Sylvia Leith-Ross
Sylvia Leith-Ross was a British anthropologist who traveled and worked in Nigeria from the early 1900s through the 1960s. Following the Women's War, she was one of two female British anthropologists commissioned by the colonial administration to conduct detailed studies on the societal roles of Igbo women, a point highlighted in http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/6929/1/38.pdf
Her academic contributions include the study African Women: A Study of the Ibo of Nigeria (1939) and the field memoir African Conversation Piece (1944).
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Young Igbo Girl Painted with Uli
This black-and-white photograph from the 1940s by Sylvia Leith-Ross shows a young Igbo girl adorned with traditional Uli body art patterns. She wears a headpiece with feathers and decorative elements, with her back turned to emphasize the designs. Blurred figures …