Drum Magazine Photo Thread

Drum magazine was founded in 1951 in Cape Town South Africa by James Richard Abe Bailey (23 October 1919 – 29 February 2000), often known as Jim Bailey.

He was an Anglo-South African World War II fighter pilot, writer, poet and publisher. He was the founder of Drum, the most widely read magazine in Africa.

The magazine had agents in Cape Coast now Ghana n Nigeria.Drum magazine prospered in Nigeria with its office at Wesley Street,next to Wesleyan Church Lagos n then moved to a bigger office in Ebutte -Metta.

Port Harcourt politics.
DRUM magazine. April 1961.

When Rock & Roll came to Nigeria: A debate in the Drum Magazine, April 1961 edition.

Source: Drum magazine, April 1961. p29-30.

Someone's polyamorously-inclined ancestor: 15 girls not enough!

Source: DRUM Magazine; April 1961.

Cyprian Ekwensi presaging Nollywood.
DRUM. April 1961.

Absconding groom and other tales- West African Whispers- DRUM magazine, April 1961.

Source: Private Collection of T.O.M.

Twaz' ever thus- Nigerians debate living conditions in June 1959.
DRUM magazine- June 1959.

Source- Private Collection of T.O.M.

'The government of Nigeria has ruined me'.

DRUM; June 1959 issue. Page 9.

Source: Private Collection of T.O.M.

Plenty Plenty Woman. Plenty Plenty Cow: Fortune tellers.

DRUM Magazine. April 1961.

Source: Private Collection of T.O.M.

DRUM magazine April 1961- page 32: Talking Points; Mayflower etc.

Source: Private Collection of T.O.M

Various adverts from The DRUM, June 1959 edition.

Dubonnet with quinine.
DRUM. April 1961.

Various adverts from Drum magazine (Nigeria edition) April 1961.

Coughs and pile treatment ads. Sanitas was a strong disinfectant.

Adverts from the DRUM magazine, June 1959 issue.

Source: Personal Collection of T.O.M.