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Pierre Verger

Pierre Verger

Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger, alias Fatumbi or Fátúmbí was a photographer, self-taught ethnographer, and babalawo who devoted most of his life to the study of the African diaspora — the slave trade, the African-based religions of the new world, and the resulting cultural and economical flows from and to Africa.

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Based in
Salvador, Brazil
Country
French
Born
1902 – 1996
Type
Individual

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