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PHOTO0000004543

PHOTO0000004543

English transcription: Festival of Negro Art (30 March-24 April 1966).
French transcription: Festival des Arts nègres (30 Mars-24 Avril 1966).
Description: Photograph showing two African women play drums. They are wearing traditional hairdresses. They are playing in the street.
Location: Dakar

PHOTO0000004576

PHOTO0000004576

English transcription: Festival of Negro Arts (30 March -14 April 1966).
French transcription: Festival des Arts nègres (30 Mars - 24 Avril 1966).
Description: The First World Festival of Black Arts or World Festival of Negro Arts under the auspices of UNESCO. We can see a big building with many flags. A car is parking. Many people standing and waiting.
Location: Dakar

PHOTO0000004915

PHOTO0000004915

English transcription: Festival of Negro Art (30 march - 24 april 1966).
French transcription: Festival des Arts nègres (30 mars - 24 avril 1966).
Description: The photo shows men dancers in traditional dance costume.
Location: Dakar

PHOTO0000001319

PHOTO0000001319

English transcription: Festival of Negro Art (30 March - 24 April 1966). Here, a Nigerian funerary monument The Ancestral Family exhibited in the Musée Dynamique to which UNESCO sent a consultant to prepare an exhibition as part of the Festival programme.
French transcription: Festival des Arts négres (30 Mars - 24 Avril 1966). Ici, monument funéraire du Nigeria "Le culte des Ancêtres" exposé au Musée Dynamique de Dakar où l'UNESCO avait envoyé un consultant chargé de préparer une exposition dans le cadre de ce Festival.
Description: In this funerary monument, can be seen three bodies in their entirety. In addition other eight heads can be seen. The central piece looks to be a woman. On both her sides the other two bodies can be seen. At the feet of each of the body, sits a head. Other four heads are sitting on the top. The last head sits on the head of the central piece on something that looks like a crown.
Location: Dakar

PHOTO0000004548

PHOTO0000004548

French transcription: Projet Tostan d'alphabétisation.
Description: Photograph showing a young African woman dancing. People around clapping their hands.
Location: Ker Simbara

PHOTO0000002251

PHOTO0000002251

Description: People are outside sitting on stairs above the water.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002246

PHOTO0000002246

French transcription: Maison des Esclaves.
Description: Photo is of the outside of two buildings forming an interior corner. The buildings are two stories tall and one of them has a curved stone staircase leading to the ground. Two doors are visible, one on the second story and one on the ground floor. Around the lower door, there is writing on the wall, but it is unreadable. The windows have bars on them.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002242

PHOTO0000002242

French transcription: Sénégal, Gorèe - 22 dècembre 1980. Appel de H. Amadou-Nahtar M'BOW, Directeur Gènèral de l'UNESCO pour le lancement de la campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde de l'ile de Gorée. La cérémonie s'est déroulée en présence du Premier Ministre, M. Abdou Diouf, de plusieurs membres du gouveraement, de l'Assemblée Nationale, du corps diplomatique et du Ministre Amadou Cledor Sall, président du conseil municipal du Grand-Dakar. A l'issue de la cérémonie, M. M'Bow a été élevé à la dignité de Grand-Croix de l'Ordre National du Lion, la plus haute distinction sénégalaise. 39.971 - La batterie de la Pointe Nord.
Description: Photo is of a series of buildings, possibly a battery, near a body of water. One fortress-like building is located immediately on the water's edge, with other buildings behind it. Palm trees are visible.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002245

PHOTO0000002245

English transcription: Different views of the island. Photo shows the backside of the Slaves House.
French transcription: Vues de l'ile. L'arrière de la Maison des Esclaves.
Description: Photo shows the back of a building on a waterfront. The building is at least two stories, with balconies and outdoor walkways. There are palm trees surrounding the building.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002250

PHOTO0000002250

English transcription: Different views of the island. Photo C.4849 shows the backside of the Slaves House.
French transcription: Vues de l'ile. L'arrière de la Maison des Esclaves.
Description: A stone building with a sloped roof is shown on rocky ground.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002240

PHOTO0000002240

English transcription: Different views of the island. Photo shows the backside of the Slaves House.
French transcription: Vues de l'ile. L'arrière de la Maison des Esclaves.
Description: The back of a massive building, shuttered on the left, and with an open door on the right, leading to an unshuttered first floor. Three childen are in the pucture, as well as 2 tall trees.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002243

PHOTO0000002243

French transcription: Sénégal, sur l'Ile de Gorée.
Description: Photo of a building near a water front, taken with the water behind the building. Building looks to be some kind of fort or battery, with some palm tree around it. Entrance to the building has bars on it, and windows appear to be very narrow.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002247

PHOTO0000002247

English transcription: Different views of the island. Photo shows the backside of the Slaves House.
French transcription: Vues de l'ile. L'arrière de la Maison des Esclaves.
Description: Photo shows a beach with water to the right and buildings behind. 2 people, dressed in loose clothing with head coverings, are walking on the beach. There is an incline that leads up to the buildings and palm trees are visible in the background.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002239

PHOTO0000002239

English transcription: Different views of the island. Photo shows the backside of the Slaves House.
French transcription: Vues de l'ile. L'arrière de la Maison des Esclaves.
Description: A street in Gorée, with - to the left - colonial era houses. An outdoor, covered balcony is affixed to the walls of the middle one, and they all have displays of cascading geenery. Two women are walking up the steeet.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002241

PHOTO0000002241

English transcription: Different views of the island. Photo shows the backside of the Slaves House.
French transcription: Vues de l'ile. L'arrière de la Maison des Esclaves.
Description: Photo shows buildings on the edge of a body of water. Waves are breaking on the shore. The buildings are appear to be white or some other light color, with windows and balconies. Very little vegetation is shown.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002248

PHOTO0000002248

English transcription: Different views of the island. Photo shows the backside of the Slaves House.
French transcription: Vues de l'ile. L'arrière de la Maison des Esclaves.
Description: Vue d'une rue ; deux femmes sont en train de passer en transportant des choses. On voit une maison aux murs blancs et d'autres aux murs sans crépi. Des arbres apparaissent.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002244

PHOTO0000002244

French transcription: Sénégal, sur l'Ile de Gorée.
Description: Photo shows a clearing in the middle of a group of buildings. One of the buildings appears abandoned, with part of the roof caved in. A body of water can be seen in the upper left corner, and the lower left corner shows a leafy plant. One person, appearing to be dark-skinned, is visible in the distance.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002252

PHOTO0000002252

French transcription: Sénégal, sur l'Ile de Gorée.
Description: In beween 2 columns (a palm tree on the left, and a stone wall on the right) a view across a street of a large, 2 floor building. A palm tree, and a wall with an open access door front the building.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000002249

PHOTO0000002249

French transcription: Sénégal, sur l'Ile de Gorée.
Description: There is a large stone building that bears a resemblance to an island/coastal fort.
Location: Island of Gorée.

PHOTO0000001706

PHOTO0000001706

English transcription: University of Dakar - model of a nuclear energy station.
French transcription: Université de Dakar maquette d'une centrale nucléaire.
Description: A table with a model of two buildings. There is a large panel control in front of the model.
Location: Dakar.

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