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Photograph of a long queue of African men bring bags of coal on board the river boat at Makurdi

GB1752.UAC/1/11/9/17/18 | UAC Public Relations Department.UAC Public Relations Department: Photograph Albums.UAC Public Relations Department: Niger Company Album. | A long queue of African men with baskets of coal on their heads which snakes off into the distance. Although the river boat can not be seen the men to the left are stood on a plank of wood and there is another plank next to it. To the right the bank of the river rises up and at the top are sat a group of African men sat on a rocky patch. They are sat near a large striped pole. In front of this group at the bank edge are three young…