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Title
Crowd assembled in front of cathedral at Koudougou, Burkina Faso, ca.1960-1970
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1960/1970
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
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
A large crowd of people is assembled before a church constructed of bricks. A bell tower is visible, and trees in the background.
The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed on it is "Cathedrale Saint-Augustin de KOUDOUGOU (Haute-Volta [Burkina Faso]) Afr. Occ. La faim corporelle dont souffrent perpetuellement les 550.000 h. du Diocese de Koudougou, est moins penible pour eux que la faim spirituelle qui les tourmente. Ils demandent avec instance des Pretres, des Missionnaires, pour recevoir la Lumiere du Christ avant que les tenebres de l'Islam et du Communisme n'envahissent totalement leur pays. Ils se privent pour subvenir a l'entretien de leur clerge. Mais l'extreme pauvrete de leur pays ne leur permet pas d'y suffire
et ils esperent l'aide de ceux de leurs freres qui habitent des pays moins desherites. L'entretien annuel d'un Pretre coute 190.000 F (1.900 NF) par an. Le voyage aller et retour d'un Missionnaire pour aller se reposer en famille tous les 5 ans. coute 220.00 F (2.200 NF). CCP Eveche de Koudougou (Hte-Volta) OUAGADOUGOU 45 ou Procure des Peres Blancs 24 Avenue de Launay NANTES".
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m58620 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-012-0000-0003
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m58620
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-012-0000-0003.jpg
Subject
Churches
Indigenous populations
External views
Time Period
1960/1970
Place
Africa
Haute-Volta
Koudougou
Source
YDS/RG101/012/0000/0003 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Missionary Postcard Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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