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Ghana. 1970.
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Nice photo.
In case you haven’t seen it, here’s a wonderful documentary on Ghana from 1950s-1980s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvdmJAT-Nw
young bill easterly?
Lukas, yes.
Uh… which one is you?
They had ‘gum boots’ back then? j/k I think you’re actually quite a bit younger than I’d originally assumed. I think this photo might be worthy of the magazine ‘Old Africa’.
zulusafari,
I don’t mind giving my age. I was 12 in the picture. I used to look younger than I was, but since my beard turned grey, I now look older than I am.
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