Nana Nketsi pouring libations to the gods of Africa, Kwame Nkrumah, Shirley Graham Du Bois, and others with heads bowed

Item Information

Title:
Nana Nketsi pouring libations to the gods of Africa, Kwame Nkrumah, Shirley Graham Du Bois, and others with heads bowed
Description:
Nana Nketsia, paramount chief, pouring libations to the god of Africa before the casket was removed from the house; part of the ceremony for the state funeral for W. E. B. Du Bois in August 1963.
Date:
August 1963
Format:
Photographs
Prints
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 17. Photographs
Subjects:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)--1868-1963--Death and burial
Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972
Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977
Places:
Ghana
Extent:
1 photograph ; 16 x 21.5 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-i0784
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-i0784