Men in Boat, Tanga, Tanganyika Tanzania, Africa, 1937
Men in Boat, Tanga, Tanganyika Tanzania, Africa, 1937
AFRICA
AFRICA
In his last major multi-national exploration in 1937-1938, Hoppé visited Central Africa. Here more than anywhere else he was able to demonstrate the encroachment of modern culture in photographs. Traditional clothing and western fashions were seen existing side-by-side. A tribal chief in robes was seen chatting on a telephone. Dancers were seen dressed in local clothing and American cowboy gear. Children look with a guarded curiosity into an automobile window. Women were seen opening a new dress factory specializing in current Western fashion looks, while hunters still demonstrated ancient techniques wearing decoy bird figures on their heads. The contrasts were dazzling.
The cinemas disgorged their audiences; the whole place vibrated with coloured lights, music and dancing. A few nights ago, only four kilometres away from this gay city, elephants had trampled down the bank manager’s garage. Just before that, crocodiles had killed three boys who had gone down to the shore at night without a lantern. One is apt to forget it, but this is still Africa!
– E.O. Hoppé
Mosque in Arab Quarter, Mombasa, Kenya, Africa, 1937
Mosque in Arab Quarter, Mombasa, Kenya, Africa, 1937
Ngoma Dancer, Mombasa, Kenya, Africa, 1937
N’goma Dancer, Mombasa, Kenya, Africa, 1937
Women’s Dress Establishment, Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Women's Dress Establishment, Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Women’s Dressmaking Establishment, Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Women's Dressmaking Establishment, Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Passenger Carried in Mammy Chair Through Surf, Accra, Ghana, Africa, 1937
Passenger Carried in “Mammy” Chair Through Surf, Accra, Ghana, Africa, 1937
Portrait of Bird Stalker, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Portrait of Bird Stalker, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Portrait of Mallam Dogo, Yelwa, near Zaria, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Portrait of Mallam Dogo, Yelwa, near Zaria, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Portrait of Master of Ceremonies, Kano, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Portrait of Master of Ceremonies, Kano, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Street Scene, Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Street Scene, Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Swarm of Locusts, Tanga, Tanganyika Tanzania , Africa, 1937
Swarm of Locusts, Tanga, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), Africa, 1937
Watussi Boy, Nyanza, Rwanda, Africa, 1937
Watussi Boy, Nyanza, Ruanda-Urundi (now Rawanda), Africa, 1937
Watussi Dancers I, Nyanza, Rwanda, Africa, 1937
Watussi Dancers I, Nyanza, Ruanda-Urundi (now Rwanda), Africa, 1937
Watussi Dancers II, Nyanza, Ruanda-Urundi, Rwanda, Africa, 1937
Watussi Dancers, Nyanza, Ruanda-Urundi (now Rwanda), Africa, 1937
Watussi King Rudahigwa, Nyanza, Rwanda, Africa, 1937
Watussi King Rudahigwa, Nyanza, Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda), Africa, 1937
Watussi King’s Page, Nyanza, Rwanda, Africa, 1937
Watussi King’s Page, Nyanza, Ruanda-Urundi (now Rawanda), Africa, 1937
Alake on His Throne, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Alake on His Throne, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Boys Peering into Car, Congo, Africa, 1937
Boys Peering into Car, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Africa, 1937
Chief on Telephone, Kano, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Chief on Telephone, Kano, Nigeria, Africa, 1937
Children, Lagos, Nigeria, 1937
Children, Lagos, Nigeria, 1937
Elephant Tusks, Leopoldville, Kinshasa, Congo, Africa, 1937
Elephant Tusks, Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Africa, 1937
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