Image / "Remains of Long Juju Gorge, Arochuku", late 19th century

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Title: "Remains of Long Juju Gorge, Arochuku", late 19th century
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1880
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: Centre for the Study of World Christianity
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The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Description: Exterior image of the Long Juju gorge showing the opening to the gorge surrounded by shrubbery and creepers.
Arochuku is situated in southeastern Nigeria and is homeland to the Igbo people. Long Juju Gorge was a site associated with witchcraft. It was destroyed by British Forces in 1901.
Type: image
Format: 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
lantern slides
Identifier: impa-m68185 [Legacy record ID]
imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-041.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m68185
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-041.jpg
Subject: Temples
Witchcraft
Exterior view
Time Period: circa 1880
Place: Africa
Nigeria
Source: GB 237 CSWC47/LS2/41 [File]

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