Thanks for sharing, Jos - Enock
2017-01-16 22:57 GMT+00:00 Jos Damen <josephcmda...@gmail.com>: > More from the Dutch: > > Guinea-Bissau & Senegal 1973-74 https://commons.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Commons:Guinea-Bissau_and_Senegal_1973-1974_(Coutinho_Collection) > > Sierra Leone 1934-1935 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category: > Photographs_by_Sjoerd_Hofstra > > best, > > Jos Damen > > 2017-01-16 17:31 GMT+01:00 Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo...@gmail.com>: > >> Awesome. >> >> Best, >> >> - Enock >> >> 2017-01-16 16:29 GMT+00:00 Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexf...@gmail.com>: >> >>> So I went to the Ghana Wikiproject today and noticed a message.1 >>> >>> tl;dr: The Wikimedia Netherlands has donated some 2,000 historic images, >>> going back as far as almost a century related to Africa, South America and >>> Southeast Asia.2 >>> >>> Specifically to Ghana, I doubt those images (very old) could be found >>> anywhere, such as this 1953 image of Fort Amsterdam. >>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_Kormantin#/media/File:Fort_Amsterdam,_schietgat_bastion_-_20652263_-_RCE.jpg> >>> 3 >>> >>> I am impressed and really thankful for such a generous donation to >>> Wikimedia Commons relating to Ghana's history. >>> >>> Now I guess it's about time we put those images to use! >>> >>> I hope more are shared as and when they become available. Kudos, WMNL. >>> >>> Checkout the category to find images about your country too. I've seen >>> Guinea Bissau in there somewhere. >>> >>> 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Gha >>> na#Media_upload_of_historical_photographs_of_Ghana >>> 2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Temminck_Groll_Collection >>> 3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_Kormantin >>> #/media/File:Fort_Amsterdam,_schietgat_bastion_-_20652263_-_RCE.jpg >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>> wikimedia...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >
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