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People and Places in West Africa

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This woman smokes a pipe while taking a break from working on her farm outside Eshobi village, Cameroon. 1966.
Young boy with talking drum, near Oke-Iho, Nigeria. 1968.
Boys outside Susanne Wenger’s house in Osogbo, Nigeria. Susanne Wenger was a German woman who documented and practised the Sango cult and lived in Nigeria for many years. 1977.
Royal musicians of the Emir of Katsina performing at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 1963.
The Orangun of Ila at his palace in Ila, southwestern Nigeria. The Orangun, a prominent Yoruba Chief, became a friend and visited me in Ibadan and presented me with gifts that I have to this day. 1972.
Here I have travelled to Ila to greet my friend the Orangun and to discuss a visit he was planning to make to Ibadan. 1972.
This man passed by one day when I was in the bush near Ogbomoso, southwestern Nigeria. 1966.
I took this rare photo in November 1963 on the University of Ibadan campus. Left is Prof Kenneth Dike, the first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor of the University. With him is Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the Nigerian Prime Minister, who was on campus for his installation as Chancellor of the University. Balewa was killed during the first military coup in February 1966; Dike returned to eastern Nigeria at the start of the Biafran war.
Masquerade in street. The masquerade can entertain, commend achievers, chastise evil-doers, bring messages of hope or peace, or mourn the dead. Ila, southwestern Nigeria. 1972.
This man brought the mona monkey for sale to the Zoological Garden, University of Ibadan. The monkey had been raised by its owner from a youngster and was completely tame. 1965.
Market scene, Ibadan, Nigeria. 1965.
Market scene, Ibadan, Nigeria. 1965.
Market scene, Ibadan, Nigeria. 1965.
Market scene, Ibadan, Nigeria. 1965.
Pounding yam, Ilesha, southwestern Nigeria. 1965.
Decorative carving of calabash in Oyo, southwestern Nigeria. 1977.
This young woman was washing clothes in the Cross River, Mamfe, Cameroon. April 1966.
An Aku woman, pictured in Wum market, Cameroon. April 1966.
The Fon of Bafut standing in front of what he called his Father's House. The Fon was a powerful regional chief. Bafut, Cameroon, February 1965. (NOW PLEASE CLOSE AND GO TO PAGE 2)
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