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Elephant mask, from Côte d’Ivoire.  Photo credit: Roman Bonnefoy/Wikimedia Commons.

Cap mask of the Yaka peoples, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Made from wood, pigment

Sharecroppers board a truck in Mississippi(USA, 1940).

Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett, the first African American instructor at Harvard. He was the instructor and

Mask (ndunga) of the Woyo people, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.  Now in the Royal Mus

Fragment of a terracotta head, from the ancient Yoruba city of Ife, in present-day Osun State, Niger

Egypt is the oldest continuously documented civilization on the African continent, and our collectio

Burnished pottery vessel resembling a gourd (ensumbi), made by the guilds of Toro potters for the Ga

Charles Cordier (1827-1905)|“Mauresque Noire” (“Black Moorish Woman”) (1856)Bronze, silver, gilt, an

Hi, Oklahoma City! Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic makes its final stop this summer at the Oklahoma Ci

Male figure (ofika) used in the initiation rites of the all-male Lilwa association within the Mbole

Dagger originating from Congo, 19th century.from Hermann Historica

Figure of a man holding a crocodile, from the Sapi culture of present-day Sierra Leone.  Artist unkn

Carved ivory bracelet of the Yoruba people, of the Owo region of present-day Nigeria, depicting hunc

Head of an Oba, Nigeria, Court of Benin, 18th century

Songye ceremonial axe, Congo, 19th century.from Skinner Inc.

Josephine HollowayShe established one of the first African American Girl Scout troop in 1942 after t

historylover1230: Colonel Ruth Alice Lucas (November 28, 1920 – March 23, 2013), the first African

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poetastoned: ayee-daria: bellaxiao: National Museum of African American History and Culture at n

Female Dahomey Warrior, one of the “Dahomey Amazons”.

The African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists, AfriCOBRA, is a Chicago based artists’ collective forme

blackourstory: deweydell25: Great vintage photo of African American Buffalo soldiers during the Sp

Richard Loving, a white man, met Mildred Jeter, a family friend who was of African and Native Americ

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