Accession Number: 2009.24.16.412-.428
Description: .412: BW print, woman in colorful print dress with her hand on the back of a boy in a white jumper; both are smiling; on back, "Mrs. [Emily] Amoako with her deaf, dumb, and blind pupil"; 2.375 x 2.375"; .413: BW print; boy sitting at typewriter, captioned "Blind Typist in Training"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .414: BW print; men sit on the floor, weaving baskets; captioned, "Vocational Training"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .415: BW print; boys in scouting uniforms (shorts, neckerchiefs and campaign hats) sit and stand around an open fire; captioned "Blind Scouts cooking in a camp"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .416: BW print; three boys stand and crouch in a garden ith a woven fence in the background; captioned, "Blind Gardening"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .417: BW print; boys run in a courtyard defined by a low stone wall; low gable roofed building in background; captioned "Playing Handball"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .418: BW print; boy playing an upright pump organ; captioned, "Music is a subject loved by most blind people"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .419: BW print; two poys laugh as they place pieces in a wooden game board; a second set of boy are also playing in the background; captioned, "Playing a Traditional Game Owame"; 3.375 x 2.375"; .420: BW print; adults watch as a young girl reads braille, a woman leans over her desk; on back, "The visit of Mrs. Fathia Nkrumah, the wife of the Ghana Prime Minister to the School. right to left: Mr. Kwame Nkrumah, Mr. French, Mr. J. Noel Smith, Principal of the Presby Training College Akropong, Nana Kwana Fori II, Imanhere of Akuapem. Immuna Gonja reading Braille, Mrs. Emily Amoako, Class Teacher; it appears that Fathia Nkrumah is on the left holding flowers, although this is not clear in the handwritten description; 5.25 x 3.25"; .421: BW print; John Wilson, left, shaking the hand of a man weaving a basket at a workbench; a third man stands between them a smiles at the camera; caption on back, "Mr. John Wilson congratulating a blind craftsman, Evans Alfred Klu at work. The headmaster is loking on."; 6x8"; .422: BW print; John Wilson and another man push a young girl on a playground swing; caption on back, "Mr. John Wilson, Director, Commonwealth Society for the Blind visits the School for the Blind Akropong, with him is the headmaster and a blind girl on the swing"; 6x8"; .423: BW print; girl in white dress sitting at bench, taking seashells out of a box and arranging them on a wooden tray; a boy in the background works on an abacus; typescript caption on back, "Abena Nyako, a pupil at Akropong School for the Blind in the southern Gold Coast. She is counting with shells."; 6x8"; .424: BW print; young girl and older boy sit at table outdoors, modeling clay figures; a woven fence bordered by large rocks fills the background; typescript caption on back, "Pupils modeling at Akropong School for the Blind in the southern Gold Coast"; 6x8"; .425: BW print; man stands at workbench prepping material for basket weaving; finished baskets and caned chair and stool bottoms fill the foreground; through open doorway, two girls walk, carrying buckets on their heads; captioned on back, "Michael Agbobli in his workshop with blind girls carrying buckets of water from the nearby drinking well."; 7x7"; .426: BW print; Man in white short-sleeved shity, shorts, and striped necktie sits at desk, talking on a telephone; two small trophy cups sit on a shelf behind the desk; captioned on back, "The Headmaster + Manager, Mr. A. G. Sakjama Amoako"; 6x8"; .427: BW print; girl in print dress and bare feet sweeps a brick walkway with a bundle of broomcorn; captioned on back, "Oye Lartey, a pupil of Akropong School for the Blind, southern Gold Coast. She is seeping with a brush made at the school."; 6x8"; .428: BW print; boy sits at a long table working a math problem on a Taylor Slate; other boys are dimly seen in the background; captioned on back; 6x8".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: ca. 1951
History/Provenance: The Akropong School for the Blind was founded in 1945. The Gold Coast became Ghana in 1957.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
