Category:NSAG Collection
This category contains photographs of Africa made by Mr. L. A. van Es, PhD., a medical doctor and Leiden university professor, and his fellow travellers engineer Mr. M. M. U. van Dis and medical doctor Mr. H. F. J. M. Crebolder, all from the Netherlands. They took these photographs during an expedition of the NSAG (Nederlands Studenten Afrika Gezelschap, Dutch Student Africa Society, consisting of thirteen Dutch students) travelling mainly from east to west across North Africa in 1961-1962. The images are a kind gift by them to the African Studies Centre Leiden and Wikimedia Commons in 2019 and 2020.
Notes
edit- Route of the NSAG student group through Africa by truck, from Egypt: Cairo - Abu Simbel/Assuan - Wadi Halfa, to Sudan: Khartoum. By airplane from Sudan: Khartoum to Uganda: Kampala and back. By truck from Sudan: Khartoum - Sennar - El Obeid - Nyala - Golol in the Marra Mountains, to Chad: Abéché - Fort Lamy, to Cameroon: Bongor, to Nigeria: Kano - Zaria - Kaduna - Nsukka - Enugu - Ibadan - Lagos, to Dahomey (later called Benin): Porto Novo, to Togo: Lomé, to Ghana: Accra - Kumasi, and to Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan. By airplane from Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan to Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou, to Mali: Bamako and back to Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan. By airplane: from Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan to Senegal: Dakar. Finally by boat to Italy: Genoa.
- The three sturdy trucks used by the students were type DAF YA-126, which were borrowed from the Royal Dutch Army.
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The photographers
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Harry Crebolder caught photographing on board the ship Johan van Oldenbarnevelt - November 1961
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Harry Crebolder with a young African boy, Kampala, Uganda - 29-11-1961
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Harry Crebolder playing checkers in Kumasi, Ghana - November 1961
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Maarten van Dis and a souvenir seller
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Maarten van Dis, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria - 18-21 January 1962
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Bob van Es writing in his diary, Bongor, Chad, January 1962
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Bob van Es listening
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Bob van Es in El Geneina, Sudan, December 29-30, 1961
Literature
edit- (report in Dutch) openaccess.leidenuniv.nl Birnie, F. et al: Rapport dagboek van dertien : verslag van een studiereis van dertien Nederlandse studenten van nov. 1961 tot april 1962 langs Afrikaanse universiteiten, Nederlands Studenten Afrika Gezelschap, 1963 (104 pages) (All thirteen authors: Birnie, F.; Broek, H. van den; Crebolder, H.F.J.M.; Creutzberg, A. Ae.; Dis, M.M.U. van; Dongen, P.G. van; Es, L.A. van; Galjart, B.F.; Geer, D.J. de; Hardon, P.M.; Muyzenberg, L.W. van den; Notten, W.J.P. van; Wenckebach, G.B.)
- Abstract: From November 1961 to April 1962, a group of thirteen Dutch students visited the following African universities: Khartoum (Sudan), Kampala (Uganda), Zaria (Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria), Nsukka (Enugu State, Nigeria) and Dakar (Senegal) on an extensive mainly road trip. The purpose of the trip was to establish contacts with African students. Various group members contributed to this report.
Usage and copyright
edit- Usage of these images on Wikimedia projects, main namespace (articles) only.
- Copyright for the photographs by L.A. van Es has been settled under Wikimedia Commons OTRS Ticket#2019122310004565, with the license self|CC-BY-SA-4.0|GFDL|author=L.A. van Es (Template:L.A. van Es): to be done 06/2020
- Copyright for the photographs by Maarten M.W. van Dis, Wikimedia Commons OTRS Ticket#2020041110003314, with the license self|CC-BY-SA-4.0|author=NSAG (Nederlands studenten Afrika Gezelschap) (Template:NSAG (Nederlands Studenten Afrika Gezelschap))
- List of image files in the NSAG Collection tbd
Languages used in the photo descriptions
edit- Descriptions of the images are provided in at least one of the official languages of the relevant countries and in any case in English and in Dutch. These official languages are, according to Wikipedia country articles in English and French, for Benin (formerly Dahomey): French, lingua franca Fon (no translation in Fon available), Cameroon/Cameroun: English and French, Chad: French and Arabic (lingua franca: Chadian Arabic), Egypt: Arabic, Ghana: English, Ivory Coast: French, Nigeria: English, Senegal: French, lingua franca Wolof (no translation in Wolof available), Sudan: Arabic, Togo: French, Uganda: English and (Ki)Swahili. Photo filenames are not in Arabic or (Ki)Swahili, as the uploader does not know these languages. For the usage of Arabic and (Ki)Swahili in the metadata, please refer to the disclaimer below.
Disclaimer
- The descriptions, names of depicted places and dates in Arabic and (Ki)Swahili have been produced by machine translation (Google Translate) without expert correction and might accordingly contain errors. Although the main metadata (descriptions, locations and dates) in one of the used languages have been carefully checked by the donors, the uploader is solely responsible for any remaining errors. The uploader, Hansmuller (talk) 11:44, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Ten African universities visited
editCountry | University | City | Year |
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Sudan | University of Khartoum | Khartoum | 1961 |
Uganda | Makere University College (now Makere University) | Kampala | 1961 |
Nigeria | Nigerian College for Arts, Science and Technology (? University of Northern Nigeria, now Ahmadu Bello University) |
Zaria (Kaduna State, North Nigeria) | 1962 |
University of Nigeria | Nsukka (Enugu State, East Nigeria)) | 1962 | |
University College Ibadan (now University of Ibadan) | Ibadan (Oyo State) | 1962 | |
University Ife (West Nigeria) | Ibadan (Oyo State) | 1962 | |
Ghana | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Kumasi (Ashanti Region) | 1962 |
University of Ghana (formerly University College of Ghana, 1957-1961) | Legon, Accra | 1962 | |
Ivory Coast | Centre d'Etudes Supérieures (Université de Cocody, now Université Félix Houphouët Boigny?) | Abidjan | 1962 |
Senegal | Université de Dakar (now Université Cheikh-Anta-Diop) | Dakar | 1962 |
Table of contents
editCategory | Country | Locations and subjects | Period | Number of images |
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Crebolder 1 | Gibraltar, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Chad, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal | Gibraltar - Egypt: Port Said, Assuan - Sudan: Kartoum, Omdurman, Jebel Mara, Golol, Geneina - Uganda: Kampala - Chad: Bongor - Nigeria: Zaria, Onitsha, Kaduna, Nsukka, Ibadan, Lagos - Ghana: Accra, Kumasi, Elmina, president Kwame Nkrumah at Volta Akosombo dam project - Togo: Lomé - Benin (then Dahomey): Ganvié (Ganvie) - Ivory Coast: Abidjan - Mali - Senegal: Dakar | November 1961 - April 1962 | 101 |
Crebolder 2 | Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana | Sudan: Darfur, Jebel Mara crater - Nigeria: Zaria - Ghana: president Nkrumah | 1961-1962 | 42 |
van Dis 1 | Egypt | Pyramids of Giza, Cairo: Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha (Alabaster Mosque), the Nile, garden, Karnak-Luxor: temples | November 1961 | 21 |
van Dis 2 | Egypt | Karnak, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Abu Simbel, on the way to Assuan | November 1961 | 38 |
van Dis 3 | Egypt, Sudan | Egypt: Nile - Sudan: Wadi Halfa, Port Sudan, Suakin, Khartoum: elementary school of girls and boys | November 1961 | 39 |
van Dis 4 | Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria | Sudan: Gezira, Sennar, Um Ruwaba, Golol, Jebel Mara, between Golol and El Geneina, El Geneina, between El Geneina and - Chad: Abéché, between Bongor and - Cameroon: Maroua - Nigeria: Kano, Zaria, Nsukka, Onitsa, Ibadan | December 1961 - January 1962 | 204 |
van Dis 5 | Nigeria, Dahomey (Benin), Ghana, Togo, Senegal | Nigeria: Ibadan - Dahomey (Benin): Ganvie - Togo - Ghana: Kumasi, Accra, Akosombo Dam - Ivory Coast: Abidjan - Mali: Bamako, Segor - Senegal: Taiba, Dakar | February - April 1962 | 205 |
van Es 1 | Egypt and Sudan | Abu Simbel, Egypt: Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari and Great Temple of Ramesses II before the relocation, Nile: sailing boat trip. Buhen, now Lake Nubia, Sudan: Temple of Horus. Khartoum: Presidential Palace, Omdurman: Tomb of Mohamed Ahmed (Mahdi) |
November 1961 | 36 |
van Es 2 | Uganda | Kampala: Makere University College, Nalubaale dam in the White Nile, Mulago Referral Hospital, town | November - December 1961 | 30 |
van Es 3 | Sudan | Khartoum: Presidential Palace and Primary school, Omdurman: Tomb of Mohamed Ahmed (Mahdi), Bank of the Nile: a farewell party, Gezira: the Gezira Irrigation Scheme | December 1961 | 37 |
van Es 4 | Sudan | Al-Jazirah (state), Sennar: people, landscape, a vulture, a baobab, a truck | 18-23 December 1961 | 37 |
van Es 5 | Sudan | Golol in the Marra Mountains, West Darfur: waterfall, Zalingei (Zalinjay) in Central Darfur: the market | 23-28 December 1961 | 38 |
van Es 6 | Sudan and Chad | Geneina (Al-Junaynah), West Darfur, Sudan: Sudanese people. The border with Chad. Abéché, Ouaddaï, Chad: the market and a wedding | 31 December 1961 - 2 January 1962 | 38 |
van Es 7 | Chad and Cameroon | Bongor, Chad: a shepherd with his herd. Maroua, Cameroon: a market | 7-8 January 1962 | 38 |
van Es 8 | Cameroon and Nigeria | Far North Region, Cameroon: Logone River, Maroua: a market, a truck with people, "guaranteed Dutch prints". Kano, North West, Nigeria: the hospital of Kano | 10-13 January 1962 | 37 |
van Es 9 | Nigeria | Kano, North Nigeria: the Asylum/Psychiatric Hospital Kano, people | 13-18 January 1962 | 38 |
van Es 10 | Nigeria | Zaria, Kaduna State: Emir of Zaria, College of Arts, Science and Techology, landscape, people | 18-21 January 1962 | 37 |
van Es 11 | Nigeria | Enugu, Enugu State: Nigerians, Dutch students, buildings, ferry over the Niger River | 22-30 January 1962 | 37 |
van Es 12 | Nigeria | Onitsha, Benin City and Ibadan: crossing the Niger River, swimming at club WAIFOR, a bronze mask at Ife Museum | 31 January - 1 February 1962 | 35 |
van Es 13 | Nigeria | Ibadan and Ibeokuta: a visit to woodcarver Fahey, Ibadan University, actress Murala Okundipe | 6-15 February 1962 | 37 |
van Es 14 | Nigeria and Benin | Ibadan or Lagos, Nigeria and Benin (formerly Dahomey): Holland-West-Africa Line, Ministry of Education and Culture | 13-17 February 1962 | 31 |
van Es 15 | Benin | Ganvié (Ganvie), Benin (formerly Dahomey): stilt houses on Lake Nokoué, village pillotique | 17 February 1962 | 27 |
van Es 16a | Togo | Cotonou: the beach. A girls elementary school | 18-21 February 1962 | 18 |
van Es 16b | Togo and Ghana | Togo: fishermen, a music band, children. The border with Ghana, a Ghana beach | February 1962 | 20 |
van Es 17 | Ghana | Accra, Akosombo Dam, a visit to the Dam by president Kwame Nkruma, University of Accra | 21-late February 1962 | 29 |
van Es 17b | Ghana | Accra: a ferry over the Volta River, University of Accra | 21 February - 6 March 1962 | 10 |
van Es 18 | Ghana and Ivory Coast | Accra: University of Accra, Côte d'Ivoire: citizens honouring president Houphouët-Boigny | 6-17 March 1962 | 45 |
van Es 19a | Ivory Coast and Senegal | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: a mosque. Khombole, Senegal: Mme Laffont, pediatrician, instruction for child care and child food | 30 March 1962 | 19 |
van Es 19b | Senegal | Khombole: Mme Laffont, pediatrician, instruction child care. Dakar | 17-31 March 1962 | 17 |
van Es 20 | Senegal | Île de Gorée: island for the slave trade. Université Cheikh-Anta-Diop, Dakar | 26-31 March 1962 | 34 |
van Es 21 | Senegal | Dakar, M'bour: party at Dutch Embassy, Leprosy Center, harbor. Île de Gorée | 30-31 March 1962 | 36 |
van Es 22 | At sea from Senegal to Italy | Ship of the Holland West-Africa Line from Dakar, Senegal | 1962 | 17 |
Total realised | November 1961 - after March 1962 | 1428, Crebolder 143 van Dis 507 van Es 778 |
The uploader of the photographs, Hansmuller (talk) 09:04, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
Subcategories
This category has the following 34 subcategories, out of 34 total.
C
- NSAG - Crebolder 1 (118 F)
- NSAG - Crebolder 2 (51 F)
D
- NSAG - van Dis 1 (21 F)
- NSAG - van Dis 2 (38 F)
- NSAG - van Dis 3 (38 F)
- NSAG - van Dis 4 (203 F)
- NSAG - van Dis 5 (204 F)
E
- NSAG - van Es 1 (36 F)
- NSAG - van Es 10 (39 F)
- NSAG - van Es 11 (37 F)
- NSAG - van Es 12 (35 F)
- NSAG - van Es 13 (37 F)
- NSAG - van Es 14 (31 F)
- NSAG - van Es 15 (27 F)
- NSAG - van Es 16a (20 F)
- NSAG - van Es 16b (20 F)
- NSAG - van Es 17 (29 F)
- NSAG - van Es 17b (10 F)
- NSAG - van Es 18 (45 F)
- NSAG - van Es 19a (19 F)
- NSAG - van Es 19b (17 F)
- NSAG - van Es 2 (30 F)
- NSAG - van Es 20 (34 F)
- NSAG - van Es 21 (36 F)
- NSAG - van Es 22 (17 F)
- NSAG - van Es 3 (37 F)
- NSAG - van Es 4 (37 F)
- NSAG - van Es 5 (38 F)
- NSAG - van Es 6 (38 F)
- NSAG - van Es 7 (38 F)
- NSAG - van Es 8 (37 F)
- NSAG - van Es 9 (38 F)
I
- Images donated by the NSAG (1462 F)
Pages in category "NSAG Collection"
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Media in category "NSAG Collection"
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