 Ð MR DRUM SUMS UP THE EFFECTS OF CHRISTIANITY. NIGED:SOCIAL:CULTURE:RELIGION:JUN 1958 Ð Mr Drum Sums Up The Effects Of Christianity Ð A Sect Derived from Christianity: Members of the Cherubim and Seraphim sect in Lagos find religion a lot of fun. They say they have adapted Christianity to West African Life. It looked as if Christianity had come to stay, and in the ensuing years the church strove to stabilize its position in the social life of the people. ( Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5172 x 4102
    Media Id: 69_809
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    Keywords: black and white image, Nigeria, Africa, horizontal, history, Drum Magazine, cultural history, social comments, historical value, Lagos, religion, Christianity, culture, religious ceremony, religious dress, religious ecstacy, religious followers, religious groups, religious leaders, black African people, 1958, 1950s, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00021_5
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    Description: NIGED:SOCIAL:CULTURE:RELIGION:NOV 1958 Ð The Strength And Influence Of Islam On West Africa Ð Eid-El-Kabir Festival: The federal premier, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, leads worshippers at the Obalende praying ground in Lagos. Solemn and pensive, on the premierÕs left, stands a boy of royal blood. He is prince Oyekan Adele, scion of a formidable father, His Excellency, Oba Adele II of Lagos. It is difficult to be precise about the number of Muslims in West Africa, since in most territories religious statistics are not recorded in the census. The vast majority of the population of Northern Nigeria is Muslim, though some pagan tribes have survived, especially in the Middle Belt. In the predominantly Yoruba Western Region of Nigeria, conversion to Islam is taking place rapidly, and it is estimated that in some of the big towns, like Ibadan, between 50 and 60 per cent of the population is already Muslim.( Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Country: Nigeria
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    Pixel Size: 5027 x 3935
    Media Id: 69_236
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    Keywords: horizontal, black and white image, Nigeria, Africa, Drum Magazine, November, 1958, 1950s, Islam, Islamic festivals, worshippers, Nigerians, religion, Eid Al-Adha, religious dress, Abubakar Tafewa Balewa, robes, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00021_7
    Title: The Strength And Influence Of Islam On West Africa
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    Description: NIGED:SOCIAL:CULTURE:RELIGION:NOV 1958 The Strength And Influence Of Islam On West Africa Kneeling In Prayer: All over West Africa devout Muslims turn to Mecca, kneel down and chant their prayers to Allah. It is difficult to be precise about the number of Muslims in West Africa, since in most territories religious statistics are not recorded in the census. The vast majority of the population of Northern Nigeria is Muslim, though some pagan tribes have survived, especially in the Middle Belt. In the predominantly Yoruba Western Region of Nigeria, conversion to Islam is taking place rapidly, and it is estimated that in some of the big towns, like Ibadan, between 50 and 60 per cent of the population is already Muslim. ( Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 5112 x 4020
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    Keywords: West Africa, religion, culture, Islam, strength, influence, kneeling prayer, Muslim, Mecca, population, people kneeling, people praying, 1958, November 1958, nigeria,
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    Image Number: BHA00021_9
    Title: Bello The Man Behind The Legend
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    Description: DRUM JUL 1965 BELLO-THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGENDNIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:JUL 1965 Bello The Man Behind The Legend Sir Ahmadu: ”It is ridiculous to suggest I am the real ruler of Nigeria.''He strides the Nigerian scene aloof and inscrutable. To most Nigerians, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and premier of the North, is more a legend than a man. But man he is. A truly remarkable man who disdains wealth, who rules the giant North yet owns only ten acres of land, who works and prays for his people with such inspired energy that he sleeps only in snatches, whose exemplary life has shamed the corrupt.( Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 3928 x 5182
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    Image Number: BHA00022_1
    Title: Sir Ahmadu Bello
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    Description: DRUM FEB 1954 Ð WHOÕS WHO IN THE 1964 ELECTION FIGHT. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:FEB 1954 Ð WhoÕs Who In The 1964 Election Fight Ð Northern PeopleÕs Congress leader Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello. His party faces the election as the most powerful and most masterful political group in Nigeria. The emergence of the NPC as the most masterful and powerful political party in the federation has been greatly helped by its opponent parties. The NCNC has been working the federal government in coalition with the NPC during the past few years and has been determined to do nothing that could be interpreted by its partner as an unfriendly act. It has progressively been submerging its image under, and selling many important ideological passes to, the NPC. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 4695 x 4608
    Media Id: 69_395
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    Keywords: Drum Magazine, black and white image, Africa, Nigeria, historical, square, politicians, black African man, July 1961, 1961, West Africa, traditional attire, Sir Ahmadu Bello, premier, ,
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    Image Number: BHA00023_4
    Title: Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, leads worshipers at the Obalende praying ground in Lagos
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    Pixel Size: 4463 x 4451
    Media Id: 69_197
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    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, Lagos, Drum Magazine, religion, Islam, festival, premier, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, leads, worshippers, Obalende, praying ground, Oyekan Adele, Drum Photographer, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0015_007.tif
    Title: What A Welcome In Western Nigeria, Chief Anthony Enahoro
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    Description: DM2011060191:NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:MAY 1959 – What A Welcome – In Western Nigeria, Chief Anthony Enahoro, a Minister of State who has strongly criticized Dr. Nkrumah about deportation of Nigerians, was among those to give the visitors from Ghana a hearty welcome. He was on the go for twelve day, Dr. Nkrumah. Talking, listening, shaking hands, acknowledging cheers. Then, weary and smiling he got on the plane to return home. ( Photograph by Matthew Faji ©BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 5271 x 4095
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    Keywords: West Africa, Drum Magazine, politics, Nigeria, May 1959, 1959, May, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Chief Anthony Anahora, minister, welcome, Ghana, Matthew Faji, walking, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0015_011.tif
    Title: Chief Dennis Osadebay, welcomes the new move
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    Description: DM2011060203:NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:JUL 1962 – ‘Monster’ State Born Of Pride And Hysteria – Protagonist for the creation of the new Mid-West State, Chief Dennis Osadebay, welcomes the new move. The Mid-West State issue that was born of spite and hysteria is today threatening to sunder the Nigerian federation in two. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 3641 x 5818
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    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, politics, July 1962, 1962, Chief, Dennis Osadebay, Nigeria federation, Drum Photographer, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0015_012.tif
    Title: Major-General Yakubu Gowon
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    Description: DM2011060204:NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:DEC 1967 – Why The War Broke Out? – Africa’s youngest head of state, Major-General Yakubu Gowon, is fighting hard to keep total Nigerian unity. Many people thought that Major-General Gowon, in view of the strained relations between the North and the Ibos, would seek to consolidate a northern hold on the rest of the country. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Image Number: BHA0015_10
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    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:JUL 1962 Ð ÔMonsterÕ State Born Of Pride And Hysteria Ð Akintola went to court to stop the new state. The Mid-West State issue that was born of spite and hysteria is today threatening to sunder the Nigerian federation in two. The Government of Western Nigeria which, seven years ago, impatiently and somewhat naively gave the issue a sort of legislative forum, is now doing everything in its power to stop it from becoming a reality, while the NCNC and the NPC, who in their heart of hearts really do not wonÕt more new states, are doing all in their power to see the proposed state become a reality. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Country: Nigeria
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    Pixel Size: 3853 x 4975
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    Keywords: Drum Magazine, black and white image, Africa, Nigeria, historical, vertical, July, 1962, 1960s, political leaders, politicians, traditional dress, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0015_2
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    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:SEP 1962 Ð Diary Of Western NigeriaÕs Political Crisis ÐThe Police had difficulty in handling some rioters. This record of the crisis in Western Nigeria serves as a reminder that we must never again allow political difference to get so disastrously out of hand. ( Photograph by Matthew Faji ©BAHA)
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    Country: Nigeria
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    Pixel Size: 5052 x 4039
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    Keywords: black and white image, West, Africa, horizontal, Drum Magazine, history, cultural history, social comments, historical value, 1962, 1960s, Nigeria, rioting, police vehicles, road, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0015_3
    Title: Diary Of Western Nigeria's Political Crisis
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    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:SEP 1962 Diary Of Western Nigeria's Political CrisisThe Police had difficulty in handling some rioters. This record of the crisis in Western Nigeria serves as a reminder that we must never again allow political difference to get so disastrously out of hand. ( Photograph by Matthew Faji BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 5082 x 4087
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    Image Number: BHA0015_5
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    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:SEP 1962 Ð Diary Of Western NigeriaÕs Political Crisis Ð Alhaji Dauda Adegbenro becomes the new premier of the Western Region. This record of the crisis in Western Nigeria serves as a reminder that we must never again allow political difference to get so disastrously out of hand. ( Photograph by Matthew Faji ©BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 4088 x 5218
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    Image Number: BHA0015_9
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    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:MAY 1959 Ð What A Welcome ÐBefore the feast, the tribute. Dr. Nkrumah acknowledges the greetings of the people of Lagos when he arrives at the Mainland Hotel, Lago, with Oba Adniji Adele for a civic lunch. Ghana Minister Botsio is on the right. He was on the go for twelve day, Dr. Nkrumah. Talking, listening, shaking hands, acknowledging cheers. Then, weary and smiling he got on the plane to return home. ( Photograph by Matthew Faji ©BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 4107 x 5137
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    Keywords: vertical, black and white image, Lagos, Africa, Nigeria, 1959, 1950s, politics, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, personality, Drum Magazine, historical value, socials, history, waving, government ministers, doorways, West Africa, Matthew Faji, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0016_001.tif
    Title: The Cry For Freedom Nnamdi Azikiwe stands to attention on the first anniversary of independence
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    Description: DM2011060189:NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:OCT 1970 – The Cry For Freedom – Nnamdi Azikiwe stands to attention on the first anniversary of independence. The road which led to October 1, 1960 was long hard: It was not easy to formulate a constitution which would allay the fears of the various ethnic groups. But out of love of country, Nigerian political parties sank their differences – and with on voice demanded independence. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Image Number: BHA0016_010.tif
    Title: The North's Great Durbar
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    Description: NIGED:SOCIAL:CULTURE:SEP 1959 – The North’s Great Durbar –The pounding, Pulsating rhythm of the drums is too strong to be denied. From all parts of the North they came. The bold cavalry-men on their fiery steeds, their swords and spears glistening in the sun. The women from the Zaria Province, tall and erect in their colourful robes. The men dancer, bursting with smiles and vitality. Such a day had not been before, the day a durbar was held to celebrate self-government in the Northern Region of Nigeria. It was enormous, vast, diverse, majestic. Taking part were over 10 000 men and women, 3000 horses. Dancing and singing crowds came from all thirteen provinces of the Northern Region. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 4994 x 4313
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    Image Number: BHA0016_11
    Title: The North's Great Durbar
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    Description: NIGED:SOCIAL:CULTURE:SEP 1959 The North's Great Durbar Solemn And Eerie: The notes of the pipers wail across the arena, recalling of a strange and glorious past From all parts of the North they came. The bold cavalry-men on their fiery steeds, their swords and spears glistening in the sun. The women from the Zaria Province, tall and erect in their colourful robes. The men dancer, bursting with smiles and vitality. Such a day had not been before, the day a durbar was held to celebrate self-government in the Northern Region of Nigeria. It was enormous, vast, diverse, majestic. Taking part were over 10 000 men and women, 3000 horses. Dancing and singing crowds came from all thirteen provinces of the Northern Region. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)
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    Pixel Size: 4986 x 4304
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    Image Number: BHA0016_12
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    Description: NIGED:SOCIAL:CULTURE:SEP 1959 Ð The NorthÕs Great Durbar ÐThe horsemen Strut their stuff in splendid pomp and glory. From all parts of the North they came. The bold cavalry-men on their fiery steeds, their swords and spears glistening in the sun. The women from the Zaria Province, tall and erect in their colourful robes. The men dancer, bursting with smiles and vitality. Such a day had not been before, the day a durbar was held to celebrate self-government in the Northern Region of Nigeria. It was enormous, vast, diverse, majestic. Taking part were over 10 000 men and women, 3000 horses. Dancing and singing crowds came from all thirteen provinces of the Northern Region. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Country: Nigeria
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    Pixel Size: 5153 x 4091
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    Image Number: BHA0016_2
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    Description: DRUM FEB 1965 Ð WHY HATE THE IBOS?. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:FEB 1965 Ð Why Hate The Ibos? Ð Nnamdi Azikiwe Ð A painful cry of a member of a persecuted group. ÒBesides the Jews, probably no other linguistic group has suffered so much persecution in history as the Ibo have been obliged to endure in Nigeria.Ó This statement was made by President Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1964. It brought into the open the truth of tribal discrimination in Nigeria. The anti-Ibo feeling that swept through the federation received its main kick from the publication of the 1963 census, its acceptance by the governments of Northern and Western Nigeria and its rejection by both the government and the Ibos of Eastern Nigeria. Minor issues such as the sharing of board appointments between the Eastern and Western members of the NCNC Ð have also gone into fanning its embers. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA
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    Country: Nigeria
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    Image Number: BHA0016_4
    Title: Why Can't Zik Be Pals With Awolowo?
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    Description: DRUM DEC 1959 �WHY CAN� ZIK BE PALS WITH AWOLOWO?. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:DEC 1959 �Why Can� Zik Be Pals With Awolowo? ��f Chief Awolowo and I were able to become friendly, we could solve our problems just like that. That� my view.� Does Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, leader of the NCNC and premier of Eastern Nigeria, hate Chief Obafemi Awolowo, leader of the Action Group and premier of Western Nigeria, and does Chief Awolowo hate Dr Azikiwe in turn? There are more Nigerians who would say yes to this question than there are who would say no. And it is no wonder, seeing that so much evidence of the past has pointed to the existence of a violent mutual hatred between the two leaders. (Photograph by Drum Photographer �BAHA)DRUM JUN 1960 �PHILOSOPHY OF THE ANGRY YOUNG TURKS
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    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, politics, Zik, Awolowo, Chief Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, NCNC, Premier, Eastern Nigeria, hate, Chief Obafeni Awolowo, leader, Action group, Drum Photographer, glasses, hat, December 1959, 1959, December, 1950s, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0017_008.tif
    Title: Akintola Speaks His Mind
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    Description: DM2011060177:NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:MAY 1965 – Akintola Speaks His Mind – Chief Akintola: “I was not responsible for the imprisonment of Chief Awolowo, when Chief Awolowo said he had lost confidence in me. One curious thing about the whole show was that I had the majority of the party’s leaders on my side. I did not favour a national government to the exclusion of the NCNC. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Image Number: BHA0017_009.tif
    Title: Bobby Benson
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    Description: DM2011060175:NIGED:MUSIC:PERSONALITIES:OCT 1957 – It’s Showtime For Bobby Benson – The hot showman picked up music as he went along. I relaxed in a not-too-comfortable chair in a plush Lagos Nightclub where Bobby Benson and his Hep Cats dished out music thrice a week and listened to his latest composition. I watched a packed crowd of dancers of all colours sway to the rhythm of the tune and ask for more and my mind raced back to somewhere at Moleye street in the year of the Lord, 1945. Why? That’s where it all started – I saw the birth of Bobby’s now famous Jam Session Orchestra. I can still re-live those evenings of sweating and shouting and of the ear-splitting screeches of imperfectly played musical instruments. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA) `
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    Image Number: BHA0017_010.tif
    Title: Bobby Benson
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    Description: DM2011060176:NIGED:MUSIC:PERSONALITIES:OCT 1957 – It’s Showtime For Bobby Benson – The hot showman picked up music as he went along. I relaxed in a not-too-comfortable chair in a plush Lagos Nightclub where Bobby Benson and his Hep Cats dished out music thrice a week and listened to his latest composition. I watched a packed crowd of dancers of all colours sway to the rhythm of the tune and ask for more and my mind raced back to somewhere at Moleye street in the year of the Lord, 1945. Why? That’s where it all started – I saw the birth of Bobby’s now famous Jam Session Orchestra. I can still re-live those evenings of sweating and shouting and of the ear-splitting screeches of imperfectly played musical instruments. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA) `
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 4051 x 5303
    Media Id: 147_15
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, music, personalities, Drum Magazine, October 1957, Bobby Benson, Showtime, musical instruments, Moleye street, Drum Photographer,
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    Image Number: BHA0017_016.tif
    Title: Western Nigerian Minister Chief Enahoro
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    Description: DM2011060128:NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:AUG 1959 – Tough-Talking Chief Enahoro – Mild and passive in repose is Western Nigerian Minister Chief Enahoro. But don’t get him roused if you don’t like thunder! Three times he has been stuck in jail for talking out. And three times he has burst back into public life to take up the war of words again. His father had it all worked out for him to go to Oxford to learn the law. But Chief Enaharo, a law unto himself, preferred the hurly-burly of Nigerian politics. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
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    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3942 x 5280
    Media Id: 147_18
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: West Africa, Nigeria, portrait, glasses, Minister, Chief, Enahoro, August 1959, 1959, Drum Photographer, politics, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0017_1
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    Description: DRUM Ð MAR 1963 Ð PEACE RETURNS TO THE WEST. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITES:MAR 1963 Ð Peace Returns To The West Ð Commissioner Coker ( left ) and his assistant: The Coker Commissioner completely cleared Chief Akintola. January was the month of joy and sorrow for the western Region of Nigeria. The month saw the end of the seven-month-long state of emergency; the publication of the report of the Coker Commission of inquiry into the affairs of certain statutory corporations; the triumphant return of Chief Samuel Akintola, the suspended premier; the appointment of Chief Joseph Odeleye Fadahunsi as the new governor, and return of peace- or semblance of it Ð to the region. ( Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: Nigeria
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5075 x 4206
    Media Id: 69_549
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    Keywords: horizontal, black and white image, Africa, peace talks, Nigeria, 1960s, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0017_12
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    Description: DRUM AUG 1961 Ð NIGERIAÕS FOURTH STATE IS BORN. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:AUG 1961 Ð NigeriaÕs Fourth State Is Born Ð Chief Anthony Enahoro speaks to reporters on his return from one of his many trips abroad to explain the Nigerian situation. A new region is born. The new Mid-West State is now in existence and the pressure is on for two more states to be formed out of the current set-up. April 4 this year saw the writing of a new chapter in NigeriaÕs constitutional history. It was on that epoch-making day that legislators of NigeriaÕs highest parliament, the federal House of Representatives, endorsed without dissentient voice the demand of the people of the Mid-West areas for a separate state. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: Nigeria
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5259 x 4104
    Media Id: 69_500
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Drum Magazine, black and white image, Africa, Nigeria, historical, horizontal, August, 1961, 1960s, Chief Anthony Enahoro, politicians, political leaders, press conferences, ,
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    Image Number: BHA0017_13
    Title: Nigeria's Fourth State Is Born-Chief Anthony Enahoro speaks to reporters on his return from one of his many trips abroad
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    Description: NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:AUG 1961 Ð NigeriaÕs Fourth State Is Born Ð Chief Anthony Enahoro speaks to reporters on his return from one of his many trips abroad to explain the Nigerian situation. A new region is born. The new Mid-West State is now in existence and the pressure is on for two more states to be formed out of the current set-up. April 4 this year saw the writing of a new chapter in NigeriaÕs constitutional history. It was on that epoch-making day that legislators of NigeriaÕs highest parliament, the federal House of Representatives, endorsed without dissentient voice the demand of the people of the Mid-West areas for a separate state. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA)
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    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 4146 x 5284
    Media Id: 69_154
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
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    Image Number: BHA0017_2
    Title: Obafemi Awolowo Organises The West
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    Description: DRUM Ð FEB 1954 Ð OBAFEMI AWOLOWO ORGANISES THE WEST. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:FEB 1954 Ð Obafemi Awolowo Organises The West Ð Obafemi Awolowo was chiefly responsible for organizing Western Nigeria. He started with Yoruba students in London and a cultural group called the Egbe Omo Odudwa emerged. He then focused on the Yoruba people in Western Nigeria which culminated in a new political force Ð the action Group. Obafemi Awolowo is the most powerful in Western Nigeria. He rose from a fatherless, almost helpless village boy to a leader of six million Western Nigerians. He is leader of the action group , now in power in Western Nigeria, and one of three Nigerian premiers to emerge from the haze and dust of West African politics after Kwame Nkrumah of the Gold Coast. He is author of The path to Nigerian freedom and an unwavering leader along his chosen path. ( Photograph by Drum Photograp