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International News Photos Here to Present an African Play

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.33 Author/Creator: International News Photos Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 24 July 1957 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 23.4 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated July 24, 1957. Shows group of people getting off a plane. The attached press release reports that the African delegation from Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa, have arrived in the United States to present a new play entitled, "the Next Phase." The play was written by members of the Ghana parliament. The photo features, Irene Laure, Tito Winyi, King of Bunoro, Uganda, Jim Owen, and William Nkomo of South Africa, and Dowuona Hammond of Ghana. The photo is stamped on the back with the date and International News Photos information.

Laure, Irene, 1898-1937
Winyi, Tito, 1924-1967
Owen, Jim, fl. 1957
Nkomo, William, 1915-1972
Hammond, Dowuona, fl. 1957

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