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Bodyguard of Sultan Sanda of Bornu, Dikwa Emirate Nigeria.

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African warriors costumes. Bodyguards of Sultan Sanda of Bornu, Dikwa.

Bodyguard of Sultan Sanda of Bornu, Dikwa Emirate Nigeria.

Bodyguard of Sultan Sanda of Bornu, Dikwa Emirate Nigeria 1930s.

Gallery: The dark continent; Africa, the landscape and the people by Hugo Adolf Bernatzik

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