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MUSEUM OBJECT
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

China saucers from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

ca. 1933

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Twelve (12) Noritake saucers, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each saucer has a white, round well at the bottom of the saucer, surrounded by a wide cream band that runs around the lip of the saucer. The lip is also decorated with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.40.7.1-.12
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Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

China soup bowls from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

ca. 1933

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Six (6) Noritake soup bowls, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each bowl has a white, round well at the bottom of the bowl, surrounded by a wide cream band that runs around the lip of the plate. The lip is also decorated with four…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.40.3.1-.6
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

China tea cups from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

ca. 1933

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Nine (9) Noritake tea cups, pattern N1323 (ca. 1933), from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Each cup has a white interior. The interior top edges of the cups have a thin, green scalloped band with yellow triangles. The exterior surfaces of the cups are cream…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.40.6.1-.9
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Biography & Culture

China Valles

1925–2014

Charles Lomba "China" Valles (November 5, 1925 – December 17, 2014) was an American jazz radio broadcaster.

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Science & Inventions

Chinasa T. Okolo

Biography

Chinasa T. Okolo is the Founder and Scientific Director of Technecultura and a consultant for the United Nations and the World Bank. She works on governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Arts & Performance

Chinaza Uche

Biography

Chinaza Uche is a Scottish-born actor based in the United States. He is known for his series regular role in the Apple TV series Dickinson and Silo. He was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for Best Actor in a Film for his performance in the film A Good…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Chinese buildings on fire, Nigeria

2000-10-23

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Original text on slide reads, "Chinese buildings on fire".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1744
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BIOGRAPHY
Business

Chingy

1980–

Howard Earl Bailey Jr. (born March 9, 1980), better known by his stage name Chingy, is an American rapper. Based in St.

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Music

Chino XL

1974–2024

Derek Keith Barbosa (April 8, 1974 – July 28, 2024), better known by his stage name Chino XL, was an American rapper and actor. He was known for his evocative wordplay and for warring with Tupac Shakur. He recorded 8 solo studio albums and 2 extended plays.

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Film & Television

Chinonye Chukwu

1985–

Chinonye Chukwu ( CHEE-noh-yə CHOO-koo; born May 19, 1985) is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama films Clemency and Till. She is the first black woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

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Literature

Chinonyerem Odimba

Biography

Chinonyerem Odimba is a British playwright, director and Artistic Director. She was born in Umuahia, Nigeria in 1974, and moved to London aged seven. Odimba is best known for her play Wild is De Wind (long-listed for the Bruntwood Award in 2015) and…

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Literature

Chinua Achebe

1930–2013

Achebe’s fiction centered African voices and examined colonialism, cultural change and political responsibility.

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Visual Arts

Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy

1952–2012

Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (2 May 1952 − 17 December 2012) was a visual artist who was born in Awka (Oka), Anambra State, Nigeria, but spent much of her young life in Ikom on the Cameroon border, before moving back to the family home at Umubele in…

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Music

Chinx

1983–2015

Lionel Du Fon Pickens (December 4, 1983 – May 17, 2015), professionally known as Chinx (formerly Chinx Drugz), was an American rapper. He was a member of The Rockaway Riot Squad alongside fellow slain rapper Stack Bundles. Chinx later joined French…

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Music

Chinx (OS)

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Derek Pinto, known professionally as Chinx (OS), is a British rapper from Camden Town, London. He is a member of the UK drill collective group known as OS, also known as 1Side, who are based in the Regent's Park Estate within Camden Town. He first released…

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Sports

Chinyelu Asher

1993–

Chinyelu Bessum Asher (born 20 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.

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Sports & Achievement

Chioma Igwe

1986–

Chioma Nisa Igwe (born July 21, 1986) is an American former soccer midfielder. The San Mateo, California native is a former member of the United States U-20 women's national soccer team. From the 2011/12 until 2014/15 she played in the German Bundesliga…

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Literature

Chioma Nnadi

Biography

Chioma Nnadi (, born 1980 or 1981 in London) is a British fashion editor. She is head of editorial content of British Vogue as of 9 October 2023.

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Literature

Chioma Okereke

Biography

Chioma Okereke is a Nigerian-born poet, author and short story writer. Her debut novel, Bitter Leaf (2010), was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize – Africa Best First Book 2011.

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Sports

Chioma Ubogagu

1992–

Chioma Grace Ubogagu (born 10 September 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Dallas Trinity. A former United States youth international, she represented England at senior level. She previously played…

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Film & Television

Chip Fields

1951–

Laverne Bernard (born August 5, 1951), better known by her stage name Chip Fields or Chip Hurd, is an American actress, singer, television director, dialogue coach, and producer who has appeared in popular films, television series, and Broadway theatre.…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Chip Hay and Allen Amy with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Chip Hay and Allen Amy with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5150
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Chip Hay talking with Dauda who is holding his son, Ugbekpe, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Chip Hay talking with Dauda who is holding his son, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5162
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Chip Hay with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Chip Hay with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5149
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