cover image: Modern Building, Part of a Construction Boom in Downtown Libreville

Modern Building, Part of a Construction Boom in Downtown Libreville

1979

Libreville is the focal area for somewhat artificial prosperity, as the huge flow of revenue from oil, manganese, and uranium led to a construction boom in the capital city, but lent little benefit to the hinterland. The GNP of Gabon is the highest in tropical Africa.
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Format of Original
Still image
Photographer
Young, M. Crawford
Published in
Gabon
Series
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent

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