Recently catalogued and added to the collection are a series of leaflets published by the Ministry of Information during the Second World War. These include the “How the other half lives” series, published in London, of which we hold the following titles:
The day's work of a District Officer in Nigeria.
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; series C, 1
A day in the life of a Nigerian Emir.
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; ser. C, 3.
The life of a West African cocoa farmer / by a son of one of them.
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; ser. C, 3.
A day in the life of a native treasury scribe. (in Nigeria)
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; ser. C, 4
The daily life of a district commissioner's clerk. (in the Gold Coast, now Ghana)
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; ser. C, 5.
A letter to Susan : being an account of the day-to-day life of farmer's wife in Kenya in war time.
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; ser. C, 6
A day in the life of a Tanganyika Chief.
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; ser. C, 7
The daily life of an African peasant farmer in Kenya.
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; ser. C, 8
Life in Nigeria.
Commonwealth leaflets. How the other half lives ; ser. C, 8
We currently know little about the circumstances behind the publication of these titles and the propaganda purposes and audiences for which they were intended. Any information would be gratefully received. (Or an interesting project for a MA student perhaps?)
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