A chief, Kokori, Delta State, Nigeria, 1910

One woman in the film says: ‘Any recording of our people – African people – from my perspective as an African woman is important because much of our history has been subjugated, maligned, buried, distorted. So even though one could say that the general context within which these pictures were taken was one of violence, I still think the fact that we have these images is important. We know these people existed. They leave traces, memories, contributions to knowledge that we can learn from.’ (Quotes above and below from the responses in Faces|Voices)