Images

The following are a selection of images of people and places related to Oyo's collapse and the Yoruba diaspora in the ninteenth century.

Photographs

Escrava Mina, 1864

Escravo Mina, 1864

Escravo Mina Nagô, 1864

Samuel Ajayi Crowther, 1864

Samuel Ajayi Crowther, 1890

Ño Remigio Herrera Adeshina Obara Meyi, 1891

A Bahian Negro, Probably from Lagos, 1900s

Caves of Olumo Rock, Abeokuta, 1880s

Paintings

The Capture of the Voladora, Little Popo, 1829

The Capture of Veloz Passagera, Jakin, 1830

The Capture of the Voladora, Little Popo, 1829

The Capture of Veloz Passagera, Jakin, 1830

Engravings

Yoruba Woman

Yoruba Women Carrying Goods

Yoruba Man

Throwing Out Shrines

Soldiers Climbing Over a Wall

Soldier Capturing a Boy

Shipping Slaves, Lagos, 1851

Shango, Shango, Shango

On the River Ogun, Between Lagos and Abeokuta

Fires in African Towns

Consulting Ifa

African War Camp

Marching Slaves to the Coast

Natives of Abeokuta

Vue du fort Française de Ouidah

Passage de la Barre devant Ouidah

Soldat de Dahomey

Le roi Ghézo et le prince royal Bâhadou

The Strangers Resting Place

Farmer Sitting on the Ground

An Abeokuta Carrier

Man Sitting Against a Tree

Human Sacrifice in Yoruba

Women Washing Clothes

African Woman at Her Loom

African Farmers Returning from Labour

Journey from Lagos

Francisco Félix de Sousa, 1840s

Repairing the Walls

The Blacksmith's Forge at Osiele

Method of Fastening Slaves

Gateway of an African Town

Women Carrying Pots on their Heads

The Church at Ibadan

Slave Caravans on the March

A Yoruba Compound

Rustic Bridge in the Ijebu Country

A Band of Yoruba Musicians

Mr. Beale Seizing the Egugu

A Priestess Presenting an Idol to Worshipper

Yoruba Woman and Child

Olumo Rock of Abeokuta , 1880s

Church and Mission-House at Ibadan

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