Secondary school classroom (Kelly, n.d.)

Item — Box: 6, slide: 14.19.06

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Slides of Africa from various sources; these slides document a variety of topics such as agriculture, landscapes, city scenes, villages, architecture, industry, transportation, commerce, and people, from throughout Africa during the 20th century.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1960 - 2000

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations. To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.

Extent

From the Collection: 99 Boxes (99 slide boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

This is a secondary school. Note the uniforms and the fact that there is only one young woman shown. Men have traditionally been given the right to education before the women, all over the world, even here in the U.S This is changing in Ghana as it is elsewhere. Still, in the early 1970's at Legon University in Accra, the capital, there was only one women's dormitory as compared to four for the men. New annexes were being built, however, to accomodate both the growing influx of students, in general, and specifically, of women.