Selection of Records from the Calabar Division Office, Calabar Province, Nigeria [1949-1955]
Scope & Content:
This fonds contains digital surrogates of a selection of records accumulated by the District Officer of Calabar Division in the course of inspecting the actions of Native Courts and administering the taxation regime in the Division. Two files have been selected: the first contains papers concerni...
Petition of Madam Umo Inameti (British Protected Person) soliciting for the ""Right to Personal Security"", that is, the recognition of the sanctity of the person of an individual from interference by private or public or state agents and the right to life and safety protection with justice [1949-1955]
Scope & Content:
Digital images of a file relating to the petition of Madam Umo Inameti regarding her inherited estate. The file contains the original petition; Court Statements and Writs of Summons; and correspondence, memoranda and notes between the Senior District Officer, the Secretary of the Calabar Native A...
Petitions, appeals and supplications against tax assessment in Calabar Division [1952-1954]
Scope & Content:
Digital images of a file of appeals against tax assessment, applications for income tax review, and correspondence between the Calabar District Officer and Tax Clerk re: hearing cases.
Jacques Toussele commissioned portraits of people from Mbouda, West Cameroon. Many of the photos are of individuals for Identity Cards and other administrative pruposes but also recreataional, family grops etc. The archives represent a record of life in this area in the 1970s and 1980s. The ai...