The mystery of Gustav Klimt's portrait of an African prince
Gustav Klimt's portrait of a West African prince is valued at €15 million. It is currently on offer at an art fair but even ...
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Call of the West
For legions of Americans in the mid-19th century ... went north, west, and even to Africa, particularly to Liberia. Between the years 1879 and 1881, about 60,000 African Americans moved into ...
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A rare glimpse of African-American life in the 19th century
The Week is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site. © Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West ...
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19th Century White Missionaries
At the beginning of the 19th century, very few people in Africa were ... Catholic missionary expeditions were launched with new vigour to the West, in Senegal and Gabon. Protestant missionaries ...