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Nativity scene fresco designed and painted in 1963 by Dom Georges Saget

Nativity scene fresco designed and painted in 1963 by Dom Georges Saget, Keur Moussa Abbey church, Ker Moussa, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

© Godong

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A Fula Woman - Senegal, West Africa

A Fula Woman - Senegal, West Africa - displaying distinctive traditional ornamental headwear and hairstyle, large single-bead necklace and hooped earrings. It is common for women and girls to have silver coins and amber attached to their hair braids. Date: circa 1920s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Senegal - Griot playing a Xalam

A Griot Xalam Player - Senegal. The most common stringed instrument in Senegal. Griots of many ethnic groups play it, including the Wolof, Sereer, Mandinko, Malinke, Fulbe, and Tukuloor. The xalam generally has a dryer, more nasal sound than the Kora (see: 10951070). A Griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition, and is also often seen as something of a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal personages. Date: circa 1901

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection