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Fragile Legacies: The Photographs of Solomon Osagie Alonge

Fragile Legacies: The Photographs of Solomon Osagie Alonge

Staples, Amy J.
Kaplan, Flora S.

Hardcover

General PhotographyPhotography History & CriticismPhotographers

Publisher Price: $49.95

ISBN10: 1907804994
ISBN13: 9781907804991
Publisher: Giles
Published: Jul 11 2017
Pages: 208
Weight: 3.30
Height: 1.00 Width: 9.70 Depth: 11.20
Language: English

Fragile Legacies showcases the fascinating photographs of Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge (1911-1994), Nigeria's premier twentieth-century photographer and the first official photographer to the Royal Court of the Kingdom of Benin. Alonge's historic photographs document the rituals, pageantry, and regalia of the Benin Court for over a half-century, and provide rare insight into the history of Nigeria from an insider's perspective. With important contributions by leading Nigerian writers, this volume examines the transformations of colonialism in Africa, and more specifically Nigeria, within the context of global capitalism in the early to mid-twentieth century.

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