Cotonou Gallery

Africa, Benin, Lake NokouAA . A fisherman in his typical wooden canoe near to the

Africa, Benin, Lake NokouA©. A fisherman in his typical wooden canoe near to the famous stilt village of Ganvie

© Catherina Unger/AWL Images Ltd.

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Benin - Scenes & Places

The Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) - places depicted on the card are capital city Porto-Novo, a house of the indigenous population (one of whom is pictured in the inset oval) and a view of the banks of the River Oueme (which flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Cotonou). Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10434473

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