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Title
House of Chief Jonathan Molapo in Leribe
Creator
Christol, Frédéric
Date Created and/or Issued
1882-09
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
102 boulevard Arago - 75014 Paris, France
Défap - Service protestant de mission (Département évangélique français d’action apostolique)
http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/
http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/contact.html
Description
House of Chief Jonathan Molapo in Leribe
Comment : This house will be burned by Joël during the Gun War, also known as the Basuto War in 1880-1881. Jonathan and Joël are both sons of Chief Molapo. The first one was the legitimate heir. His brother, entrenched in the Camp of Hlotsé-Height will wage war to him to get back the throne.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : drawing with black ink, on paper, 10x19 cm
38x28 cm (sup.)
photographs
Identifier
IMP-DEFAP_COP137-11726_2.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-89023
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-DEFAP_COP137-11726_2.jpg
Subject
Houses
Drawing
Rural areas, Village
Time Period
1882-09
Place
Africa
Basutoland (Africa)
British Empire
1868-1966
Leribe (Basutoland)
Source
SMEP/CO.P.137-11726 [File]
Relation
Album Coillard, missionnaire au Lessouto, missionnaire au Zambèze (1850/1900) / Favre, Edouard
Défap - Service protestant de mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Défap - Service protestant de mission, Paris, ca. 1880-1971

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