Central Africa - Oubangui People - Gan'za Dance
In 1924-1925, Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil set out on the second Citroen Mission to Central Africa. This card shows the indigenous people of Oubangui in traditional costume, preparing for the ritual Gan'za Dance. Oubangui-Chari, or Ubangi-Shari, was a French territory in central Africa which later became the independent country of the Central African Republic on August 13, 1960
Picture No
10412371
Media ID
45522938
Size
5100px x 3285px
(5.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1925
