Chief Samson Dido of Didotown. Prince of the Duala ethnic group from Cameroon. Important figure in relations between Germany and German Cameroon (Africa), a protectorate of the German Empire between 1884 and 1916. Hired by German businessman Carl Hagenbeck, in 1886 he travelled to Germany to show the German people the customs and traditions of Cameroon, taking part with his family in ethnographic exhibitions for several months. Prince Samson Dido in ""Flora Charlottenburg"" in Belin, 1886. Portrait. Photogravure by Andre & Sleigh from a photograph by Augerer. ""La conquista de Africa"" (The conquest of Africa), by Alfredo Opisso. Volume II. Published in Barcelona (Spain) by Molinas y Maza editores, 1911.
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Chief Samson Dido of Didotown. Prince of the Duala ethnic group from Cameroon. Important figure in relations between Germany and German Cameroon (Africa), a protectorate of the German Empire between 1884 and 1916. Hired by German businessman Carl Hagenbeck, in 1886 he travelled to Germany to show the German people the customs and traditions of Cameroon, taking part with his family in ethnographic exhibitions for several months. Prince Samson Dido in ""Flora Charlottenburg"" in Belin, 1886. Portrait. Photogravure by Andre & Sleigh from a photograph by Augerer. ""La conquista de Africa"" (The conquest of Africa), by Alfredo Opisso. Volume II. Published in Barcelona (Spain) by Molinas y Maza editores, 1911.

Date

02 janv. 1911

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Photo12/Universal Images Group

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UMG26A39_188

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Droits gérés

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35.0Mo (5.1Mo) / 24.2cm x 36.2cm / 2854 x 4281 (300dpi)

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