File:African Negroes in Kamerun, showing native headdress.jpg

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These pictures were photographed in Fumban, the largest and most densely populated section of Kamerun, one of Germany's colonies in Africa captured by the Allies.

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English: This black-and-white photography from Kelly Miller's History of World War for Human Rights shows two people living in Fumban, the ancient capital of the Bamun Kingdom.

On the left, it's a frontal picture of a probably-Fulani woman with bracelets going from her wrist to her arm, she wears hoop earrings with braids to the two sides of her head. Only her head and arm is exposed.

On the right, it's a profile picture of an elderly man wearing a bubu. He has sideburns and a goatee on his face. He has a calabash-like hairstyle.
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Source https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-7bc9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Author Kelly Miller

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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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