Human Cargo Transported
Photograph
Human Cargo Transported
Ghana's New Port Kills a Colorful Old Custom
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (15.8 × 23.4 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0102
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso TLC: Magnum News Service 11/61
Inscribed in pencil on verso C: 60-35-25-7 \ Story II Ghana's New Port Kills a colorful custom. \ 11/61 12) Human Cargo Transported: Ghana's exporters and \ importers also ride the brawny shoulders of these boatmen when \ they must board the cargo ships to check invoices. European traders \ were first attracted to this region by gold, then returned for \ slave cargoes bound for America. Now Ghanians hope to become \ exporters of aluminum made from Ghana bauxite and smelted \ with Ghana power. Credit Marc Riboud © 1961 Magnum Photos
Inscribed in pencil on verso C: 60-35-25-7 \ Story II Ghana's New Port Kills a colorful custom. \ 11/61 12) Human Cargo Transported: Ghana's exporters and \ importers also ride the brawny shoulders of these boatmen when \ they must board the cargo ships to check invoices. European traders \ were first attracted to this region by gold, then returned for \ slave cargoes bound for America. Now Ghanians hope to become \ exporters of aluminum made from Ghana bauxite and smelted \ with Ghana power. Credit Marc Riboud © 1961 Magnum Photos
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