Janus: Institute of Education Collection

RCS/Y3011U/1-116 contains:
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19	Ogwofia village. Model latrines at village centre
20	[Shed for hand worker machinery, Ogwofia]
21	Obinofia. Village centre
22	Obinofia. Co-operative Consumers' Shop
23	Improved latrines under construction at Obinofia
24	Nkanu Lepers' Village
25	Nkanu Lepers' Village. One of the men's compounds
26	Nkanu Lepers Village. General view
27	Nkanu Lepers Village
28	Nkanu Lepers' Village. Village Hall
29	Nkanu Lepers' Village. Village Hall
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Institute of Education Collection

Title	Nkanu Lepers' Village
Reference	Y3011U/24
Creator	Unknown
Covering Dates	1940–1949 (Dated '1940s' in the original typescript catalogue.)
Extent and Medium	Good condition, holed where previously pinned.

Content and context

General view looking along tree-shaded path towards buildings. The typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'Built by voluntary labour. Clan gave 2 square miles of land. 3 compounds built, each for 40 lepers, 1 for women and 2 for men. Village filled to capacity in 12 months and plan being made for extension. Lepers are self-supporting, but pay entrance fee of 30/. [?shillings] which is paid back at rate of 5/. per month to enable them to buy food until their farms are producing. Photo shows a path leading to one of the men's compounds'.

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Africa

Nigeria

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