West Africa Tour Diary, notes and papers

"West Africa Tour Diary, notes and papers 1958" manuscript diary on visit to West Africa Feb-Apr 1958. Includes visits to Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana. Notes on visits to officials, institutions, excerpts from local newspapers, press cuttings, some photographs, discussion of S...

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Order number: PP MS 35, Cole, Box 39
Date(s) of creation: 1957-1958
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: PP MS 35, Cole, Box 39
Summary: "West Africa Tour Diary, notes and papers 1958" manuscript diary on visit to West Africa Feb-Apr 1958. Includes visits to Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana. Notes on visits to officials, institutions, excerpts from local newspapers, press cuttings, some photographs, discussion of Senegal. Includes visits to his family. Notes on "Childhood in Africa" [possibly for Kossoh Town Boy] Press communique on the Nigerian Constitution Conference at Lancaster House toestablish the independence of Nigeria, 29 Sep - 27 Oct 1958. Typescript notes on "Mother Africa" Copies of the Daily Mail, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 28 Apr 1958, 29 Apr 1958 Notes on Sierra Leone, including a bibliography of books on Sierra Leone, and notes on famous Sierra Leoneans. Notes on "West Africa Revisited" and other topics such as Ibadan.
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: 206a
Finding aids: Handlist available
Format: Archive