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A Niger Delta Chief. - An old photo of a man with a rifle

A Niger Delta Chief. - An old photo of a man with a rifle

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The Emir of Zaria; The Emir of Katsina, opp.  p. 38

The Emir of Zaria; The Emir of Katsina, opp. p. 38

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The Logon - Birni - general view.

The Logon - Birni - general view.

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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O mercado no acampamento.

O mercado no acampamento.

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Type phoul. - Public domain portrait engraving

Type phoul. - Public domain portrait engraving

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A palm - kernel market in Southern Nigeria.

A palm - kernel market in Southern Nigeria.

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Les indigènes du village de Mutchié (Kassai) en visite au Roi des Belges (1888).

Les indigènes du village de Mutchié (Kassai) en visite au Roi des Belg...

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Type soni-nké. - Public domain portrait print

Type soni-nké. - Public domain portrait print

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Mission catholique à Zagnanado.

Mission catholique à Zagnanado.

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A King's son and his companion.

A King's son and his companion.

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Capitans de l'expédition. James et Souédi, l'homme-canon.

Capitans de l'expédition. James et Souédi, l'homme-canon.

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Vida de la venerable negra, la madre sor Theresa Juliana de Santo Domingo, de feliz memoria: religiosa profesa de la Tercera Orden de N.P.S. to Domingo en el religiosissimo convent de Dominicas, vulgo de La Penitencia, de la ciudad de Salamanca. Compuesta por un devoto de S. n. Vicente Ferrer, quien la dedica al mismo santo. Volume II

Vida de la venerable negra, la madre sor Theresa Juliana de Santo Domi...

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Ngolo Traouéré. - A man with a rifle standing next to a rifle

Ngolo Traouéré. - A man with a rifle standing next to a rifle

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Behanzin captif. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Behanzin captif. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Portrait of a Creole gentleman. Cartes de visite

Portrait of a Creole gentleman. Cartes de visite

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Habit of a woman of Fez in Africa. Africaine de Fez.

Habit of a woman of Fez in Africa. Africaine de Fez.

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Rappresentano il trionfo del re Horus [Horemheb -?] sopra popoli africani, secondo le sculture dello speco di Silsilis [Gebel el-Silsila].

Rappresentano il trionfo del re Horus [Horemheb -?] sopra popoli afric...

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Crossing Kwilu River, Lunda expedition.

Crossing Kwilu River, Lunda expedition.

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Rappresentano il trionfo del re Horus [Horemheb]sopra popoli africani, secondo le sculture dello speco di Silsilis [Gebel el-Silsila].

Rappresentano il trionfo del re Horus [Horemheb]sopra popoli africani,...

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Man riding ox. - A drawing of a man on a cow

Man riding ox. - A drawing of a man on a cow

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Le Mokoko et sa suite (1906).

Le Mokoko et sa suite (1906).

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Boutique de la rue du Val-Longo.

Boutique de la rue du Val-Longo.

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Rappresentano il trionfo del re Horus [Horemheb] sopra popoli africani, secondo le sculture dello speco di Silsilis [Gebel el-Silsila] .

Rappresentano il trionfo del re Horus [Horemheb] sopra popoli africani...

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Battaglia del medesimo re contro popoli d'Africa, rappresentata nel monumento medesimo. Il re sul carro seguito da due figli, saetta e fuga un esercito di nemici, che spaventati, o feriti, si rifugiano....

Battaglia del medesimo re contro popoli d'Africa, rappresentata nel mo...

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Prigioini africani e asiatici figurati nella base di un piccolo edifizio di Ramses IV [Ramses III] a Medinet-Abu [Medinet Habu].

Prigioini africani e asiatici figurati nella base di un piccolo edifiz...

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Les dames européennes a la promenade du soir en hamac aux environs de ouidah (Bas-Dahomey).

Les dames européennes a la promenade du soir en hamac aux environs de ...

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La mission dans l'Adrar des Iforas.

La mission dans l'Adrar des Iforas.

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Gadeparti fra Djenné. - An old picture of a man and a child in front of a building

Gadeparti fra Djenné. - An old picture of a man and a child in front o...

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Vida de la venerable negra, la madre sor Theresa Juliana de Santo Domingo, de feliz memoria: religiosa profesa de la Tercera Orden de N.P.S. to Domingo en el religiosissimo convent de Dominicas, Volume II

Vida de la venerable negra, la madre sor Theresa Juliana de Santo Domi...

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Heads of Africans in the Lake District. 1. Mganga, or Medicine-man, 2. The Porter, 3. The Guide, 4. Minuya Kidogo, 5. Mother and Child.

Heads of Africans in the Lake District. 1. Mganga, or Medicine-man, 2....

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Battaglia del medesimo re contro popoli d'Africa, rappresentata nel monumento medesimo. Il re sul carro seguito da due figli, saetta e fuga un esercito di nemici, che spaventati, o feriti, si rifugiano....

Battaglia del medesimo re contro popoli d'Africa, rappresentata nel mo...

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Une des fontaines amenant a Saint- Louis l' eau du marigot de Lampsar.

Une des fontaines amenant a Saint- Louis l' eau du marigot de Lampsar.

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Un almamy du Fouta-Djalon.

Un almamy du Fouta-Djalon.

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Klaas, A favourite Hottentot Servant of M. Vaillant's.

Klaas, A favourite Hottentot Servant of M. Vaillant's.

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Foulbé de Melfi. - A couple of men standing next to each other

Foulbé de Melfi. - A couple of men standing next to each other

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Seguito e fine della precedente iscrizione. Due immagini di prigioni, africano e asiatico, scolpite nella base del colosso di Ramses III [Ramses II] al Ramsesseion [Ramesseum].

Seguito e fine della precedente iscrizione. Due immagini di prigioni, ...

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Esclaves nègres, de différentes nations.

Esclaves nègres, de différentes nations.

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Grenfell in 1878, starting with the first B. M. S. Mission to San Salvador, Kingdom of Kongo.

Grenfell in 1878, starting with the first B. M. S. Mission to San Salv...

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A slave gang - Drawing. Public domain image.

A slave gang - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Ann Zingha, queen of Matamba.

Ann Zingha, queen of Matamba.

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Kikuyu women, British East Africa.

Kikuyu women, British East Africa.

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Féticheuse nagote. - An old black and white photo of a man sitting on a chair

Féticheuse nagote. - An old black and white photo of a man sitting on ...

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The people of Lagos. - A black and white photo of a group of people

The people of Lagos. - A black and white photo of a group of people

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Esclaves nègres, de différentes nations.

Esclaves nègres, de différentes nations.

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Rappresentano il trionfo del re Horus [Horemheb-?] sopra popoli africani, secondo le sculture dello speco di Silsilis [Gebel el-Silsila].

Rappresentano il trionfo del re Horus [Horemheb-?] sopra popoli africa...

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Il re medesimo percote l'Africa e l'Asia al cospetto di Amon-rê e di Horus.

Il re medesimo percote l'Africa e l'Asia al cospetto di Amon-rê e di H...

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Women pounding corn. - Two women standing next to each other with a bucket

Women pounding corn. - Two women standing next to each other with a bu...

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Herbert Ward and his section of the Emin Pasha Expedition on the Congo in canoes.

Herbert Ward and his section of the Emin Pasha Expedition on the Congo...

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Passage d'un pont dans le Fouta.

Passage d'un pont dans le Fouta.

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A Bahian Negro; Probably from Lagos, West Africa.

A Bahian Negro; Probably from Lagos, West Africa.

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Prigioini africani e asiatici figurati nella base di un piccolo edifizio di Ramses IV[Ramses III] a Medinet-Abu [Medinet Habu].

Prigioini africani e asiatici figurati nella base di un piccolo edifiz...

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Mosquée en forme de meule, à Dinguiraï.

Mosquée en forme de meule, à Dinguiraï.

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A Johnannesburg gold mine [Mountains of Tailings]. ; Natives in mining compounds [A good chance for Missions.]

A Johnannesburg gold mine [Mountains of Tailings]. ; Natives in mining...

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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African Negroes in Kamerun, showing native headdress.

African Negroes in Kamerun, showing native headdress.

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Lewanika en costume païen. Frederic Christol

Lewanika en costume païen. Frederic Christol

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The Emir of Kano on the march.

The Emir of Kano on the march.

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Shakspeare [Shakespeare]; Othello; Act V, Scene II; Desdemona in bed asleep.
Men and hippopotamus killed for meat.

Men and hippopotamus killed for meat.

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Inspecteur d'Etat et officier de la Force publique. 1897

Inspecteur d'Etat et officier de la Force publique. 1897

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). 18th-19th-century European armies.

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

Echoes of Africa in Folk Songs of the Americas

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