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Showcase ~ history of hairstyles / headwrap cultures ~ African continent

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c.1890-1906 - More shots of the common freeformed hairstyling amongst Batende-Bapoto-Bangala people in the northern region of Congo Extracts taken from the BMS Archive of G. Grenfell’s expedition
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1905 - Young Dogon men photographed in Songo, Bandiagara Escarpment pd. Mali
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c.1880-1900 - Mende women adorned with jewellery attending the Bondo festival pd. Sierra Leone
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1903 - Man from Ogurude , present day Cross River state, Nigeria
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c.1940-1949 - Portrait of an Azande woman pd. Democratic Republic of Congo
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c.1910 - Group of Yaka (Muyaka) men pd. Democratic Republic of Congo
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c.1914 - Basengele man from Bandundu, Mai Ndombe province , present day Democratic Republic of Congo
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1909- Babunda man, present day Democratic Republic of Congo
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c.1938-1939 - Diverse cornrow styles amongst Yaka youths pd. Democratic Republic of Congo
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c.1939 - Plaited hairstyle of a young Igbo man pd. Nigeria
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c.1921-1932 - Asante Komfo priest with locs attending the Apo ceremony pd. Ghana
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c.1910 - Group of chiefs from Stanleyville (Kisangani) pd. Democratic Republic of Congo
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1947- Portraits of a Fulani girl pd. Guinea
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c.1941-1947- Asantehene Prempeh ii pd. Ghana
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1935 - Haircut of a Tsonga boy from an area near Xai-Xai pd. Mozambique
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