Oussman Gassi, King of Bundu, 42 years, born in Sendou
Taken from "Sénégalais", an album of 41 anthropological photographs from the Exposition Universelle in Paris, 1889
Paris, France
National Library of France
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1889
Anonymous
SGE SG WE-344
The villages inhabited by African and Asian immigrants attracted a great deal of attention during the time of the European world fairs. Even the sciences (medicine, anthropology, etc.) showed much curiosity towards them, a curiosity whose justification as 'scientific' seems incongruous and dishonest to a modern audience.
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"Oussman Gassi, King of Bundu, 42 years, born in Sendou" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;117;en
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin
MWNF Working Number: FR 117
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