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Akan man eating food at outdoor market, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man eating food at outdoor market, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0296
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Akan man holding farming hoe, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man holding farming hoe, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0349
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Akan man seated next to painted ceramic, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man seated next to painted ceramic, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0302
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Akan man wearing broad-brimmed hat, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man wearing broad-brimmed hat, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0332
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Akan man wearing hat, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man wearing hat, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0313
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Akan man with bicycle, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man with bicycle, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0305
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Akan man with ceremonial necklace and headdress, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man with ceremonial necklace and headdress, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0185
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Akan man with turban, seated, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man with turban, seated, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0107
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Akan man working making furrows with a hoe, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man working making furrows with a hoe, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0350
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Akan man working with sheep's wool, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan man working with sheep's wool, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0104
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Akan men sitting outside, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan men sitting outside, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0292
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Akan men working in a field, creating mounds of dirt, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan men working in a field, creating mounds of dirt, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0347
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Akan men working in fields, creating mounds of dirt, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan men working in fields, creating mounds of dirt, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0339
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Akan musicians with drums, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan musicians with drums, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0175
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Akan village, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan village, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0266
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Akan woman at village well, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan woman at village well, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0353
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Akan woman , Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan woman , Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0106
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Akan woman preparing food for her family, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan woman preparing food for her family, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0268
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Akan woman selling food at local market, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan woman selling food at local market, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0294
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Akan women styling hair, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Akan women styling hair, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0290
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Akara Seller, Auchi Town, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Akara Seller, Auchi Town, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2771
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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Akasha Gloria Hull

1944–

Akasha Gloria Hull (born December 6, 1944) is an American poet, educator, writer, and critic whose work in African-American literature and as a Black feminist activist has helped shape Women's Studies. As one of the architects of Black Women's Studies, her…

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Biography & Culture

Akbar Pray

1948–

Akbar Pray (born Wayne B. Pray on March 22, 1948) is an American writer, columnist and convicted drug kingpin from Newark, New Jersey who was serving a life sentence in federal prison, imposed in 1990, before obtaining a "compassionate release" on…

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Ake Nokwa Regalia, Iviabua, Weppa Wano, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Ake Nokwa Regalia, Iviabua, Weppa Wano, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0442
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