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EAP054/1

Record Id:

032-002511845

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002511845

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

EAP054/1

Title:

Archiving a Cameroonian photographic studio

Scope & Content:

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 aim of the project was to help protect the personal photographic archives of Mr J Toussele, a Cameroonian photographer in the town of Mbouda, Western Region, Cameroon. The archives represent a record of life in this area over the past thirty years. Before the project began they were in a poor state of preservation

The economic basis for professional black and white photography in Cameroon disappeared in 1998 with the introduction of new identity cards. They were issued with instant photographs, removing the need for 'passport photographs'. These had been the main work of rural photographers who could process and print the film without needing access to electricity. A small supporting industry of photographers, such as have been celebrated in exhibitions e.g. of the work of Seidou Keita, has effectively been destroyed by computerisation of the identity cards and the arrival of cheaper colour 35mm processing in the cities. One such studio photographer is Jacques Toussele, with a collection of some 20,000 negatives

Collection Area:

Endangered Archives Programme

Project / Collection:

Archiving a Cameroonian photographic studio

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002511845

Is part of:

not applicable

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002511845

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

46272 TIFF format files

Digitised Content:

https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP054-1

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Languages:

English
French
Not applicable

Scripts:

Latin
Not applicable

Start Date:

1960

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

Late 20th century

Era:

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User Conditions:

Custodial History:

Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP054/1 'Archiving a Cameroonian photographic studio' project, and was copied from the personal collection of Jacques Toussele

Source of Acquisition:

Received from Dr David Zeitlyn on 3 December 2010 & 27 June 2012 (Accession record EAP054/1/1 & EAP054/1/2)

Administrative Context:

EAP054 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. In this collection, it created digital copies of material with the cooperation of Jacques Toussele

Information About Copies:

Digital copies have been deposited with the British Library; Cameroon National Archives; University of Dschang, Cameroon; University of Yaounde 1, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Cameroon; University of Ngaoundéré, Department of History, Cameroon; The British Council, Yaoundé, Cameroon; and Jacques Toussele has retained a digital copy of his files

Information About Originals:

The orignals have been returned to Mr Jacques Toussele

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Toussele, Jacques, Photographer, 1939-

Subjects:

Photography

Places:

Cameroon, Africa
Mbouda, Ouest, Cameroon