Fascinating photographs of 1930s Nigeria taken by a high-ranking education inspector in the decades before its independence from Britain have been unearthed after more than 65 years.

The images were captured by Edward Harland Duckworth, who served as inspector of Education in Nigeria from 1930 to 1944, and collated into a photo album by his friend Henry Svory, who was a head of department at Ibadan University at that time.

They provide an insight into the lives of the native population in the West African country in the decades preceding its independence from Britain in 1960.







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This image shows a group of students in a science class learning about the human skeleton from their teacher.

As well as an image of students celebrating their graduation.

The diverse selection of photos taken by a high-ranking education inspector include one of a young football team from 1947.

Goods being taken off a plane.

A Nigerian man stops maintenance works on a train to look at Edward Harland Duckworth's camera.

One photograph shows a group of young men bathing in the Kurama Waters.

A settlement in the Northern part.

The fascinating collection includes a bustling market where a train has stopped.

"There was once a country" called NIGERIA

A car belonging to some European in front of a native settlement.

Two donkeys are pictured loaded up with a rather hefty load of crates.

This image shows a group of children dressed in costumes and masks and playing musical instruments while others watch on.




Military formation

A man looks through what appears to be a camera or surveying equipment on a tripod.

Nice one @Explorers

Another picture shows two men reading a book, one appearing to teach the other.

A boy stands with a makeshift pick axe as a man makes something in front of him learning.

Adesiji77:
Nice one @Explorers

Thanks, o to jo meta.

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Our greatest strength lies in our diversity.
Too bad we have only had corrupt and selfish leaders since independence.

Abeg historians, has any country ever survived without any figurehead leaders but in the community, more like the spartan and Roman civilisation of old where power lies in the voice of the people

this was when Lord Lugard thought his experiments was working out well, little did he know it was a great error, I wish He's alive today to see how woefully he failed...

Nigerian Airways Air Hostesses in 1973.



Nigeria DC-10 taking off from schipol Airport.

Yoruba ladies in Aso Ebi.

College of Medicine University of Lagos (CMUL) commenced in 1962 with 28 students.

Lagos Island.




We were so orderly.

Before Shoprite, we had Kingsway.

Adverts.

Where did we lost it

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R.I.P Nigeria

Lost of hope is what breathed your statement! So don't loose hope bro!

luckyz4rea:


Lost of hope is what breathed your statement! So don't loose hope bro!

Thanks

Groundnut pyramid.



Groundnut pyramids were pyramid-like structures made from groundnut sacks.

The pyramids were built in northern Nigeriain cities such as Kano, where groundnut production was a key part of the economy.

They were viewed as both a tourist attraction and a symbol of wealth.

One groundnut pyramid could be made from as much as 15,000 full groundnut bags.

In the 1960s and 70s, as production in Nigeria shifted from agriculture to oil, the groundnut pyramids disappeared.

Recently, the Nigerian government has made efforts to revive the groundnut industry and rebuild the pyramids.

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