House and yard in Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. Among the Africans pictured in the yard is a women, 2nd from the left, with a Ghanaian hairstyle. Also pictured is a large camera on a tripod. Accompanying inscription reads, "Front View of Bolugun House…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170002
Bolu Babalola (born 24 February 1991) is a British author, screenwriter, and journalist. Her debut anthology Love in Colour was published in 2020 and became a Sunday Times Bestseller. She appeared on the 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 list for Media and Marketing…
Street lined with thatched roofed huts, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Bolugun street Lagos." Photographer unknown.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170009
Printed caption on recto reads: "Boma; La musique militaire." Translated postcard caption reads: "Boma; Military band." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Nos meilleures voeux pour la noël et la nouvelle année. Boma, 28/11/09."…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1373
Boman Martinez-Reid, also known as Bomanizer, is a Canadian creator of TikTok comedy videos. His videos parody reality television by featuring his own family and friends getting into overly dramatized fights and feuds about small, everyday matters.…
Bomani Armah (previously known as Darel Hancock), also known as D'mite, or Not a Rapper, is an American poet, rapper and motivational speaker, who is known for the 2007 single "Read a Book."
Wayne Hardnett Jr. (born August 23, 1971), known professionally as Bone Crusher, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He was discovered by record producer Jermaine Dupri, and is best known for his 2003 crunk single, "Never Scared" (featuring Killer…
Uforo Imeh Ebong (born 1989), known professionally as Bongo ByTheWay and Bongo on the Beat (formerly Bongo the Drum Gahd) is a Nigerian record producer, best known for producing songs for Kanye West, The Game, Lecrae, and Teyana Taylor, among others.…
Cataloged as “Bongwa, Makotakota Dlamini's son, emerging from a grain-drying building , a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland” (Negatives (photographic)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0375
Bonnie Greer (16 November 1948 – 15 September 2026) was an American and British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster, who lived in the UK from 1986 until her death in 2026. Greer appeared as a panellist on television programmes such as Newsnight…
Original caption reads: "Bonny Native Army taken after N. Sele war men lent by Chief to H.M. Commissioner." Over fifty young Native men, holding long barrel rifles, are photographed with the Commissioner.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240058
This is a Bonwit Teller hatbox (a) and lid (b). The hat box (a) has an off-white background with a pattern of large blue and purple floral with green foliage design. It has a cream-colored cord to fasten down the lid threaded into the body of the box to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.10ab
A color photograph of Bönz Malone. Malone is depicted sitting in a folding theater chair in three-quarters profile. He is looking at the viewer with his legs resting over the chair back in front of him and his elbows wrapped around his knees. He is wearing…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.334
A black-and-white photograph of six DeVoux brothers of the hip hop group, the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Taken in Los Angeles, California, the DeVoux brothers are variously posed in front of an exterior white wall with a diagonal edge. Four of the brothers are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.62
Bobbie K. Bowman (born September 14, 1981), known by his alias BooG!e or Boogie (/ˈbuː.ɡi/), is an American film and television actor, podcaster, and businessman. He is best known for portraying T-Bo in the Nickelodeon teen sitcom television series iCarly…
A twelve-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP vinyl record (a) of the album "Boogie and Blues" recorded by the Aristocats, with album cover (b). The album cover shows the members of the group leaning and sitting on a car. They are wearing light orange colored tuxedos and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.161.3.2ab
A paper doll book with a cover image of an African American woman and boy. The African American woman is viewed through a window. The text on the front cover reads "ARTCRAFT / "julia" / Authorized Edition / Paper Dolls / based on the / NBC / TV Series."…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.101.12
