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Literature

Chinonyerem Odimba

Biography

Chinonyerem Odimba is a British playwright, director and Artistic Director. She was born in Umuahia, Nigeria in 1974, and moved to London aged seven. Odimba is best known for her play Wild is De Wind (long-listed for the Bruntwood Award in 2015) and…

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Literature

Chinua Achebe

1930–2013

Achebe’s fiction centered African voices and examined colonialism, cultural change and political responsibility.

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Visual Arts

Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy

1952–2012

Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (2 May 1952 − 17 December 2012) was a visual artist who was born in Awka (Oka), Anambra State, Nigeria, but spent much of her young life in Ikom on the Cameroon border, before moving back to the family home at Umubele in…

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Music

Chinx

1983–2015

Lionel Du Fon Pickens (December 4, 1983 – May 17, 2015), professionally known as Chinx (formerly Chinx Drugz), was an American rapper. He was a member of The Rockaway Riot Squad alongside fellow slain rapper Stack Bundles. Chinx later joined French…

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Music

Chinx (OS)

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Derek Pinto, known professionally as Chinx (OS), is a British rapper from Camden Town, London. He is a member of the UK drill collective group known as OS, also known as 1Side, who are based in the Regent's Park Estate within Camden Town. He first released…

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Chioma Nnadi

Biography

Chioma Nnadi (, born 1980 or 1981 in London) is a British fashion editor. She is head of editorial content of British Vogue as of 9 October 2023.

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Literature

Chioma Okereke

Biography

Chioma Okereke is a Nigerian-born poet, author and short story writer. Her debut novel, Bitter Leaf (2010), was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize – Africa Best First Book 2011.

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Film & Television

Chip Fields

1951–

Laverne Bernard (born August 5, 1951), better known by her stage name Chip Fields or Chip Hurd, is an American actress, singer, television director, dialogue coach, and producer who has appeared in popular films, television series, and Broadway theatre.…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Chip Hay and Allen Amy with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Chip Hay and Allen Amy with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5150
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Chip Hay talking with Dauda who is holding his son, Ugbekpe, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Chip Hay talking with Dauda who is holding his son, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5162
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Chip Hay with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Chip Hay with an Akpele Masquerader at an Otsa festival, Ugbekpe, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5149
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Music

Chip (rapper)

1990–

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe (born 26 November 1990), better known by his stage name Chip (formerly Chipmunk), is an English rapper and grime MC. In the past 14 years, he has collaborated with the likes of Skepta, T.I., Meek Mill, Young Adz and many others. In 2009,…

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Literature

Chip tha Ripper

1986–

Charles Jawanzaa Worth (born October 20, 1986), known by his stage name Chip tha Ripper (also known as King Chip), is an American rapper from Cleveland, Ohio. He is best known for his guest appearance on fellow Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi's 2013 single "Just…

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Politics & Public Life

Chirlane McCray

1954–

Chirlane Irene McCray (born November 29, 1954) is an American writer, editor, and activist. She is married to former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and had been described as de Blasio's "closest advisor." They separated in 2023, but have announced no…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Chiwara (Tyi Wara) Headdress, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Chiwara (Tyi Wara) Headdress, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1780
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Arts & Performance

Chiwetel Ejiofor

1977–

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor (born 10 July 1977) is a British actor and director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy…

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Chlidren playing on Bandiagara cliffs

2000-01-28

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Chlidren playing on Bandiagara cliffs. Original Carousel number, 8, slide number, 134.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1005
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Film & Television

Chloe Arnold

Biography

Chloe Arnold is an American dancer and Emmy-nominated choreographer, actress, director, and producer. She is best known internationally as a tap dancer, and was seen on Season 11 of FOX's So You Think You Can Dance with her company Chloe Arnold's…

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Film & Television

Chloe Bailey

1998–

Chloe Elizabeth Bailey (born July 1, 1998), stylized as Chlöe, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She rose to prominence alongside her sister Halle Bailey as Chloe x Halle. The duo released two studio albums, with their second,…

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Music

Chloë Bass

1984–

Chloë Bass (born 1984) is an American conceptual artist who works in performance and social practice. Bass' work focuses on intimacy. She was a founding co-lead organizer of Arts in Bushwick from 2007 to 2011, the group that organizes Bushwick Open Studios.

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Biography & Culture

Chloe Johnson

1989–

Chloe Johnson (born May 24, 1989) is an American television personality, beauty pageant title holder, model, dancer and community leader.

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Literature

Chloé Valdary

Biography

Chloé Simone Valdary is an American writer and entrepreneur whose company, Theory of Enchantment, teaches social and emotional learning in schools, as well as diversity and inclusion in companies and government agencies.

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Music

Chlothegod

Biography

Chloe Chavis, known professionally as Chlothegod, is an American singer-songwriter from Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Choclair

1975–

Kareem Blake (born March 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Choclair, is a Canadian rapper. He was one of the most successful rappers in Canada in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Choclair has been nominated for six Juno Awards, winning four.

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