VILLAGE AND CITY STREET AND BUILDING SCENES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001500470004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 25, 1954
• Content Type: FORM

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Nigeria
SUBJECT
Village and city street and building scenes
UM ER OF ITEMS ANQ CATEGORY (Still photo raphs, negatives, or slides)
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DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL
Group I - Scenes taken in and around Ogbomosho (population approx 120,000)
No. shown
on film
54. Distant picture of city. Small body of water in distance is reservoir.
Water is pumped up into town and distributed through public "taps" in
market area. No running water in houses or compounds. Water supply very
inadequate. During dry season acute water shortage occurs.
66. Public water "tap".
83. Typical compound scene showing mud houses.
80. Public recreation hall, playing field. Building constructed in 1953.
4.0. Street scene
4.1. "Egungun" (man in disguise) representing one of Yoruba cults.
4$,x+9,50. Scenes of fire which occurred during 1951 and destroyed part of
Ogbomosho. No fire fighting equipment. Houses covered with straw or
sheet-iron supported by wood poles.
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Group I - Scenes taken in and around Ogbomosho (contd.)
81. "Lorry" (truck) most common mode of travel. Carries people, farm produce,
animals, etc. all together.
82. Small reservoir - near large city reservoir - serves leper colony.
J 56. Pumping station viewed from dam. City of Ogbomosho in distance approx. one mile.
51,52,78. Detachment of Nigerian soldiers.
Group II - Scenes of Kano.
70.
Gate leading into old city of Kano.
71.
Inside old Kano.
72.
"Kano Mosque" -.most elaborate and beautiful in Nigeria.
73.
Emir's palace.
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Emir's palace
37.
Pyramid of :;peanuts (groundnuts, monkeynuts)
68.
Between four to five thousand bags in each pyramid. Several hundred of these
pyramids are to be seen each harvest, awaiting shipment to the UK. Railway
unable to move crop quickly enough.
Group III - Ibadan (population 500,000 - principally Yoruba but many Hausa and Ibo)
10. Distant view of the city
11,12,21. Street scenes and market places.
25. Railroad and train on way to Lagos from Ibadan.
53. "Mapo Hall Hill"
Group IV - Miango - village 22 miles southwest of Jos.
28. Distant view of village.
30,32. Close views of village
26. View of small farm. Land very poor, rugged countryside.
V 31. Swinging bridge over stream near Miango. Jeeps or other small vehicles may
cross over but not standard cars.
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Group V - Lagos
58. View of Lagos Harbor
6. View of bridge that connects Lagos Island to mainland. (View taken from
Barber Line Offices.)
7. Broad Street (second street over from waterfront.)
59? "The Marina" (main street).
Group VI - Oshobo (located between Ibadan and Ilorin)
l6, 17. Street scenes and trading stalls
19. Trading stall.
Group VII - Represents Yoruba religions or cults. (A good description of these
religions can be found in the
book "The Religion of the Yorubas"
by J. Olumide Lucas, printed in
19+8 by the C.M.S. Booksh6p)
71+. Egunguns
75. "Ogun" - God of Iron - Stone altar before blacksmithts shop.
76. "Esu" - Devil God altar
Group VIII - Kaduna
X8,9. Luggard Memorial Hall. This building houses Northern Legislative Assembly.
Grou IX - Ferry Boat
38. Ferry boat at Kaduna River where motor road crosses river, approximately 15
miles from Bida. Ferry takes one car across at a time. There were only two
ferries in operation in 1953.
Group X - Igbetti - Yoruba Tribe. (Approx. 35 miles Northwest of Ilorin on road to Kishi.)
33. -Village scene
,4 35. High rock mountain (or hill) next to village. Natives believe stone mountain
is sacred. They worship "Shango" God.
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Group XI
3. Distant view of Abeokuta - approximately 65 miles inland from Lagos.
Population 67 thousand. Road in picture is a two-lane one of asphalt
surface. Bridge in distance crosses Ogun River.
5. Panda village - approximately five miles east of Ogbomosho on road to Oshogbo.
1 36. "Ju-Ju" rock. Landmark island in Niger River at Jebba where railway crosses
river.
!.7. Shaki. Distant scene of village.
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