Photo
July 14, 2011
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Shrine house priestess Okomfoyaa Anosua, Besease, Ghana, 1970. Eliot Elisofon, photographer.

Shrine house priestess Okomfoyaa Anosua, Besease, Ghana, 1970.

Eliot Elisofon, photographer.

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June 09, 2011
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“Berbera at night,” 1896. Berbera, Somalia. Hand-colored glass lantern slide. The Field Museum Library.

“Berbera at night,” 1896. Berbera, Somalia. Hand-colored glass lantern slide. The Field Museum Library.

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Video
February 25, 2011

Angolan artist Nastio Mosquito’s ‘My African Mind’. Very powerful.

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Photo
November 08, 2010
“I think that Africa is maternal.” - Sembène Ousmane (1923-2007), Father of African Cinema

“I think that Africa is maternal.”

- Sembène Ousmane (1923-2007), Father of African Cinema

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November 01, 2010
Elmina, Ghana

Elmina, Ghana

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