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Trader from Timbuctou and Rich Trading Woman, Onitsha. c. 1889.

Trader from Timbuctou and Rich Trading Woman

This photograph, taken by G.F. Packer in 1889 and housed in the Pitt Rivers Museum, features a trader from Timbuktu on the right and a rich trading woman on the left, possibly a member of the Onitsha women's Otu Odu …