Valued exposure: Nursing

Women at a nursing centre in Panguma

Women at a nursing centre in Panguma, Sierra Leone.

On this day in 1961 Sierra Leone became the latest West African state to win independence, after more than 150 years of British colonial rule.

Photo by Jean Gaumy / Magnum Photos


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