Tuesday 21 May 2013

Ababio II, Chief of Jamestown, Accra, 1930s.

Fragment of a commemorative cloth in the Musee du Quai Branly, Paris showing Chief Ababio, Jamestown, Accra.

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The same chief can be seen in two photographs in the book  Ghana Photo Memories (Filigranes Editions/Africultures, 2007) that showcases the work of the photographer J.K.Bruce Vanderpuije, whose studio, now operated by his elderly son, is still to found in Jamestown.

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Chief Ababio II of Jamestown, 1934.

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Chief Ababio II of Jamestown, 1939

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The Queen mother of Jamestown and her attendants, 1932.

All photos by J.K. Bruce Vanderpuije. Click to enlarge.

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