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Algae on a beach, Libreville, Gabon

1972

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Cataloged as “Algae on a beach, Libreville, Gabon” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-3311
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Algeria ALGÉRIE - Mauresques dans leur intérieur

[ca. 1905]

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Printed text on recto reads: "578. ALGÉRIE - Mauresques dans leur intérieur." Translated caption reads: [ALGERIA - Moorish women inside their house.] Two young women sitting in a couch, a small coffee table at their feet, jars on both side of the bench.…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0012-13
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Algeria Ecole Delfau. ALGER - Intérieur de la fabrique de Tapis - Les Métiers

[ca. 1905]

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Translated caption on recto reads: [DELFAU school - Algiers - Inside the carpets factory - Weaving looms.] Printed text on verso reads: "Manufacture de Tapis Algériens Ecole DELFAU -84, boulevard Valée, 84 - ALGER." Translated verso reads: [Carpets…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0004-03
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Algeria Types Algériens (femmes voilées)

[ca. 1905]

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Printed text on recto reads: "(16) Types Algériens (femmes voilées)." Translated caption reads: ''Algerian Types (veiled women)''. Two women wrapped in haik, veils covering faces up to the eyes. Additional printed text on recto reads: "Guiglion, Constantine.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0020-07
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Algeria Une rue à Bou-Saada

[ca. 1905]

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Printed text on recto reads: "102 - Une Rue à Bou-Saada." Translated caption reads: [A street in Bou-Saada.] Group of young children on the streetwalk. Additional printed text on recto reads: "Fabrique de Bijouterie Indigène- Curiosités Arabes - Bijoux &…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0020-08
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BIOGRAPHY
Medicine & Health

Algernon B. Jackson

1878–1942

Algernon Brashear Jackson (1878–1942) was a prominent African American physician, surgeon, writer, and columnist who contributed profoundly to the National Negro Health Movement, an organization which sought to uplift African Americans by educating them on…

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Music

Algia Mae Hinton

1929–2018

Algia Mae Hinton (née O'Neal; August 29, 1929 – February 8, 2018) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and vocalist, based in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States.

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Alh. Abdullahi Abdul-Salami, Imam Idiaro, of Ile Onigaari, Balogun Alanamu Ward, Ilorin

1988

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Imam Idiaro was a leatherworker and Ann O'Hear's most important informant on leatherworking in Ilorin. In 1988, he was an imam and ran an Arabic school (in which he is standing in the photograph). The office of imam for the immediate area passes down…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0001
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Alh. Imam Idiaro cutting out a template for a design used on saddle blankets (iteyin), and on saddle cushions and pouffes (tim-tim), Ile Onigaari

1988

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Alh. Imam Idiaro called the motif "koronu" (a word presumably derived from "crown").

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0007
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Alh. Imam Idiaro weaving, Ile Atoti compound, near Ile Onigaari

1988

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Ile Atoti, a compound near Ile Onigaari, specialized both in dyeing leather and in weaving etu ("guineafowl cloth"). Such cloth was used extensively in the horse trappings produced in Ile Onigaari.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0009
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Alhaji's at Awolowo's daughter's wedding, Ikenne, Nigeria

1973-10-27

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Original text on slide reads, "Alhaji's at Awolowo's daughter's wedding. (have been to Mecca- see hat on head). Saturday".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1323
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Alhaji Yakubu, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3243
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Literature

Ali Barthwell

Biography

Ali Barthwell is an American writer. She reviews television for Vulture and is a staff writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, for which she won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Ali, Berrien Springs, MI 1996

1996

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An image of Muhammad Ali in Berrien Springs Michigan in 1996. The image features Ali facing the left of the photograph wearing a polo shirt and long pants. He is standing with a bicycle in front of a large fence. His hands are on the bicycle’s handlebars…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.164.23
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Photographs and Still Images

Ali & Frazier, Philadelphia 2003

2003

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An image of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 2003. The two are featured next to one another in their boxing robes. Ali, left, is seated and is wearing a silk Everlast robe. Frazier, right, is standing wearing a silk robe with flowers on it. The background…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.164.24
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Film & Television

Ali LeRoi

1962–

Ali LeRoi is an American television producer, director, writer and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the Chris Rock semi-autobiographical sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, for which he won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy…

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Music

Ali-Ollie Woodson

1951–2010

Ali-Ollie Woodson (born Ollie Creggett; September 12, 1951 – May 30, 2010) was an American R&B singer, musician, songwriter, keyboardist, drummer, and occasional actor best known for his twelve years with the Temptations alongside Otis Williams. He also…

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Music

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

1970–

Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, rapper and bass guitarist, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg (and sometimes Jarobi White), the group released five studio albums…

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Arts & Performance

Ali Siddiq

1973–

Siddiq Nassir Abdullah Ali (born October 17, 1973), known professionally as Ali Siddiq, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and former radio personality based in Houston, Texas. He debuted his comedy album in 2010, his half-hour television special in…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Ali-Spinks Fight

February 15, 1978

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A motion picture film of the first meeting between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks for the Heavy Weight Championship of the World 1978. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film shows footage of the fight which took…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.46.1a
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Photographs and Still Images

Ali vs. Patterson, Las Vegas, 1965

November 22, 1965

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An image of Muhammad Ali fighting Floyd Patterson in 1965 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The image shows Ali landing a left handed punch, while Patterson has both arms up to block the hit. Ali stands to the left of the photograph, Patterson to the right. The two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.164.21
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Photographs and Still Images

Ali vs. Terrell, The Astrodome, Houston, 1967

February 6, 1967

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An image of Muhammad Ali being weighed at center ring prior to his match again Ernie Terrell in 1967 at the Houston Astrodome. Ali stands on the scale wearing his shorts and no shoes. Next to the scale there is a microphone stand filled with microphones.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.164.22.1
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Ali vs. Terrell, The Astrodome, Houston, 1967

February 6, 1967

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An image of Muhammad Ali fighting Ernie Terrell in 1967 at the Houston Astrodome. The close-up image shows Ali landing a left handed punch, while Terrell in crouch position, has both arms up to block the hit. Ali stands to the left of the photograph,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.164.22.2
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Ali vs.Terrell, The Astrodome, Houston, 1967

February 6, 1967

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An image of Muhammad Ali versus Ernie Terrell at the Houston Astrodome in 1967. The image shows Ali standing at the far side corner of the ring resting his arms on the ropes facing the nearside corner. In the nearside corner, Terrell sits on a stool while…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.164.22.3
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