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It's time for the bride to meet the bridegroom. She is being escorted to him by the women of the village.
While at the River Niger (in Nigeria), a group of young children were standing and giggling to each other, at the group of obvious outsiders (us). They stood side-by-side on the hill, watching us and smiling warmly. They were so fascinated by the camera and ran over every time I snapped them. Our two police escorts are standing far left.
A scene from my upcoming book
American Boy, Nigerian Girl: Memoirs of an Inter-Cultural Wedding Experience in Nigeria
Bambino Igbo - Igbo boy -Delta State near Asaba NIGERIA
Fujicolor Superia 200
Canon T90
Canon FD 35-70 mm f 4
Ole Miss students gather for a candlelight vigil in response to a shooting at Delta State University. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Communications
My new wife shortly after our traditional wedding in Nigeria.
A scene from my upcoming book
American Boy, Nigerian Girl: Memoirs of an Inter-Cultural Wedding Experience in Nigeria
www.americanboynigeriangirl.com/Services/Publishing/Ameri...
Clarksdale est. 1848, pop. 17,962
• Italian Renaissance residence aka Belvoir, designed by Memphis architect Bayard Snowden Cairns (1875-1934), Hanker & Cairns • studied 3 yrs. at École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Jean-Louis Pascal (1837-1920) • designed several of Memphis's National Register properties, incl. the Commerce Title Bldg., Shrine Bldg., St. Mary's Cathedral, Chisca & Tennessee Hotels, Lowenstein Bldg.
• built by Blanche Clark Cutrer (1864-1935) — only daughter of Clarksdale founder John Clark — & her husband John (Jack) Wesley Cutrer (1860-1932) • Blanche was educated at Miss Putnam's School, Boston, & Mt. Holyoke Academy • Jack had reputation as brilliant criminal attorney, said to have lost only one case • was delegate to post-Reconstruction Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890, where literacy tests and poll taxes instituted as means of keeping nearly all black voters from the polls, i.e., a means of keeping potentially outnumbered white citizens in power
• mansion had five house servants, a governess, Italian gardener (Barto) from Tuscany, French chef, servants' quarters across the street • had swimming pool, italian garden with marble fountain, interior by Charles Duveen (1870-1941), NYC, dba Charles of London, whose other clients included the Fords, Pillsburys & Hearsts • mansion designed & furnished for hospitality, had reputation for hosting seemingly limitless variety of masked balls lawn parties, lavish dinners, concerts, dances, etc. • remembered for the Japanese lanterns that glowed above evening festivities on the spacious grounds
• Cutrers' daughter Blanche (Ann) Cutrer Smith (1897-1962) & husband Edward White Smith (1894-1966) also lived in house • Smith was highly decorated WW II Major General, on staff of General George Marshall
• Cutrer grandson, the Rev. John Cutrer Smith, grew up in the mansion: W.C. Handy would come to play. He said that Mr. Cutrer was the only one who really treated him well. He was never dismissive, always respectful and financially helpful. "My mother was at a ball in Boston and as she danced by the band, he called out, 'Hi, Miss Blanche.' And she answered, 'Hello, Handy,' and she shook hands with him. At that time, whites and blacks did not often shake hands, especially with a white woman. But they did. • Mr. Cutrer was a patron of the blues artists who went from New Orleans to Chicago and stopped along the way in Clarksdale. - Clarksdale Press Register
• in the midst of a bitter political battle over relocating Coahoma county seat from Friar's Point to Clarksdale, 33-yr.-old Jack Cutrer shot & killed 20-yr.-old Friar's Point New Coahoman editor, Chinese-American Freeland Chew • outspoken in opposing proposed move to Clarksdale, Chew was walking to county courthouse in July heat, umbrella in hand • leaving Sheriff's office, Cutrer walked in Chew's direction • according to contemporary account, As the two neared each other, Chew reportedly brandished his umbrella in Cutrer's direction, and Cutrer opened fire on the young editor. • Chew died of single gunshot wound, no charges filed, no record of any grand jury considering the case -Mississippi Law Journal, 04/2012
• Curter Mansion visited frequently by young Tom (Tennessee) Williams (1911-1983) on parish calls with grandfather, the Rev. Walter E. Dakin, local Episcopal rector • believed to be basis for “Belle Reve” (trans. Beautiful Dream) – lost ancestral home of Stella & Blanche in Williams's 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire • Blanche DuBois said to be based on Blanche Cutrer, as is Carol Cutrere in Orpheus Descending (1957) • mansion also thought to be model for Big Daddy's house in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) • Williams said to have considered Blanche Cutrer the only grande dame he ever met
• after the Depression took its toll on the family wealth, Ann converted mansion into rental apartments • building bought by St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 1949, became convent & school • in mid-90s Church could no longer afford to maintain building, announced plans for demolition -my southern life
• mansion made Mississippi Heritage Trust's Ten Most Endangered Historic Places, 1999 • local campaign mounted to save mansion, church contributed $5K • money raised led Delta State University & Coahoma Community College to add their support • property purchased, renovated • now centerpiece of Coahoma Higher Education Center, arts/educational conference center
• designated Mississippi Landmark, 2005 • Clarksdale Historic District, National Register 09000763, 2009 • Coahoma County designated part of Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, 2009
Clarksdale est. 1848, pop. 17,962
• Italian Renaissance residence aka Belvoir, designed by Memphis architect Bayard Snowden Cairns (1875-1934), Hanker & Cairns • studied 3 yrs. at École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Jean-Louis Pascal (1837-1920) • designed several of Memphis's National Register properties, incl. the Commerce Title Bldg., Shrine Bldg., St. Mary's Cathedral, Chisca & Tennessee Hotels, Lowenstein Bldg.
• built by Blanche Clark Cutrer (1864-1935) — only daughter of Clarksdale founder John Clark — & her husband John (Jack) Wesley Cutrer (1860-1932) • Blanche was educated at Miss Putnam's School, Boston, & Mt. Holyoke Academy • Jack had reputation as brilliant criminal attorney, said to have lost only one case • was delegate to post-Reconstruction Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890, where literacy tests and poll taxes instituted as means of keeping nearly all black voters from the polls, i.e., a means of keeping potentially outnumbered white citizens in power
• mansion had five house servants, a governess, Italian gardener (Barto) from Tuscany, French chef, servants' quarters across the street • had swimming pool, italian garden with marble fountain, interior by Charles Duveen (1870-1941), NYC, dba Charles of London, whose other clients included the Fords, Pillsburys & Hearsts • mansion designed & furnished for hospitality, had reputation for hosting seemingly limitless variety of masked balls lawn parties, lavish dinners, concerts, dances, etc. • remembered for the Japanese lanterns that glowed above evening festivities on the spacious grounds
• Cutrers' daughter Blanche (Ann) Cutrer Smith (1897-1962) & husband Edward White Smith (1894-1966) also lived in house • Smith was highly decorated WW II Major General, on staff of General George Marshall
• Cutrer grandson, the Rev. John Cutrer Smith, grew up in the mansion: W.C. Handy would come to play. He said that Mr. Cutrer was the only one who really treated him well. He was never dismissive, always respectful and financially helpful. "My mother was at a ball in Boston and as she danced by the band, he called out, 'Hi, Miss Blanche.' And she answered, 'Hello, Handy,' and she shook hands with him. At that time, whites and blacks did not often shake hands, especially with a white woman. But they did. • Mr. Cutrer was a patron of the blues artists who went from New Orleans to Chicago and stopped along the way in Clarksdale. - Clarksdale Press Register
• in the midst of a bitter political battle over relocating Coahoma county seat from Friar's Point to Clarksdale, 33-yr.-old Jack Cutrer shot & killed 20-yr.-old Friar's Point New Coahoman editor, Chinese-American Freeland Chew • outspoken in opposing proposed move to Clarksdale, Chew was walking to county courthouse in July heat, umbrella in hand • leaving Sheriff's office, Cutrer walked in Chew's direction • according to contemporary account, As the two neared each other, Chew reportedly brandished his umbrella in Cutrer's direction, and Cutrer opened fire on the young editor. • Chew died of single gunshot wound, no charges filed, no record of any grand jury considering the case -Mississippi Law Journal, 04/2012
• Curter Mansion visited frequently by young Tom (Tennessee) Williams (1911-1983) on parish calls with grandfather, the Rev. Walter E. Dakin, local Episcopal rector • believed to be basis for “Belle Reve” (trans. Beautiful Dream) – lost ancestral home of Stella & Blanche in Williams's 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire • Blanche DuBois said to be based on Blanche Cutrer, as is Carol Cutrere in Orpheus Descending (1957) • mansion also thought to be model for Big Daddy's house in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) • Williams said to have considered Blanche Cutrer the only grande dame he ever met
• after the Depression took its toll on the family wealth, Ann converted mansion into rental apartments • building bought by St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 1949, became convent & school • in mid-90s Church could no longer afford to maintain building, announced plans for demolition -my southern life
• mansion made Mississippi Heritage Trust's Ten Most Endangered Historic Places, 1999 • local campaign mounted to save mansion, church contributed $5K • money raised led Delta State University & Coahoma Community College to add their support • property purchased, renovated • now centerpiece of Coahoma Higher Education Center, arts/educational conference center
• designated Mississippi Landmark, 2005 • Clarksdale Historic District, National Register 09000763, 2009 • Coahoma County designated part of Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, 2009
Clarksdale est. 1848, pop. 17,962
• Italian Renaissance residence aka Belvoir, designed by Memphis architect Bayard Snowden Cairns (1875-1934), Hanker & Cairns • studied 3 yrs. at École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Jean-Louis Pascal (1837-1920) • designed several of Memphis's National Register properties, incl. the Commerce Title Bldg., Shrine Bldg., St. Mary's Cathedral, Chisca & Tennessee Hotels, Lowenstein Bldg.
• built by Blanche Clark Cutrer (1864-1935) — only daughter of Clarksdale founder John Clark — & her husband John (Jack) Wesley Cutrer (1860-1932) • Blanche was educated at Miss Putnam's School, Boston, & Mt. Holyoke Academy • Jack had reputation as brilliant criminal attorney, said to have lost only one case • was delegate to post-Reconstruction Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890, where literacy tests and poll taxes instituted as means of keeping nearly all black voters from the polls, i.e., a means of keeping potentially outnumbered white citizens in power
• mansion had five house servants, a governess, Italian gardener (Barto) from Tuscany, French chef, servants' quarters across the street • had swimming pool, italian garden with marble fountain, interior by Charles Duveen (1870-1941), NYC, dba Charles of London, whose other clients included the Fords, Pillsburys & Hearsts • mansion designed & furnished for hospitality, had reputation for hosting seemingly limitless variety of masked balls lawn parties, lavish dinners, concerts, dances, etc. • remembered for the Japanese lanterns that glowed above evening festivities on the spacious grounds
• Cutrers' daughter Blanche (Ann) Cutrer Smith (1897-1962) & husband Edward White Smith (1894-1966) also lived in house • Smith was highly decorated WW II Major General, on staff of General George Marshall
• Cutrer grandson, the Rev. John Cutrer Smith, grew up in the mansion: W.C. Handy would come to play. He said that Mr. Cutrer was the only one who really treated him well. He was never dismissive, always respectful and financially helpful. "My mother was at a ball in Boston and as she danced by the band, he called out, 'Hi, Miss Blanche.' And she answered, 'Hello, Handy,' and she shook hands with him. At that time, whites and blacks did not often shake hands, especially with a white woman. But they did. • Mr. Cutrer was a patron of the blues artists who went from New Orleans to Chicago and stopped along the way in Clarksdale. - Clarksdale Press Register
• in the midst of a bitter political battle over relocating Coahoma county seat from Friar's Point to Clarksdale, 33-yr.-old Jack Cutrer shot & killed 20-yr.-old Friar's Point New Coahoman editor, Chinese-American Freeland Chew • outspoken in opposing proposed move to Clarksdale, Chew was walking to county courthouse in July heat, umbrella in hand • leaving Sheriff's office, Cutrer walked in Chew's direction • according to contemporary account, As the two neared each other, Chew reportedly brandished his umbrella in Cutrer's direction, and Cutrer opened fire on the young editor. • Chew died of single gunshot wound, no charges filed, no record of any grand jury considering the case -Mississippi Law Journal, 04/2012
• Curter Mansion visited frequently by young Tom (Tennessee) Williams (1911-1983) on parish calls with grandfather, the Rev. Walter E. Dakin, local Episcopal rector • believed to be basis for “Belle Reve” (trans. Beautiful Dream) – lost ancestral home of Stella & Blanche in Williams's 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire • Blanche DuBois said to be based on Blanche Cutrer, as is Carol Cutrere in Orpheus Descending (1957) • mansion also thought to be model for Big Daddy's house in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) • Williams said to have considered Blanche Cutrer the only grande dame he ever met
• after the Depression took its toll on the family wealth, Ann converted mansion into rental apartments • building bought by St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 1949, became convent & school • in mid-90s Church could no longer afford to maintain building, announced plans for demolition -my southern life
• mansion made Mississippi Heritage Trust's Ten Most Endangered Historic Places, 1999 • local campaign mounted to save mansion, church contributed $5K • money raised led Delta State University & Coahoma Community College to add their support • property purchased, renovated • now centerpiece of Coahoma Higher Education Center, arts/educational conference center
• designated Mississippi Landmark, 2005 • Clarksdale Historic District, National Register 09000763, 2009 • Coahoma County designated part of Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, 2009
Length (OA): 47 m
Width: 15 m
Depth: 3.32 m
Total power: 819 kW
Bucket (standard): 5 m³
Crane model: Track-mounted Manitowoc 4600 crane
Dredging depth: 12 m
Location: Jones Creek, Delta State, Nigeria
Poject for SHELL Nigeria
Hasselblad 500 CM, Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm
Kodacolor II
Big gospel group. Formed in 1930 by James Darling, A.C. Harris, Forrest Terrel, and Arthur Wright. Added more members and dropped the "Quartette"/"Quartet" part of their name at some later point. First recording released in 1949. Other members were Early Malone, Jethroe "Jet" Bledsoe, Theo Wade, James Darling, Robert Reed, the Reverend Robert Crenshaw, Silas Steele, and William "Little Ax" Brodnax.
A recording of them singing (with lots of crowd screams) at Memphis' big Mason Temple in October 1952: youtu.be/q0TEuL669Sw
Their great version of "He Never Left Me Alone" (Silas Steele on lead): youtu.be/ta7cVlqJK_4
Read more about the Spirit of Memphis here (The Golden Age of Gospel by Horace Clarence Boyer): books.google.com/books?id=EzZ7GjkQixkC&lpg=PA146&...
More, interesting "Little Ax" info: "Upon his death in 1992, it was discovered that Broadnax was assigned female at birth." -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willmer_%22Little_Ax%22_Broadnax
- Short film about Little Ax: ew.com/article/2016/03/01/little-axe-transgender-gospel-s...
Photo lists "Exclusive Management - Herald Attractions, Inc. - 4066 1/2 Central Ave., Suite 3, Los Angeles 11, Calif."
More info re: Hooks Brothers Photography Studio in Memphis: www.deltastate.edu/academics/libraries/university-archive...
Length (OA): 47 m
Width: 15 m
Depth: 3.32 m
Total power: 819 kW
Bucket (standard): 5 m³
Crane model: Track-mounted Manitowoc 4600 crane
Dredging depth: 12 m
Location: Jones Creek, Delta State, Nigeria
Poject for SHELL Nigeria
Hasselblad 500 CM, Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm
Kodacolor II
Clarksdale est. 1848, pop. 17,962
• Italian Renaissance residence aka Belvoir, designed by Memphis architect Bayard Snowden Cairns (1875-1934), Hanker & Cairns • studied 3 yrs. at École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Jean-Louis Pascal (1837-1920) • designed several of Memphis's National Register properties, incl. the Commerce Title Bldg., Shrine Bldg., St. Mary's Cathedral, Chisca & Tennessee Hotels, Lowenstein Bldg.
• built by Blanche Clark Cutrer (1864-1935) — only daughter of Clarksdale founder John Clark — & her husband John (Jack) Wesley Cutrer (1860-1932) • Blanche was educated at Miss Putnam's School, Boston, & Mt. Holyoke Academy • Jack had reputation as brilliant criminal attorney, said to have lost only one case • was delegate to post-Reconstruction Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890, where literacy tests and poll taxes instituted as means of keeping nearly all black voters from the polls, i.e., a means of keeping potentially outnumbered white citizens in power
• mansion had five house servants, a governess, Italian gardener (Barto) from Tuscany, French chef, servants' quarters across the street • had swimming pool, italian garden with marble fountain, interior by Charles Duveen (1870-1941), NYC, dba Charles of London, whose other clients included the Fords, Pillsburys & Hearsts • mansion designed & furnished for hospitality, had reputation for hosting seemingly limitless variety of masked balls lawn parties, lavish dinners, concerts, dances, etc. • remembered for the Japanese lanterns that glowed above evening festivities on the spacious grounds
• Cutrers' daughter Blanche (Ann) Cutrer Smith (1897-1962) & husband Edward White Smith (1894-1966) also lived in house • Smith was highly decorated WW II Major General, on staff of General George Marshall
• Cutrer grandson, the Rev. John Cutrer Smith, grew up in the mansion: W.C. Handy would come to play. He said that Mr. Cutrer was the only one who really treated him well. He was never dismissive, always respectful and financially helpful. "My mother was at a ball in Boston and as she danced by the band, he called out, 'Hi, Miss Blanche.' And she answered, 'Hello, Handy,' and she shook hands with him. At that time, whites and blacks did not often shake hands, especially with a white woman. But they did. • Mr. Cutrer was a patron of the blues artists who went from New Orleans to Chicago and stopped along the way in Clarksdale. - Clarksdale Press Register
• in the midst of a bitter political battle over relocating Coahoma county seat from Friar's Point to Clarksdale, 33-yr.-old Jack Cutrer shot & killed 20-yr.-old Friar's Point New Coahoman editor, Chinese-American Freeland Chew • outspoken in opposing proposed move to Clarksdale, Chew was walking to county courthouse in July heat, umbrella in hand • leaving Sheriff's office, Cutrer walked in Chew's direction • according to contemporary account, As the two neared each other, Chew reportedly brandished his umbrella in Cutrer's direction, and Cutrer opened fire on the young editor. • Chew died of single gunshot wound, no charges filed, no record of any grand jury considering the case -Mississippi Law Journal, 04/2012
• Curter Mansion visited frequently by young Tom (Tennessee) Williams (1911-1983) on parish calls with grandfather, the Rev. Walter E. Dakin, local Episcopal rector • believed to be basis for “Belle Reve” (trans. Beautiful Dream) – lost ancestral home of Stella & Blanche in Williams's 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire • Blanche DuBois said to be based on Blanche Cutrer, as is Carol Cutrere in Orpheus Descending (1957) • mansion also thought to be model for Big Daddy's house in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) • Williams said to have considered Blanche Cutrer the only grande dame he ever met
• after the Depression took its toll on the family wealth, Ann converted mansion into rental apartments • building bought by St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 1949, became convent & school • in mid-90s Church could no longer afford to maintain building, announced plans for demolition -my southern life
• mansion made Mississippi Heritage Trust's Ten Most Endangered Historic Places, 1999 • local campaign mounted to save mansion, church contributed $5K • money raised led Delta State University & Coahoma Community College to add their support • property purchased, renovated • now centerpiece of Coahoma Higher Education Center, arts/educational conference center
• designated Mississippi Landmark, 2005 • Clarksdale Historic District, National Register 09000763, 2009 • Coahoma County designated part of Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, 2009
Ole Miss students gather for a candlelight vigil in response to a shooting at Delta State University. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Communications
The "life casts" are exact replicas of blues musicians faces, created using damp gauze and plaster. The results are astonishing, three-dimensional images of the facial structure of the musicians. This collection features 55 life casts of a disappearing generation of blues performers. On display at Ewing Hall, Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. For more information call 668.846.4311 or email lbrown@deltastate.edu
This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report:
CROP INSURANCE: Considerations in Reducing Federal Premium Subsidies
Note: The map also shows how the 48 continental states fall into 10 major economic regions determined by USDA.
Ugbodu's school children are keen to learn. However, many can't afford essential school books (exercise and text books). For over 10 years, I have been helping the children get these essential educational materials.
I hope these pictures and videos will inspire you to consider helping the children with their education.
If you have spare children's books, or other educational resources to donate, please contact me (Ifeanyi) by email on iaochei2000@yahoo.co.uk. Thank you.
Street vendors in Hausa Quarters. Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. If you have a moment, please view large to really see the detail in the market.
Street vendors in Hausa Quarters selling dry fish, tomatoes and other goods. Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. The man kneeling in the background is selling fresh meat.
Length (OA): 47 m
Width: 15 m
Depth: 3.32 m
Total power: 819 kW
Bucket (standard): 5 m³
Crane model: Track-mounted Manitowoc 4600 crane
Dredging depth: 12 m
Location: Jones Creek, Delta State, Nigeria
Poject for SHELL Nigeria
Hasselblad 500 CM, Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm
Kodacolor II
Length (OA): 47 m
Width: 15 m
Depth: 3.32 m
Total power: 819 kW
Bucket (standard): 5 m³
Crane model: Track-mounted Manitowoc 4600 crane
Dredging depth: 12 m
Location: Jones Creek, Delta State, Nigeria
Poject for SHELL Nigeria
Hasselblad 500 CM, Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm
Kodacolor II
Nuhu Ribadu,Ahmadu Adamu Mu'azu (Former Governor Bauchi State), Abubakar Umar Gada (Former senator Sokoto State) arrive @ Asaba International Airport in Delta State Nigeria on his way to Dim Ojukwu's funeral services.
kingspalacecafe.com • the upstairs of this building once housed black-owned Hooks Bros. photography studio, said to have been location where blues singer Robert Johnson posed in 1934 pinstripe suit photo
• compare known Hooks Studio. portrait to Robert Johnson portrait
• Beale Street -Wikipedia • Beale St Historic District, National Register #66000731, 1966 • designated National Historic Landmark District, 1966