Early Histories of Photography in West Africa (1860–1910) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/early-histories-of-photography-in-west-africa-1860-1910
African patrons and entrepreneurs quickly picked up the new technology, which circulated and flourished through local and global networks of exchange. Photographers, clients, and images moved across the region often traversing both national and ethnic boundaries.
disillusioned with America’s treatment of its black citizens, relocated to the West African nation