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Historical photographs & visual records

Asheda and priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba

1982-08-08

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Igbefa (Ifa Adagba), six Ifa priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba; Asheda casting Ifa; Chief Odoode; Babalawo.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2676
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Ashemawu with children during an Atsogwa Title ceremony in Idogu's compound, Afokpella, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Ashemawu with children during an Atsogwa Title ceremony in Idogu's compound, Afokpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5403
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Ashemawu with other women and children during an Atsogwa Title ceremony in Idogu's compound, Afokpella, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Ashemawu with other women and children during an Atsogwa Title ceremony in Idogu's compound, Afokpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5404
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Music

Asher D (rapper)

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Asher D is an English rapper who was part of a successful partnership with reggae artist Daddy Freddy, known as the duo Asher D and Daddy Freddy. His name was later used by another English rapper.

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Ashetu, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Ashetu, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3252
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Ashimawo, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Ashimawo, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3224
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Literature

Ashlee Marie Preston

1984–

Ashlee Marie Preston is an American media personality, journalist, activist, the first trans woman to become editor-in-chief of a national publication, Wear Your Voice Magazine, and the first openly trans person to run for state office in California.…

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Arts & Performance

Ashleigh LaThrop

Biography

Ashleigh LaThrop is an American actress. She is best known for playing Breana in the drama sitcom The Kominsky Method and Ericka Kinney in the drama series Brilliant Minds.

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Literature

Ashley August

Biography

Ashley August is an American actress, spoken word artist, and poet perhaps best known for such films and television series as The Punisher, The Kindergarten Teacher, Orange Is the New Black, Dream School and Meeting Molly.

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Arts & Performance

Ashley Banjo

1988–

Ashley Modurotolu Banjo (born 4 October 1988) is an English dancer, choreographer, and television personality. He is the leader of the street dance troupe Diversity who won the third series of the television talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2009. Banjo…

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Biography & Culture

Ashley Blake

1969–

Ashley Blake (born 1969) is a British television presenter and newsreader. A well-known personality in the English Midlands, he worked mostly for the BBC, where his credits include reporting and presenting on Midlands Today, the region's edition of Inside…

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Business & Enterprise

Ashley Boone

1938–1994

Ashley Augustus Boone, Jr. (1938–1994) was an American marketing and distribution executive in the film industry. He was the first black president of a major Hollywood studio, and he played a critical role in the launch of Star Wars, the most successful…

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Literature

Ashley Bryan

1923–2022

Ashley Frederick Bryan (July 13, 1923 – February 4, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was a U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 and he…

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Literature

Ashley C. Ford

Biography

Ashley C. Ford is an American writer, podcaster and educator who discusses topics including race, sexuality, and body image. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Somebody's Daughter. She has been the host of five podcasts and has…

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Arts & Performance

Ashley Campbell

1979–

Ashley Campbell is a British actor, dancer and singer. He is known for his portrayal of Ollie in the CBBC children's drama The Mysti Show.

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Music

Ashley Chin

1982–

Ashley Anthony Chin (born 21 August 1982), also known by his stage name Muslim Belal, is an English actor, screenwriter, spoken word poet and rapper of Jamaican descent. He began his acting career in the 1999 BBC film Storm Damage and his music career in…

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Music

Ashley Darby

1988–

Ashley Darby (née Boalch; born June 8, 1988) is an American reality television personality. She gained notability after winning Miss District of Columbia in 2011 and has been a main cast member of The Real Housewives of Potomac since the show's inception…

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Biography & Culture

Ashley Diamond

1978–

Ashley Diamond (born 1978) is an American transgender civil-rights activist, singer, and actress. She is known for suing the Georgia Department of Corrections twice for incarcerating her with male inmates and refusing to provide her with medical treatment…

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Music

Ashley Everett

1989–

Ashley Chrisha Marie Everett (born April 19, 1989) is an American dancer and actress. She is best known as lead backup dancer and dance captain for Beyoncé, and has worked with such artists as Taemin, Usher, Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, Tina Turner, Ciara, Sean…

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Arts & Performance

Ashley Iris Gill

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Ashley Iris Gill is a Canadian cinematographer. She is most noted for her work on the 2024 documentary film Disco's Revenge, for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 13th Canadian Screen…

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Biography & Culture

Ashley James

Biography

Ashley James is an American curator. She has worked at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum. In 2019, she became the first full-time black curator at the Guggenheim.

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Arts & Performance

Ashley Madekwe

1983–

Ashley Madekwe (; born 6 December 1983) is an English actress. On television, she is known for her roles the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2008–2010), the ABC drama Revenge (2011–2013), and the WGN series Salem (2014–2017). For her performance…

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Sports & Achievement

Ashley Miles

1985–

Ashley Miles Greig (born March 3, 1985) is a retired American artistic gymnast who was most recently the head coach at Iowa State. She was a member of the U.S. women's artistic gymnastics team at the 2001 World Gymnastics Championships in Ghent, Belgium.…

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Film & Television

Ashley Monique Clark

1988–

Ashley Monique Clark (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress best known for her role as Sydney Hughley (D. L. Hughley's TV daughter) on the ABC and UPN television sitcom, The Hughleys. She has received two NAACP Image Award nominations throughout…

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