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Creator:

Turner, Lorenzo Dow 1890-1972

Subject:

Turner, Lorenzo Dow

Physical description:

1 photographic negative : b&w; 35mm

Type:

Negatives

Place:

Sierra Leone, Western Area, Bunce Island

Africa

Sierra Leone

Date:

1951

Notes:

Title is provided by ACMA Archives staff based on researcher's notes.

Summary:

Additional information from Margaret Wade-Lewis publication reads, "After leaving Nigeria [September 1951], Turner spent approximately two months in Sierra Leone collecting Krio language samples, proverbs, and folklore. Residing with the Brodericks, a prominent family in Freetown, he paid a visit to Princess Fatima Massaquoi [...]. He recorded her speaking in Vai." [Lorenzo Dow Turner: Father of Gullah Studies. By Margaret Wade-Lewis. Published by: Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2007, p. 175]

Cite as:

Lorenzo Dow Turner papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Lois Turner Williams

Topic:

Architecture

Cultural landscapes

Historic sites

Monuments

Slave trade--History

Local number:

ACMA LDT-N-R12-358

See more items in:

Sub-series 5.4.1: Research: Africa

Lorenzo Dow Turner papers, Series 5: Photographs ca 1890-1974

Lorenzo Dow Turner papers 1895-1972

Data Source:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_303430