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Suspension Bridge in the Congo

  • Writer: Andrew J. Bramlett
    Andrew J. Bramlett
  • Dec 23, 2022
  • 1 min read

This image is from a lantern slide that belonged to a Swedish missionary to Africa. It shows a handcrafted suspension bridge to the west of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo. Sadly, the image is undated.



Image: “Lianbro. Zanaga. Vägen Ngante - Kinkenge: Hängbro över Luala” [Lian bridge. Zanaga. The Ngante - Kinkenge road: Suspension bridge over Luala] by Martin Emanuel Lundgren (date unknown). From the Etnografiska Museet [Museum of Ethnography, Sweden]

 
 
 

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