11 Stunning Vintage Portraits of Congolese Schoolgirls

These stunning portraits of students at a Protestant secondary school in Mbandaka, Congo were taken by American photographer Eliot Elisofon in 1972.

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Beautiful! Ladies, what are your thoughts?

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10 Responses

  1. Gorgeous but…since when does 1972 qualify as “vintage”?? #yesimold #vintagenatural 🙂

  2. I’m a Congolese who was born in France and even as the child my mom would use the rope technique on my hair. In her vintage pictures my mom is rocking the antennas and the classic afro.

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