A portrait of worker, probably Sudanese, at Port Sudan

A black and white portrait photograph showing a man, probably Sudanese, at Port Sudan. He is shown from the front, with his head, shoulders and part of his chest in frame. He is facing towards the camera. He has curly hair extending the comes down to just above his shoulders. He is wearing a white or light-coloured garment with an open, v-shaped neckline, with his bare chest visible beneath. The man occupies most of the frame and very little background can be seen. The man occupies most of the frame and very little of the blurred background can be seen. Original caption (handwritten beneath the photograph in white) [offensive]: ‘Coolie. Port Sudan.’

‘Coolie’ is an offensive term once used to refer to low-paid, African and Asian manual labourers.