Thanks for sharing, Jos
- Enock
2017-01-16 22:57 GMT+00:00 Jos Damen josephcmdamen@gmail.com:
More from the Dutch:
Guinea-Bissau & Senegal 1973-74 https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Commons:Guinea-Bissau_and_Senegal_1973-1974_(Coutinho_Collection)
Sierra Leone 1934-1935 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category: Photographs_by_Sjoerd_Hofstra
best,
Jos Damen
2017-01-16 17:31 GMT+01:00 Enock Seth Nyamador kwadzo459@gmail.com:
Awesome.
Best,
- Enock
2017-01-16 16:29 GMT+00:00 Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexford@gmail.com:
So I went to the Ghana Wikiproject today and noticed a message.1
tl;dr: The Wikimedia Netherlands has donated some 2,000 historic images, going back as far as almost a century related to Africa, South America and Southeast Asia.2
Specifically to Ghana, I doubt those images (very old) could be found anywhere, such as this 1953 image of Fort Amsterdam. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_Kormantin#/media/File:Fort_Amsterdam,_schietgat_bastion_-_20652263_-_RCE.jpg 3
I am impressed and really thankful for such a generous donation to Wikimedia Commons relating to Ghana's history.
Now I guess it's about time we put those images to use!
I hope more are shared as and when they become available. Kudos, WMNL.
Checkout the category to find images about your country too. I've seen Guinea Bissau in there somewhere.
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Gha na#Media_upload_of_historical_photographs_of_Ghana 2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Temminck_Groll_Collection 3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_Kormantin #/media/File:Fort_Amsterdam,_schietgat_bastion_-_20652263_-_RCE.jpg
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