Africans Back in the Day: Photos & Pictures Collection
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Album covers
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Loango people. Late 17th!!
17th century depiction of the Royal Court of Loango! Looks breathtaking.
Warrior from the Kingdom of Benin with the club, shield and bow. Background is interesting as well.
Senegalese warrior strapped like Link. No date
Dahomey Kingdom Warrior with the rifle and dagger, 1863
St-Louis (Senegal) warrior
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There was a nairland thread like this of old pictures and the image sources that went on and on for pages
......I wonder if it's still up, had a lot of good info in it too
......I wonder if it's still up, had a lot of good info in it too
get these nets
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Emperor MENELIK II of Ethiopia
1844-1913
Most notable for leading his military in successful effort against Italian aggression, during the period of European colonization of the continent.
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Raiden was black all along.Nice contributions everybody
To continue on the theme of my previous posts, I’ll now share a range of pictures of Senegalese people back in the day
First a couple of working people:
A tax collector or a merchant from the Cayor, circa 1910. His hat is fire
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The garb im seeing in this thread is downright beautiful. Brehs were dripped out.
So ridiculous that I never saw images like these in my world history classes.
MischievousMonkey
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A child photographed in Isua in today’s Edo State, Nigeria. Northcote Thomas, c. 1909-10.
This is the kind of hairstyle worn by young Igbo men around the northern side of the Igbo area. The photo was taken around the 1920s.
A woman from Arochukwu, early 20th century.
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