Eliot Elisofon and cameraman George Bracher filming sedimentary rocks, Jos Plateau, Nigeria

"The plateau landscape is in marked contrast to the rest of Nigeria. It is an area barren of trees, dotted with large bare rocks and carrying the many scars of its mining operations." [Neiers, M.de P., 1979: The Peoples of the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. European University Papers]. This photograph was taken by Maya Bracher when she traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971. She was on assignment for Eliot Elisofon when he wrote, produced, and directed a four-hour television series for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) titled Black African Heritage (1973). The series was divided into four segments, lasting 50 minutes each: The Congo, The Bend of the Niger, The Slave Coast, and Africa's Gift.