Series II: Topic Assignments

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{"value"=>"1963-1983", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1963/1983"}
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{"value"=>"Series II: <span class=\"title\">Topic</span> Assignments"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"45 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"14.87 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>Series II holds assignments from <span class=\"title\">Topic</span> magazine, which comprise the majority of the collection.</p> <p>Some of the <span class=\"title\">Topic</span> assignments include profiles of individuals such as exiled South African journalist Nat Nakasa, Senegalese filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty, and James Brown's performance in Lagos, Nigeria in 1971. Saunders also covered the second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC '77) in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. When American figures visited Africa, such as Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Lillian Carter, Saunders photographed their travels.</p> <p>There are also some assignments in the series in which Saunders covered African citizens and dignitaries visits to the United States, mostly in Washington, DC and New York City.</p> <p>When known, the issue of <span class=\"title\">Topic</span> in which the photographs were printed is noted.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
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1963
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1963
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1983
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1963
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1983
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14.87 linear feet (45 boxes)

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  1. 1963-1976
  2. Bulengo, Martha
  3. Cameroon [8/1]
  4. Canoers
  5. Congo [1/1]
  6. El Abed, Anwar
  7. Ethiopia [7/1]
  8. Gabon [2/1]
  9. Ghana [7/1]
  10. Guinea [3/1]
  11. Institutes for Special Education
  12. Italy -- Art in Embassies, Rome
  13. Ivory Coast [6/1]
  14. Jabbon News Conference
  15. Jordan [4/1]
  16. Kawals, Buhan
  17. Kenya [14/1]
  18. Khairallah, Samir
  19. Kuwait [3/1]
  20. Lebanon [6/1]
  21. Liberia [2/1]
  22. Libya
  23. Maine -- Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle
  24. Mali [3/1]
  25. Maasai Pilot
  26. Masekela, Hugh
  27. Maryland [2/1]
  28. New York [5/1]
  29. Niger [8/1]
  30. Nigeria [8/1]
  31. Palestinian National Dress
  32. Republic of Benin [1/1]
  33. Saudi Arabi -- Jizan Dam
  34. Senegal [6/1]
  35. Ship Workers
  36. South Africa [3/1]
  37. Tanzania [5/1]
  38. Thud, Francis
  39. Tunisia [10/1]
  40. Tutuuji, Dr. Nivin
  41. University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
  42. Upper Volta Arts Center
  43. Washington, DC [10/1]
  44. Zaire [5/1]
  45. Zambia [2/1]