Fascinating photographs of 1930s Nigeria taken by a high-ranking education inspector in the decades before its independence from Britain have been unearthed after more than 65 years.
The images were captured by Edward Harland Duckworth, who served as Inspector of Education in Nigeria from 1930 to 1944, and collated into a photo album by his friend Henry Svory, who was a head of department at Ibadan University at that time.
They provide an insight into the lives of the native population in the West African country in the decades preceding its independence from Britain in 1960.
After more than 65 years, the photos, which have remained in Savory's family, have now emerged for auction and are tipped to sell for £1,000.
One photograph shows a group of young men bathing in the Kurama Waters while others capture pyramids of groundnut sacks and a bustling cloth market.
