258 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 8 x 10.5 cm.)
308 Lantern slides (black & white, 8.5 x 10 cm.)
1,446 Photographic prints ((contact prints) (5 vols.), black & white, 6 x 13 cm. or smaller )
46 Photographic prints (black & white, 48 x 58 cm. or smaller.)
556 Negatives (photographic) (glass plate stereographic negatives , black & white, 6 x 13 cm.)
Container:
Item 1
Disk 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Lantern slides
Photographic prints
Stereographs
Glass negatives
Place:
Africa
Brazzaville (Congo)
Matadi (Congo)
Tanganyika, Lake
Kalemie (Congo)
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Lusambo (Congo)
Kinshasa (Congo)
Date:
1909-1958
bulk 1909-1928
Summary:
Photographs taken by Judge Emile E.O. Gorlia during five journeys through the Belgian Congo and two vacation leaves, one in Belgium and one in the Canaries Islands, 1909-1928 and at the World Exposition in Brussels (1958). The collection dates from 1909-1958.
His first mission was from January 1910 to January 1912; the second, from February 1915 to March 1917; the third, from December 1917 to April 1920; the fourth, from November 1920 to February 1923 and, the fifth, from March 1926 to December 1928. For his first four missions at Lusambo in the Kasai province, district of Sankuru, Emile Gorlia was acting as an alternate to the public officer at one of the seven tribunals of first instance. During his fifth and final mission, he was promoted as president of the Court at Albertville in the ditrict of Katanga.
Judge E.O. Gorlia was a keen amateur photographer with the advantage of not only traveling extensively around the state but also with the privilege of being able to afford the time and money to produce a prolific number of images. His images illustrate with great detail the full experience of a government official in mission in the Belgian Congo, starting in Antwerp at the pier of this Belgian harbor and taking up his duties at Lusambo, an administrative town in the hearth of th Belgian congo. The majority of images are of the following Belgian Congo districts, Lower Congo, Kassai, Sankuru, and Katanga. They include the cities of Banana, Boma, Matadi, Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), Lusambo, Luebo, Dilolo, Albertville (now Kalemie) in the Belgian Congo, Brazzaville in the French Equatorial africa, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Tabora and Kigoma in tanganyika, Dakar in Senegal, Conakry in Guinea, Freetown in Sierra Leone, Port Said in Egypt and finally Casablanca in Morocco. There are also images of villages scenes and portraits of the Tetela, Songye, Luba, Kanioka, Lunda, Chokwe, Pende, Bangala and Kuba.
Also included are images of the natural environment as the Congo river, the Kasai and Sankuru rivers, the banks of Lake Tanganyika and the savanna-woodland of the western part of the Katanga district as well as as the south part of the Sankuru region.
Arrangement note:
Arranged chronologically by trip.
Restrictions:
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Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Congo -- Description and Travel -- 1881-1950 Search this
"The Integral language of Black Africa" by Leopold Sedar Senghor. Program notes, and texts (in Bantu with English translations) bound into each container.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Chansons enfantines Ba-Bember (3:32) --Berceuse Ba-Lari (1:52) --Divertissement de femmes Ba-Lari (3:00) --Chant Ba-Lari avec accompagnement de vierle (2:14) --Complainte Ba-Lari avec accompagnement de pluriarc (2:18) --Chant de marche Ba-Lari avec accompagnement de sanza (2:44) -- Rercit chanter Ba-Bember avec accompagnement de luth (2:22) --rchestre de "massikoulou" Ba-Congo (5:04) -- Tambours Ba-Congo-Nserker (3:22) --Orchestre Ba-Lari avec tambour ar friction (3:18) --Ensemble de trompes Ba-Bember (2:20) --Choeur et trompes Ba-Bember (3:55).
Program notes by the compiler in French with English translation on container and inserted ([3] p. : ill.). Performer(s): Songs and instrumental music performed by the Ba-Bembe, Ba-Congo, Ba-Congo-Nseke, and Ba-lari. Production notes: Recorded September 1966.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Congo (Brazzaville), Kouilou, Pointe Noire District, Pointe Noire, along coast just northwest of Pointe Noire, near Pointe Indienne, Kouilou, Congo, Republic of, Africa
Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George) Search this
Container:
Box 74, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1936-2009
Scope and Contents:
Air Afrique, Air Afrique 1960, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Senegal
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0604, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Anne Forrester from Howard University talks about early kingdoms and rulers of Africa. She speaks of historical people, places, and events. Forrester speaks mostly about the Kingdom of the Congo and the Bakongo people. Other topics discussed include the Ashanti people, Mali, Zimbabwe, and trade in Africa, including weapons, slaves, gold, spices, cloth and pottery. Introduction by John Kinard. Lecture followed by question and answer session.
Lecture. Sound only. Contents on AV003128 overlaps with contents on AV003457 and AV003524. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. AV003457: part 1, dated 19690212. AV003524: part 2, dated 19690212. AV003128: undated.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003524
ACMA AV003128-1
ACMA AV003128-2
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Congo, Republic of the, -- Commune de Brazzaville, -- Brazzaville
Date:
[ca. 1907]
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "12. - Congo. -Brazzaville. - Un boy Bangala."
Translated caption reads: "12. Congo. Brazzaville: A Bangala boy."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Cliché Vialle, Brazzavile - Phototypie Meyrignac et Puydebois, Brive (France)."
Postmarked postage stamp on recto. Manuscript address on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-20-23
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Congo Français Congo Français - Femme Bangla - Tatouages de face
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Date:
[ca. 1905]
Scope and Contents:
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. Bangala woman. Front tattoos.'' Bare torso woman, with cicatrices running down to her belly button. Two crosses shape above her breasts. Horizontal cicatrices on her tummy. Cicatrices on her forehead. Scarf attached around her waist. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
Local Numbers:
Audema 0277
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Congo Français Congo Français - Type Bangla - Haut- Congo
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Date:
[ca. 1905]
Scope and Contents:
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. Bangala type - Upper-Congo.'' Bare torso man, with cicatrices running down to his belly button and his forehead, holding two spears in his right hand. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema. Photographer's signature on image.
Local Numbers:
Audema 0280
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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The album was compiled by Eugene Brusseaux, a French colonial, very likely a merchant, who lived, worked and traveled in the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic (then Afrique Equatoriale Francaise), and in northern Cameroon (then German colony of Kamerun). The images may well have been taken by Brusseaux himself. Mr. de Strycker acquired the album, which previously belonged to Professor Verneau of the Musee de L'Homme, Paris, in a sale from Professor Verneau of the Musee de l'Homme, Paris.
The album shows the classic arrangement of many similar colonial albums, depicting Brusseaux's voyage from France to Libreville in Gabon, and Matadi on the mouth of the Congo River. From there Brusseaux took the railroad to Leopoldville (Kinshasa) and traveled on the Brazzaville. He continued on the Congo River to Balobo and Kounda, then over land towards the Sangha River, through Bonga and Loboko to M'Bako on the Sangha River and to Ouesso, now on the border of the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. From Ouesso, he continued on to Nola, Carnot and Baboua. He then visited Kounde, and crossed into German territory, moving on the Ngaoundere. This is where the album ends.
The photographs depict some of the Belgian and French colonial cities. There are excellent images of transportation in Matadi. Brazzaville is the topic of many good architectural photographs. A very interesting set shows the Catholic Mission of Brazzaville in 1901 and 1904 with a unique interior shot of the cathedral. Further inland, the photographs of colonial settlements focus on trading posts, such as Bonga, Kadei, Carnot and Baboma. Many photographs show Africans, indigenous architecture, and celebrations. They focus on the Pomo, the Pande, the Baya (Baja in German writing), and Hausa and Fulbe. Images from Baboma, Kounde and Ngaoundere show indigenous Fulbe architecture, including a series of the Lamido's palace at Ngaoundere, and Fulbe kings, retainers and women. One set depicts women with Fulbe style coiffures of extraordinary complexity (wigs).
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
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Rights:
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Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Negatives
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-004
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Cameroon.--Central African Republic.--Republic of Congo (Brazzaville).--Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa).--Ivory Coast.--Dahomey.--Gabon.--Guinea.--Upper Volta.--Malagasy Republic. Side B. Mali.--Mauritania.--Niger.--Rwanda.--Senegal.--Sierra Leone.--Somalia.--Chad.--Togo.
Local Numbers:
FP-RINZ-LP-0412
Ocora.31
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Paris, France Ocora
General:
National anthems of African nations, performed by Musique de la Garde Républicaine de Paris ; F.J. Brun, conductor.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Livingstone Falls, a series of 32 rapids and cataracts on the Congo River, extending for about 220 miles (354 km) between Kinshasa and Matadi in Congo (Kinshasa) and partially along the border with Congo (Brazzaville). The total drop of the falls is about 850 feet (260 m), despite only minor rapids over an 87-mile (140-kilometre) stretch to Isangila. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
U 3 ZAI 504 EE 70
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
95
Frame value is 16.
Slide No. U 3 ZAI 504 EE 70
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Livingstone Falls, a series of 32 rapids and cataracts on the Congo River, extending for about 220 miles (354 km) between Kinshasa and Matadi in Congo (Kinshasa) and partially along the border with Congo (Brazzaville). The total drop of the falls is about 850 feet (260 m), despite only minor rapids over an 87-mile (140-kilometre) stretch to Isangila. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
U 3 ZAI 505.1 EE 70
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
95
Frame value is 23.
Slide No. U 3 ZAI 505.1 EE 70
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Livingstone Falls, a series of 32 rapids and cataracts on the Congo River, extending for about 220 miles (354 km) between Kinshasa and Matadi in Congo (Kinshasa) and partially along the border with Congo (Brazzaville). The total drop of the falls is about 850 feet (260 m), despite only minor rapids over an 87-mile (140-kilometre) stretch to Isangila. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
U 3 ZAI 507 EE 70
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
95
Frame value is 19.
Slide No. U 3 ZAI 507 EE 70
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Livingstone Falls, a series of 32 rapids and cataracts on the Congo River, extending for about 220 miles (354 km) between Kinshasa and Matadi in Congo (Kinshasa) and partially along the border with Congo (Brazzaville). The total drop of the falls is about 850 feet (260 m), despite only minor rapids over an 87-mile (140-kilometre) stretch to Isangila. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
U 3 ZAI 509.1 EE 70
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
95
Frame value is 26.
Slide No. U 3 ZAI 509.1 EE 70
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Malebo Pool (formerly Stanley Pool), lakelike expansion of the lower Congo River above Livingstone Falls, between the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) to the west and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) to the east. It covers an area of 174 square miles (450 square km) and is divided into deep navigable channels by Bamu Island in its centre. Water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) is a beautiful plant, but is considered to be one of the world's most destructive and unbeatable weeds. It clogs up rivers, hydroelectric plants, waterways and entire lakes, killing aquatic life, hampering river transport and fisheries, endangering the livelihoods of millions of poor people in the tropics. According to a study produced by the World Conservation Council (IUCN), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the water hyacinth is now the world's most destructive pest, costing billions of dollars in damages each year. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
W 3 ZAI 20.5 EE 70
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
88
Frame value is 25.
Slide No. W 3 ZAI 20.5 EE 70
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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