HISTORICAL STUDY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND FIRMMAKING IN NIGERIA
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The history of photography in Nigeria can be traced back to the late 19th troduced to the country during the colonial
period. It played a significant role in documenting and capturing various aspects of Nigerian life, including culture, history, and social changes. Christian missionaries, who were as much committed to a civilizing mission as an evangelising one, in the spread of photography too. This specific context gave the
coastal populations the opportunity to enter into close contact with Western culture (in Europe and North America where the elite went to train in the Twenties).1
period. It played a significant role in documenting and capturing various aspects of Nigerian life, including culture, history, and social changes. Christian missionaries, who were as much committed to a civilizing mission as an evangelising one, in the spread of photography too. This specific context gave the
coastal populations the opportunity to enter into close contact with Western culture (in Europe and North America where the elite went to train in the Twenties).1
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