Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ . post@vid.no
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"1ste kuld i fransk fra 1894-1896" ("First class in French from 1894-1896"). Teachers and students at the Ambatovinaky school, Antananarivo. The school was run by NMS. Sitting from left: Ramalanjona also called Ramala, Samoela, Rajaobelona. Sitting in the middle from left: David Jakobsen, Lisebeth Godal, Benjamin Escande, Christian Borchgrevin. Benjamin Escande was a French teacher from the MPF (Mission Protestante Francaise) mission in Paris, France. He was later killed in an ambush together with Paul Minault also a French missionary.
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