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1973-11-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Aboje palm oil mill. (Northeast of Ejebu Ode). Thursday".
1973-11-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Aboje palm oil mill. Man processing palm oil. (Northeast of Ejebu Ode). Thursday".
1973-11-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Aboje palm oil mill. Man shoveling oil palm tree fruits. (Northeast of Ejebu Ode). Thursday".
1973-11-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Aboje palm oil mill. Oil palm tree fruits. (Northeast of Ejebu Ode). Thursday".
1973-11-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Aboje palm oil mill. Women processing palm oil berries. (Northeast of Ejebu Ode). Thursday".
[ca. 1908]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPhotographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar. Original caption reads, "Afrique Occidentale - Dahomey - Danse de Fét́icheuses a ̀Abomey." Translated original caption reads, "Western Africa - Dahomey - Medicine-women at…
[ca. 1905]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPostcard image of Dahomey king, Ago-Li-Agbo seated with men surrounding him. Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey Abomey. - S.M. Ago-Li-Agbo." Translated caption reads: [Abomey. - His Majesty Agoli-Agbo]. Additional printed text on recto reads: "Colonie…
[ca. 1904]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPostcard image of Dahomey king, Agoli-Agbo, in a ceremonial chariot. Printed text on recto reads: "Abomey. - S.M. Ago-Li-Agbo sur son char traine par ses ministres." Translated caption reads: [Abomey. - His Majesty Ago-Li-Agbo on his chariot drawn by his…
1984
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title Abortion: Stories from North and South. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. Through interviews with women from Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia and Canada, the documentary…
1997–
Aaron Philips (born 3 May 1997), known professionally as Abra Cadabra, is a British rapper and singer. He is a member of the UK drill group OFB. Abra Cadabra debuted his first track, "Man Down", in September 2015. He then went on to star in a platform…
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Abraham Beverley Walker (23 August 1851 – 21 April 1909) was a New Brunswick-born lawyer and journalist. He was the first Canadian-born Black lawyer in New Brunswick, and the first black lawyer born in what is now Canada (Robert Sutherland having been born…
1935–
Abraham W. Bolden (born January 19, 1935) is a former United States Secret Service agent. He was the first African American assigned to the presidential security detail, appointed in 1961 by John F. Kennedy. In 1964, Bolden was fired from the Secret…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Abraham, Imiede mi, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Abraham Mogos and Isack Fasil next to painting on a wall in the Asmara School of Art, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Abraham Mogos at a United States Information Services artists workshop, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Abraham Mogos drawing at a United States Information Services artists workshop, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Abraham Mogos with his painting "Woman and Plants", Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1910–1986
Abram Hill, also known as Ab Hill, (January 20, 1910 – October 13, 1986) was an American playwright, author of On Strivers Row, Walk Hard, Talk Loud and several other plays; and a principal figure in the development of black theatre from Atlanta, Georgia.…
c. 1696–1781
Enslaved as a child and later gifted to Peter the Great, Gannibal rose through the Russian military and engineering ranks to become a general, leaving a legacy that includes his celebrated great-grandson, the poet Alexander Pushkin.
1981–
Abrantee Boateng is a radio and television presenter, club DJ and events promoter. He is known professionally as DJ Abrantee, the pioneer of the Afrobeats movement who branded and launched the world's first ever "Afrobeats" show on UK radio on 11 April…
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Abshalom ben Shlomo ( November 11, 1943 - July 16, 2024) was an Israeli-American jazz saxophonist. Ben Shlomo is best known for working under the iconic jazz keyboardist and bandleader Sun Ra throughout the 1970s.
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Abby-Lynn Keen (born 3 January 2004), known professionally as Absolutely, and also known as àB or Abby Keen, is a British singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Cerebrum, was released on 17 November 2023, followed by her second album, Paracosm, on 20 February…
2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn abstract work in oil paint and pigment on a piece of bark cloth. The work consists of bold, black lines in curvilinear and geometric shapes with accents in white, blue, and red against a dark background. The dark grey background at the top of the…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color linocut with an abstract design against a bright red background. The abstract design is created by layered, swirling black lines and shapes arranged into three, vertically stacked sections, each highlighted by a different color. The bottom section…
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