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Believe This Hype... And the Knicks Lyrics

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Believe This Hype... And the Knicks Lyrics” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref164
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Education & Scholarship

Belinda C. Anderson

1954–

Belinda Childress Anderson (born June 21, 1954) is an American academic administrator who served as the 11th president of the Virginia Union University from 2003 to 2008. She is its first female president. Anderson was later dean of the Norfolk State…

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Arts & Performance

Belinda Owusu

1989–

Belinda Owusu (born 19 April 1989) is an English actress, known for her roles as Libby Fox in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Nicky McKendrick in BBC medical drama series Holby City.

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Bell Discovered in Yam Field Near St John's Grammer School, Benin Museum, Fugar-Avianwu, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bell Discovered in Yam Field Near St John's Grammer School, Benin Museum, Fugar-Avianwu, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0208
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Bell Gongs, Akoko Edo, Edo State, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Bell Gongs, Akoko Edo, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1794
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Bell gongs, Akoko-Edo, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Bell gongs, Akoko-Edo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5955
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Bell of the MV Stirling Castle, South Africa

1936

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Cataloged as “Bell of the MV Stirling Castle, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064177
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Bell, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0725
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Bell tower and marketplace, Frere Town, Kenya

ca. 1897

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Cataloged as “Bell tower and marketplace, Frere Town, Kenya” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0005
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Bella residents of nearby village near the tourist encampment

2000-02-04

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Bella residents of nearby village near the tourist encampment. Original Carousel number, 13, slide number, 104.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1638
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Bella woman with baby carrying a pot

2000-02-04

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Bella woman with baby carrying a pot. Original Carousel number, 13, slide number, 109.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1643
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Bella women with their children

2000-02-04

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Bella women with their children. The women are wearing silver anklets to indicate enslavement to the Tuareg people. Original Carousel number, 13, slide number, 108.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1642
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Bellah neighborhood, Mopti

2000-02-06

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Bellah neighborhood, Mopti. Original Carousel number, 14, slide number, 114.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1785
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Bellah oman under tree, Mopti

2000-02-06

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Woman under tree, Mopti. Original Carousel number, 14, slide number, 115.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1786
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"Belle Africaine" [Beautiful African], Côte d'Ivoire

Date not recorded

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IRIS [logo]; AFRIQUE EN COULEURS[,] 3022 - Belle Africaine[,] AFRICA IN PICTURES[,] Pretty african woman; Printed in France. Published by IRIS - MEXICHROME.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0823
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Belleza da Africa Oriental

c. 1920

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Text on recto reads: "Belleza da Africa Oriental." Translated postcard caption reads, "Beauties from East Africa." Additional text on verso reads: "Photo by J. P. Fernandes. From Akbarali Merali Jiva, Tanga, P.O. Box No.28, Tanganyika Territory, East Africa.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA TZ 2009-010-136
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Bello, carver, holding oshe Shango, Ile Ore

1981

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Cataloged as “Bello, carver, holding oshe Shango, Ile Ore” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2638
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Bello carving a tray, Ile Ore

1972

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Bello carving a tray, Ile Ore. He is Taiwo's youngest son.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3264
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Bello carving handle for flywhisk, Ile Ore

1981

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Cataloged as “Bello carving handle for flywhisk, Ile Ore” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3266
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Bello carving, Ile Ore

1972

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Bello carving, Ile Ore. He is Taiwo's youngest son.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3265
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Bello with ere ibeji, Ile Ore

1972

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Bello with ere ibeji, which he carved. Bell is Taiwo's youngest son. Ile Ore.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3263
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Bells and a flywhisk, Okpella, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bells and a flywhisk, Okpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4433
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Bells in front of a chief's door, Iddo, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bells in front of a chief's door, Iddo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4608
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Bells lined against a wall, Iddo, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bells lined against a wall, Iddo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4581
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