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MUSEUM OBJECT
Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Away Down Among "de Cotton and de Coons," Louisiana, U.S.A.

1892

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This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There are two young boys wearing hats in the foreground. In the background is a man carrying a wicker basket of cotton on his right shoulder. The stereograph card consists of two similar…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.17
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Away Down Among the Cotton and the Coons, Louisiana, U.S.A. / Lejos en Medio de los Algodoneros, Louisiana, E.U. de A.

1892

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This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There are two young boys wearing hats in the foreground. In the background is a man carrying a wicker basket of cotton on his right shoulder. The stereograph card consists of two similar…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.16
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Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Away down South, Atlanta, Ga.

ca. 1900

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This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. Consisting of two adults and two children, they stand partially bent over in a large cotton field. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.9
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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Awesome Kong

1977–

Kia Michelle Stevens (born September 4, 1977) is an American actress and semi-retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with TNA Wrestling under the ring name Awesome Kong. She also worked with Ring of Honor (ROH), Shimmer Women…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Awolowo's daugher and husband, Ikenne, Nigeria

1973-10-27

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Original text on slide reads, "Awolowo's daugher and husband getting into bridal car. Saturday".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1330
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Historical photographs & visual records

Awolowo's daughter's wedding reception, Ikenne, Nigeria

1973-10-27

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Original text on slide reads, "Awolowo's daughter's wedding reception. Saturday".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1334
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Aworo-oshe and Chief Ali, Ile Aworo-oshe

1984

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Cataloged as “Aworo-oshe and Chief Ali, Ile Aworo-oshe” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2302
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Historical photographs & visual records

Aworo-oshe and devotees dancing in Oba's Market

1981

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Cataloged as “Aworo-oshe and devotees dancing in Oba's Market” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2253
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Historical photographs & visual records

Aworo-oshe as priest of orisha Oshoosi holding bow and arrow

1984

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Cataloged as “Aworo-oshe as priest of orisha Oshoosi holding bow and arrow” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2307
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Historical photographs & visual records

Aworo-oshe as priest of orisha Oshoosi holding bow and arrow, Ila Orangun

1984

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"Obatala priest wearing a white, beaded, conical crown surmounted by a bird with a red parrot tail feather, Ila Orangun." [Abiodun R. Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art. Cambridge University Press; 2014. Figure 72, pp. 153] Title…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2306
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Historical photographs & visual records

Aworo-oshe dancing at Morisha and Oba's Market

1981

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Cataloged as “Aworo-oshe dancing at Morisha and Oba's Market” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2242
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Historical photographs & visual records

Awuta, Imiekuri, Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Awuta, Imiekuri, Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3398
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Historical photographs & visual records

Axe carried by Egungun Iyekiye

1981

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Cataloged as “Axe carried by Egungun Iyekiye” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-0786
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Historical photographs & visual records

Axim, Ghana

1967 April

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Cataloged as “Axim, Ghana” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-009, Item EEPA 1993-091342
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Historical photographs & visual records

Axum Archaeological site, Axum, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “Axum Archaeological site, Axum, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1402
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

1969–

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lady Ferguson (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born Dutch-American writer, activist, conservative thinker, and former politician. Hirsi Ali was born in the Somali Democratic Republic. At the…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Ayakaya Masquerader Mask, Olimi Festival, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Ayakaya Masquerader Mask, Olimi Festival, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0753
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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Ayana Evans

Biography

Ayana M. Evans is an African-American performance artist and educator based in New York City and an adjunct professor of visual art at New York University and Brooklyn College. She also serves as editor-at-large of Cultbytes, an online art publication.…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature & Journalism

Ayana Gray

1993–

Ayana Gray (born March 13, 1993) is an American author of young adult fiction. Her 2021 debut novel Beasts of Prey was a New York Times bestseller.

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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Ayana V. Jackson

1977–

Ayana V. Jackson (born May 14, 1977) is an American photographer and filmmaker. Born in Livingston, New Jersey. She is best known for her focus on Contemporary Africa and the African Diaspora, most notably the series African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Ayanah Moor

1973–

Ayanah Moor (born 1973, Norfolk, Virginia, United States) is an American conceptual artist and educator. She works in printmaking, video art, mixed media art, and performance art. Her work addresses contemporary popular culture by interrogating identity…

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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Ayanna Jolivet McCloud

1978–

Ayanna Jolivet McCloud (born 1978) is a visual and performance artist, writer, and educator from Houston, Texas. She is known for her minimalist aesthetic and multimedia sound performances.

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BIOGRAPHY
Science & Invention

Ayanna Kim Thomas

1974–

Ayanna Kim Thomas is an American scientist, author, and cognitive researcher and the Dean of the Graduate School of Tufts School of Arts and Sciences. She also served as Dean Research for the School from 2021 to 2025. Her research focuses on the…

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Historical photographs & documents

Ayanna Mackins Family Hi8 Home Movie #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Ayanna Mackins Family Hi8 Home Movie #1” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180323_Mackins_Hi8_01
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