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MAURITANIA Oualata Man preparing food in courtyard of buildings with traditional bas-relief ornamentation of applied gypsum white and red clay with turquoise painted doors washing line and goats. West Africa

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Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s

Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s - French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Dahomey and Niger. The capital of the federation was Dakar. The federation existed from 1895 until 1960. The houses are raised on stilts (pile dwellings) to protect from flooding. This is also obviously a coastal or riverside community as there are large fishing nets drying on poles close to the houses. Pile dwellings can still be found in the Ivory Coast in places such as Ebrie Lagoon. Date: 1947

TO MATCH FEATURE MAURITANIA CARAVAN

A caravan of camels loaded with sacks of raw salt travels across the desert near Tichit, Mauritania December 5, 2006. Caught between an encroaching sea of sand and a towering rocky plateau, Tichit has been a staging post for more than nine centuries for camel caravans snaking across the Sahara. Picture taken December 5, 2006. TO MATCH FEATURE MAURITANIA CARAVAN REUTERS/David Rouge (MAURITANIA) - GM1DUQTJTXAA