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Title
Famine of 1938, Manjacaze, Mozambique, 1938
Creator
Kaltenrieder, Emile
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
DM-échange et mission
chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
info@dmr.ch
Description
"La famine de 1938 à Manjacaze. Vieille femme dansant et chantant sa complainte." ("The famine of 1938 in Manjacaze. Old woman dancing and singing her lament.") Photograph of an old African woman playing a traditional musical instrument. In the background, African people sitting on the ground, part of a building, trees.
Photographie d'une vieille femme africaine jouant d'un instrument de musique traditionnelle. À l'arrière-plan, des personnes africaines assises par terre, une partie d'un bâtiment et des arbres.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photonegative, b&w
6 x 9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m57590 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nc004-102-274
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57590
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nc004-102-274.jpg
Subject
Hunger
Malnutrition
Musicians
Women
Indigenous populations
Portraits
Time Period
1938
Place
Africa
Manjacaze
Mozambique
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
NC 004
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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