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Arts & Culture

En Afrique by George Rodger

With photographs spanning more than three decades from the 1940s, George Rodger's book records an assortment of customs, rituals and communities throughout Africa

George Rodger

George Rodger | En Afrique Young Basuto boy wrapped in blankets against the cold on the Thaba Bosiu (Mountain of the Night). Basutoland, South Africa. 1947. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Pondo Tribe. Transkei, South Africa. 1948. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique The Pondo tribe girls have special types of beadwork headdresses which denote their status in life. Adolescent girls wear a single band round the forehead, betrothed girls a double band, and marrie (...)

George Rodger | En Afrique Traditional regalia of the AmaNgwane tribe includes spears and fighting sticks. Swaziland.1948. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Wagasero girls wear strings of beads around their foreheads. Uganda. 1948. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Pygmies. The Bachimbiri and Wagasero dance their own version of a courting dance, the 'Kamundere', before a semi-circle of men from the tribes kneel before them. Uganda. 1948. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Children from the Wagogo tribe wear special headgear for the circumcision ceremony. Tanzania. 1947. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Emmanuel, son of the chief of the Bunyaro tribe, goes hunting with a spear. Uganda. 1954. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique 'The Executioner' of Bunyoro with his symbolic axe. In ancient times he was kept very busy. Uganda. 1954. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique The Nubas. Kordofan, Sudan. 1949. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique The keyhole entrance to a Nuba house in the Korongo Jebels (mountains). Doorways are shaped to allow admittance to people carrying loads of firewood on their heads. Kordofan, Sudan. 1949. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Two fighters from the Kao-Nyaro tribe who use lethal bracelets during fights. Kordofan, Sudan. 1949. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Masai Moran circumcision ceremony. Kenya. 1979. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Well before sunrise a young Masai candidate for circumcision stands the taunting of junior Moran who have already been circumcised at the age of 13 to 15. Kenya. 1979. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique A Wakonje fishermen with his catch of Ngege fish. Lake Edward, Uganda. 1948. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos

George Rodger | En Afrique Snake charmers dance with the snakes. There is a secret 'makula', anti snake bite serum, kept in a horn with the chief drummer in case of bites. Tanzania. 1948. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos