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Pierre Verger

French photographer, anthropologist, writer and professor (1902–1996)

  • Fame45.1
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia1.2K
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Lived 1902–1996, aged 94France
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  • Wikipedia
    7 languages
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  • Era
    1902–1996
    Aged 94
  • Known for
    Pierre Fatumbi Verger:…
    1998
Summary
Updated 2026-06-12

Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger, alias Fatumbi or Fátúmbí was a photographer, self-taught ethnographer, and babalawo who devoted most of his life to the study of the African diaspora — the slave trade, the African-based religions of the new world, and the resulting cultural and economical flows from and to Africa.

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45.1
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Historical7.7
Source confidence60.0
Completeness80.0
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