Before the slave trade · to 1561
Portraits and gatherings: people photographed by others, most of them still unnamed. If you know someone here, tell us.
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Children with umbilical hernias, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1967 1967
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Neighbor, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (464352047) 1968
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Young Fula (Peul) woman (with child on her back --- note feet), Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1043634634) 1968
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