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1984
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Aworo-oshe as priest of orisha Oshoosi holding bow and arrow” (Slides (photographs)).
1984
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG"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…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Aworo-oshe dancing at Morisha and Oba's Market” (Slides (photographs)).
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Awuta, Imiekuri, Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1820-1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA long handcarved wooden handle with metal flat axe head, used as a potato axe. Handle is a lighter wood, that tapers to a point at the end opposite the axe head. Metal head, uneven surface texture, resembling a propeller, has a hole on one end that the…
1820-1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA handcarved wooden handle with metal axe head. Handle is spotty in color, with lighter and darker (almost tie-dye like) throughout (possibly front staining or being worn - do not believe it is inherent to the wood itself). Wooden handle is uneven in cut,…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Axe carried by Egungun Iyekiye” (Slides (photographs)).
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Axel Tuanzebe (born 14 November 1997) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Auxerre and the DR Congo national team. Tuanzebe is a graduate of the Manchester United youth system and won both the Jimmy Murphy Young…
1967 April
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Axim, Ghana” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).
1997
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Axum Archaeological site, Axum, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).
Biography
Aya Osman is a Sudanese-American Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator of the Osman Lab at University at Albany, State University of New York. Prior to starting her independent research laboratory, she was a postdoctoral fellow and later Assistant…
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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…
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ayakaya Masquerader Mask, Olimi Festival, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
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Ayana Akli (born July 6, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 234 in singles, achieved on April 20, 2026, and world No.
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (born 1980 or 1981) is a marine biologist, policy expert, and conservation strategist. She is the co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for ocean-climate policy in coastal cities, and the Roux Distinguished Scholar at Bowdoin…
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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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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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Ayana Tamu Arce (née Holloway) is an American physicist and professor of physics at Duke University. She works on particle physics, using data from the Large Hadron Collider to understand phenomena beyond the Standard Model.
Biography
Ayana Jordan is an American addiction psychiatrist and immunopathologist. She researches treatments for substance use disorders in marginalized communities. She is the Barbara Wilson Associate Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health and was a…
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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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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Ayanna MacCalla Howard (born January 24, 1972) is an American roboticist, entrepreneur, and educator who will begin serving as the President of Spelman College on August 1, 2026, succeeding Interim President and Chair Emerita Rosalind "Roz" Brewer. She…
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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.
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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