French West Africa

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1960 French press photo of the arrival in France of dancers and musicians from Mali.

Price: $30.00

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Two 1940’s French press photos of El Hadji Thierno Seydou Nourou Tall and the Emir of Katsina.

Price: $90.00

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Personal album of Robert Duprey, c. 1907 - 1910. He was the Clerk of Native Affairs for the French government. The album covers a wide range of countries in French West Africa: Senegal. Mali. Niger. Burkina Faso. Saint-Louis of Senegal. On the Senegal River. At the camp of Bougounam. Guet Ndar district. Convoy of camels. Cliff of Bandiagara. Market of Kaïbou. Musicians. Chalaud on the Niger. Millet seller. Kani Kombolé. Sirba. Combaye's camp. Fishermen at Marigot. Destruction of a termite mound. Millet mortar. Peuhl dances. Fada-Ngourma. The new market. The pole of cocagne. Building a camp. Return from hunting. Tanouarbougou. Pama. Horse race. Togo-Dahomey mission. Dioulas. Kingdom of Dahomey. Presumed portrait of Robert Duprey. Album in-4, in full morocco, composed of about 180 silver and citrate prints from the period, and a cyanotype, mounted on cardboard. Numerous handwritten annotations and dates on the prints and mounts. Some stamps " Fada - N'Gourma - Haut - Sénégal - Niger ". A postcard and a few sheets of correspondence in Robert Duprey's handwriting inside the album.

Price: $3000.00

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14 postcards of colonial Senegal. Shown are government buildings, river culture, indigenous chiefs, English consulate, military headquarters, transporting nuts, food preparation, African souvenirs in the local cathedral, market for kola nuts, different types.

Price: $350.00

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Vintage UNSCO photo postcard using a Senegalese couple to illustrate the human family.

Price: $25.00

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Colonial fact card and map of French West Africa, 1920’s.

Price: $20.00

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27 colonial postcards of colonial life and enterprises in French Guinea. Shown are railroad construction, transporting goods, mining, post office, inauguration of the first train in 1910, bridge construction, river transport, port development.

Price: $810.00

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25 colonial postcards of different villages in French Guinea. Shown are Kindia, Correra, Dubreka, Itiou, Ke-Toure, Boulbine, Djallonke, Koliagbe, Toumanea, Siguiri, Bassari village, Kankan, Coniagui village.

Price: $750.00

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27 colonial postcards of different views of Conakry.

Price: $540.00

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24 colonial postcards of economic activity in French Guinea. Shown are banana harvesting, indigenous factory, various markets, basket weaving, hunting, river transport, caravans, harvesting palm nuts, fishing and farm labor.

Price: $720.00

 

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