Independence · 1961–1990
What people wore and how they wore it: gowns and wrappers, head-ties and hats, hair dressed for the occasion, beads and bangles.
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1960s urban African fashion (2536309523) 1968
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Mandingo girls dressed up for a celebration, Kabala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) 1968 (3126465405) 1968
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Mandingo (Mandinka) girl, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2253947690) 1968
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Urban West African fashions, 1968 (5997068654) 2011
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