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The photographs that follow were taken by Riek van Koevorden from 1981 to 1984 when she was working
as a comunity health nurse attached to the Cathloic mission in the village of Atta in the "Mambila " area of Cameroun,
on the edge of the Tikar Plain.
She worked together with local people and her work was mainly situated in and around the
Mission dispensary there.
Besides treatment they did preventive work, such as vacination programs, education,
preventive medicine, mother and child health care, maternity check ups etc.
The photographs have been scanned and made available with permission of Riek van Koevorden.
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 59.jpg Danielle, one of the nurses and Riek |
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 63.jpg Georges Liaudon and Riek |
 64.jpg The lady who washed our clothes |
 65.jpg with a village beauty |
 66.jpg Danielle making Pottery |
 67.jpg Sunday, Atta market-day |
 68.jpg voting day |
 69.jpg a nomadic Fulani woman |
 70.jpg with the cook Daniel |
 71.jpg a daily visitor at Riek's door. |