Photographs by Homer L. Shantz

from the Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919-1920

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Native woman planting corn

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Native woman planting corn Nov 29, 1919 Kafue, Northern Rhodesia

Native on bank of Kafue planting corn, kaffir and pumpkin and squash? Occasionally the men help but usually wives and daughters do all work of this kind. [Shantz travel journal, Nov. 29, 1919]

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