In 1924-1925, Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil set out on the second Citro?n Mission to Central Africa. This card shows the indigenous people of Oubangui in traditional costume, preparing for the ritual Gan'za Dance. Oubangui-Chari, or Ubangi-Shari, was a French territory in central Africa which later became the independent country of the Central African Republic on August 13, 1960.