A fire juggler with the Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe during performance, Milton Margai Teachers College

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Donor notes read: "A fire juggler with the Dance Troupe. The Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe during performance they gave for the new PCVs at Milton Margai Teachers College after the trainees had only been in the country a few days. (Sept. 27?, 1980). Pictures taken at the 1980 Peace Corps Agricultural Training Program held at Kalangba (A Loko chiefdom capital about 15 miles north of Makeni on the Kamakwie road). The date on the slide is JAN 81.".

Collection

Christopher DeCorse photographs

Archival grouping

Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone

Catalog date

1980

Recorded places

Africa; Sierra Leone

Cataloged creator or photographer

DeCorse, Christopher R

Recorded subjects

Masked dance -- Photographs; Masquerades

Format and extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

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