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History & Culture

Azaad Liadi

1998–

Azaad Liadi (born May 14, 1998) is an American soccer player who plays as a winger for Greenville Triumph in USL League One.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Azala, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3266
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Azala, Imiakiu, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3318
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Azara, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3240
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Azealia Banks

1991–

Azealia Amanda Banks ( ə-ZEE-lee-ə; born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Her debut single "212" became a defining song of the 2010s and appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021. Banks is…

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Azède Jean-Pierre

Biography

Azède Jean-Pierre is an American fashion designer. She is the founder of the Azède Jean-Pierre label and AJP Consulting.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Azeem Abdulai

2002–

Azeem Kerr Abdulai (born 9 December 2002) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish Premiership side Hibernian. Born in Scotland, he represents the Sierra Leone national team.

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Azeez Al-Shaair

1997–

Azeez Al-Shaair ( al-SHIRE; Arabic: عزيز الشاعر; born August 4, 1997) is an American professional football linebacker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Atlantic Owls, where he received…

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Business & Enterprise

Azeline Hearne

Biography

Azeline Hearne (c. 1825-1890?), was an American slave who was freed while she was in her 30s of her life, and became famous for the numerous lawsuits brought against her during the Reconstruction era. Hearne was briefly one of the wealthiest landowners in…

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Biography & Culture

Azellia White

1913–2019

Azellia White (June 3, 1913 – September 15, 2019) was an American aviator who was one of the first African-American women to earn a pilot's license in Texas. She is recognized as a trailblazer, overcoming widespread perceptions at the time, "that neither…

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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Azie Dungey

Biography

Azie Mira Dungey is an American actress, producer, and writer, known for the 2013 web series Ask a Slave. She has also written for the TV series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Girls5eva, and Sweetbitter, and Harlem (2021).

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Azie Faison

1964–

Azie Faison Jr. (born November 10, 1964), sometimes known by the nickname AZ, is an American former drug dealer and businessman from Harlem, New York City. He attained notoriety during the war on drugs era as an individual drug dealer during the 1980s.

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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Azie Tesfai

Biography

Azie Tesfai is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is known for her television roles, including Jane the Virgin and Supergirl.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Azima-Ogbogu dancing with other women during an Otsa festival in the Ugenokhwa Quarter, Ugbekpe, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Azima-Ogbogu dancing with other women during an Otsa festival in the Ugenokhwa Quarter, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5219
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Aziola, Imiakiu, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3284
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Music

Aziya

2000–

Aziya Satchmo Masai Aldridge-Moore (born 2000) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. She has released two EPs We Speak of Tides (2021) and Lonely Castles (2023), and a mixtape BAMBI (2024).

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Science

Aziza Baccouche

1976–2021

Zohra Aziza Baccouche (November 25, 1972 – June 11, 2021) was an American physicist and science filmmaker. She was an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Science and Engineering fellow at CNN and founder and CEO of media company…

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Literature

Aziza Barnes

1992–2024

Aziza Danielle Bailey Barnes (October 8, 1992 – December 15, 2024) was an American poet, screenwriter and playwright. Barnes frequently performed slam poetry and performed at the Da Poetry Lounge, Urban Word NYC, PBS News Hour and Nuyoricans Poets Café.…

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Biography & Culture

Azizi Johari

1948–

Azizi Johari is a Black American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for June 1975.

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Music

AzMarie Livingston

1986–

Ashley Marie "AzMarie" Livingston (born December 28, 1986) is an American fashion model, actress, singer and DJ who rose to fame after appearing on America's Next Top Model: British Invasion in 2012. Livingston was cast to play the role of Chicken on the…

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Literature

Azuka Oforka

1981–

Azuka Elizabeth Oforka (born in 1981 in London) is an English actress, playwright, and screenwriter, now based in Penarth, South Wales. As an actress, she is known for her role as nurse Louise Tyler in Casualty. Oforka's debut play was The Women of…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Azumini Palm Oil Market N.C.P

[18--]

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Several grass huts are built at the edge of the waterway. A group of Natives reach the marketplace by canoe.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240059
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Azzi Fudd

2002–

Azzi Jazlyn Fudd ( AY-zee; born November 11, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the UConn Huskies. Nicknamed "the People's…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
45 rpm records

B-A-B-Y / What Have You Got To Offer Me

1966

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A 45 rpm record album of B-A-B-Y and What Have You Got To Offer Me by Booker T. Jones. The label of the record is light blue with the STAX printed across the top.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.34.4ab
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