Worshippers at the Friday Masallacin Bello mosque, Sokoto, Nigeria
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- G 1 HSA 117 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 58482 52
- Frame value is 11.
- Slide No. G 1 HSA 117 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Topic
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Religion
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Hausa (African people)
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1959
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 6367
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- "The highlight of the week in Sokoto is attendance at the juma'at (Friday) prayers at the main mosque, where both the traditional (Sultan) and modern (State Governor) forms of authority perform the weekly worship. The Imamate in this mosque is hereditary, and the unchanging sermon is an original piece believed to have been composed by Caliph Uthman." [Malami Buba and Furniss G.: Youth Culture, Bandiri, and the Continuing Legitimacy Debate in Sokoto Town. Journal of african Studies, vol. 12, Number 1, june 1999, pp. 27-46]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015600-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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