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Theme
music, dance/masked dance
Photographer
Carlo Lamote (°1928)
Patron
Inforcongo
Place of production
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Equateur > Tshuapa
Legend
A ‘traditional’ dance is performed in the village of Yaoforo at the request of the official photographers of the state. The presence of the colonizer had a major influence on what was depicted in front of the lens. The ethnographic photography of the 1950s particularly provides a glance of unequal powers that determined the representation of the ‘other’ as well as the semblance of objective documentation.
Original legend
AU CONGO BELGE. Voici des indigènes Yasayama du village de Yaoforo (district de la Tshuapa) exécutant une danse appelée "Ekata".
Dimensions
18 cm x 24 cm
Inventory number
HP.1957.1.78
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