African History Gallery
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Frederick Douglass was ambassador to Haiti from 1889-1891.
It’s the last day of Black HistoryMonth—a great moment for the gallery debut of the Museum’s newest
Bronze head of a man, thought to be a north African. Artist unknown; ca. 300 BCE. Found beneath th
Hogon cup (Ogo banya) of the Dogon people, Mali, used in the enthronement of a Hogon (political/spir
African mask, Luba, Songye country of origin, Congo, mid 20th century.Material: wood, raffia, fibre,
Mask of the Dan people, Liberia. Artist unknown; late 19th or early 20th century. Now in the Brook
Kakuungu mask of the Suku people,Kimbau, South Bandundu, DRC. Now in the Royal Museum for Central A
Mask from Cameroon. Now in theStaatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich, Germany.
Mask (banda or kumbaruba) of the Baga or Nalu people, Guinea or Guinea-Bissau. Artist unknown; mid-
Helmet mask (agbogho mwo) of the Igbo people, southeast Nigeria. Now in theMusée des Confluences, L
Gon mask evoking a gorilla, of the Kwele people, Republic of the Congo or Gabon. Artist unknown; ea
Four-faced helmet mask of the Fang people, Gabon. Photo credit: Ann Porteus/Wikimedia Commons.
Face mask of the Kifwebe society, Songye or Luba peoples, present-day Democratic Republic of the Con
Face mask of the Galwa or Mpongwe people, Gabon. Artist unknown; 20th century. Now in the De Young
Female figure (mwana hiti) of the Doe people, Tanzania. Artist unknown; 20th century. Now in the E
People of Pride #19: Alice WalkerAlice Walker is a fierce, bisexual, african american poet and autho
Hey! I wrote a paper at UCLA about this! :)explore-the-earth:(via wakingupinghana)
Sub-Saharan Africa 80 years ago today: Italian East African Offensives (19 August 1940) buff
Happy birthday to Odili Donald Odita, who was born on this day in 1966 in Enugu, Nigeria. Now based
Buffalo mask of the Bwa people, Burkina Faso. Artist unknown; ca. 1910-1950. Now in the Cleveland
kropotkitten:African Anarchism: A History of the Movement (free pdf of a book)This book covers a wid
Mr. Otis Redding on stage during his performance at the Monterrey Pop Festival in May 1967.
Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016. A people’s champion and a champion of humanity. Photography by Gordon Parks
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