Photographie par Casimir Zagourski pour "L' Afrique qui disparaît!".

Casimir Zagourski (1883-1944). Large photographic print entitled Oubangui-Chari - Making Flour for L'Afrique qui disparaît! showing a group of women busy around a millet mortar in the centre of a village.

The Polish-born artist Zagourski moved to the Congo in the 1920s to lead a series of expeditions to discover the African continent. He is the author of hundreds of ethnographic photographs of Central Africa which will form his masterpiece: L'Afrique qui disparaît!

Oubangui-Chari, early 20th century. 
Print on Agfa-Brovira paper.
Dry stamp of the photographer in the lower right corner.
Good condition, some soiling on the edges. 

A similar copy is kept in the Photographic Archives of Casimir Zagourski, Belgium, Namur, under the inventory number O223 - 143.