Remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) / gbaku
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Photograph taken in 1967 or 1968. Stone and mud were used instead of wood and mud for the walls of the houses at this site because of the rocky surface, which didn't allow stakes to be planted. The town was built on a hilltop for defense purposes and was gradually deserted for more accessible places during the first part of the twentieth century.A description of the interactions of one of Sierra Leone's most famous leaders with other African leaders, including the chief residing here at Yagala, and Europeans at the time of colonization can be found here:www.flickr.com/photos/yagala/sets/72157602957248340/Following is an interesting description of Old Yagala in 1917:On my way back I visited a town called Yagala. Its situation is simply marvellous: the last 100 feet or so of the ascent is almost sheer, and on and around great boulders of rocks the houses are built. Houses and rocks are in the most amazing jumble, and unlike anything I have seen elsewhere up-country; the houses are partly built of stone. Some of the view-points are most beautiful: you look across a valley clad with virgin forest to some other height, or you get a wider sweep of open country bounded by shapely hills. I had to enlist the help of a small boy to carry my presents for me, oranges galore, and bananas. I went to visit the old paramount chief, who is blind--a pathetic figure. He lives in this fastness, while his regent resides in the more accessible and modern Kaballa. How the women carry water up the hill in the dry season baffles one: you see children doing it!The source for this description is here:anglicanhistory.org/africa/walmsley1923/05.html |
| 撮影日 | 1967-01-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | gbaku |
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