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Nairobi Ngoma Performance, 31st January 1959 (b/w photo)

Nairobi Ngoma Performance, 31st January 1959 (b/w photo)
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BRV8608641
Image title
Nairobi Ngoma Performance, 31st January 1959 (b/w photo)
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Location
British Empire and Commonwealth Collection, Bristol Archives, UK
Medium
photograph
Date
1959 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

Kikuyu men arranged in rows and adorned in ceremonial costume and makeup dancing in unison, as part of a traditional Ngoma in Nairobi. A more ornately decorated man in furs can be seen on the right facing the other dancers, and in the distance a group of European men are spectating. Trotter collection

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Bristol Archives/British Empire & Commonwealth Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
20th century / 1950s / colonialism / colony / dance / empire / United Kingdom / Europe / imperialism / native / Kenya / Africa / music / tradition / culture / black and white / photo / mzphoto / traditional costume / clothes

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