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⏲ Duration: 10 min 97 sec ✓ Published: 07-Dec-2011
Description: Paul Jenkins explores questions about representation, cultural context, and historical meaning in a photograph by Basel Mission doctor Rudolf Fisch. The photograph was taken at the beginning of the 20th century in Akwapim, the traditional Akon Kingdom in Ghana.nnThis visual essay draws on resources from the International Mission Photography Archive and is the first in a series of Visual Interpreters pieces produced by the USC Digital Library and the USC Center for Religion & Civic Culture.