MAKE A MEME View Large Image Akaniobio Church, Old Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, ca. 1900-1910 (IMP-CSWC47-LS9-60).jpg en <br> Akaniobio Church Old Calabar Calabar Nigeria ca 1900-1910 Tinted lantern slide showing the church at Akaniobio in Old Calabar and its large ...
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Keywords: Akaniobio Church, Old Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, ca. 1900-1910 (IMP-CSWC47-LS9-60).jpg en <br> Akaniobio Church Old Calabar Calabar Nigeria ca 1900-1910 Tinted lantern slide showing the church at Akaniobio in Old Calabar and its large congregation of men women and children Some individuals wear European dress whilst others wear traditional Calabar styles A church was originally built in 1905 by Onoyom Iya Nya a wealthy trader who became a Christian under the work of Mary Mitchell Slessor 1848-1915 However the original church was flooded in 1906 Onoyam Iya Nya built a new church as the centre of a new settlement on higher ground naming the area Obio Usiere or Town of the Dawn It is unclear which church is represented in this image This slide comes from a set on mission culture and industry in Calabar southeast Nigeria generated by the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland which was incorporated with the Church of Scotland in 1929 Photographer Unknown Filename IMP-CSWC47-LS9-60 tif Coverage date 1900/1910 Subject unesco Church Part of collection International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Part of subcollection Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity University of Edinburgh U K ca 1900-ca 1940s Repository name Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file Volume5/IMP-CSWC47-LS9-60 tif Geographic subject city or populated place Calabar Repository address The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity New College Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX United Kingdom Geographic subject country Nigeria Format aacr2 lantern slides 8 2 x 8 2cm Geographic subject continent Africa Rights Contact the repository for details Part of series Church of Scotland Slide and Visual Collection Calabar Church and Industry CSWC47-LS9 Repository email divinity-CSWC ed ac uk Date created 1900/1910 Publisher of the digital version University of Southern California Libraries Subject aat genre exterior views Format aat lantern slides; photographs Geographic subject state Cross River Access conditions http //www ed ac uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources Geographic subject religious facilities File CSWC47/LS9/60 Subject lcsh Church; Presbyterian church 1900/1910 date created author http //digitallibrary usc edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/78497 PD-old-70-1923 Magic lantern images Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 People of Calabar
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