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An Egyptian illuminates Egyptian characters on a wall using a petrolum lamp, 1954.

Photo: akg-images / Walter Limot

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"La Hottentote", an 18th-century engraving.

Photo: akg-images

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A mother and child, circa 1900.

Photo: akg-images

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The market at Abidjan, 1959.

Photo: akg-images / Paul Almasy