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Identifier
3173669282593868-African Woman Kinshasa.jpg
Description
Studio portrait of a woman sitting. Above her head is the French inscription, "Type d'une negresse civilisee a Kinshasa." Loosely translated the inscription reads, "Example of a Civilized Negro Woman from Kinshasa." Note: This is an example of colonial photography used to acquaint European audiences with life in the former African colonies and expresses the racial views of Europeans in 20th century.
Rights
Digital Image (c) 2011 Earnestine Jenkins Collection of African American-African Diaspora Photographs. All rights reserved. No unauthorized duplication or transmission permitted. Contact the rights holder: Arts & Visual Cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora, Department of Art, University of Memphis.
Recommended Citation
"Photography: Africa" (2021). Earnestine Jenkins Collection of Historical African American-African Diaspora Photographs. 12.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-exhibit-ejenkins/12
Keywords
Photographic postcards
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