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Africans Back in the Day: Photos & Pictures Collection
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This is a pretty amazing thread!
I hope it's OK to contribute. @MischievousMonkey
I come across beautiful images all the time while researching Black history and genealogy. Love and much respect to all.
And please let me know if any of the images are problematic or an issue -- as my contributions are meant to support and show appreciation and love.
Source: Africa
Source: Africa
Photograph shows an African woman washing clothes at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. Source
African dancers pointing rifles at camera - Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. Source
Source: Women's secret society of Gabon
Source: Baby's cradle.
Source: Wives supporting themselves and children by trading.
Source: A Native Prince and attendants.
I hope it's OK to contribute. @MischievousMonkey
I come across beautiful images all the time while researching Black history and genealogy. Love and much respect to all.
And please let me know if any of the images are problematic or an issue -- as my contributions are meant to support and show appreciation and love.
Source: Africa
Source: Africa
Photograph shows an African woman washing clothes at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. Source
African dancers pointing rifles at camera - Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. Source
Source: Women's secret society of Gabon
Source: Baby's cradle.
Source: Wives supporting themselves and children by trading.
Source: A Native Prince and attendants.
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Superstar
Source: One of the sacred stone images at Ife, the spritual centre of Yorubaland; One of the sons of the Shenu of Bornu
Source: Magnificent specimens of the vegetable kingdom
Source: A group of Tuaregs; A Bornu ox
Source: A Nigerian hunter stalking game with the head of the ground hornbill affixed to his forehead.
Source: The Hoe-dancers
Source: A Fulani girl.
Source: Corner of a native market; Another corner.
Source: Women cotton spinners; Men weaving.
Source: A Borgu canoe - man.
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Queen of Leetakoo. Dress of a Woman of Leetakoo, at the Circumcision Feast - 1833
Source: Queen of Leetakoo. Dress of a Woman of Leetakoo, at the Circumcision Feast
Source: Un roi de Nouveau-Calabar
Source: Jollof Chief.
Kikuyu women, British East Africa.
Source: Kikuyu women, British East Africa.
A Maria em trajo de Zanzibar
Source: A Maria em trajo de Zanzibar
Zulu chief and headmen. ; A smeller-out woman. 1917
Source: Zulu chief and headmen. ; A smeller-out woman.
Tres nhenhas em toilletes do Ibo
Source: Tres nhenhas em toilletes do Ibo
Chef angont. // Source: Chef angont.
Types de coiffures kroomen (Plapos). // Source: Types de coiffures kroomen (Plapos).
Source: Dakar. Négresses dans la rue.
Source: Femmes de gardes de milice (Bambaras).
Lagos types. 1910 // Source: Lagos types.
Lagos types. 1910 // Source: Lagos types.
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Members of a Funeral Secret Society in Lagos called Adamorisha, wearing dresses similar to the Egungun, Egun. 1910
Source: Members of a Funeral Secret Society in Lagos called Adamorisha, wearing dresses similar to the Egungun, Egun.
Source: The late Bale of Ibadan and some of his officials.
A Mohammedan Yoruba trader 1890 - 1893 /// Source: A Mohammedan Yoruba trader.
Source: The people of Lagos.
Alpha-Yaya, chef du Lâbè. 1900 // Source: Alpha-Yaya, chef du Lâbè.
An African belle. 1890 // Source: An African belle.
Native women, Gold Coast. 1890 // Source: Native women, Accra, Gold Coast.
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Source: Lady of high rank, Old Calabar.
Source: Native village near Axim, Gold Coast.
Source: A girl wife ; Belles of the village.
Source: Fang du Haut-Ivindo (Gabon).
Source: Femme Bambara.
Source: Ouolof et Dahoméen.
Source: Femme Ouolof du Cayor (Sénégal).
Source: A band of music, Gold Coast interior.
Source: Griots. -- Instruments de tam-tam (Bambara).
Source: Peulhs, Fourba-Foulah.
Source: Porteurs.
Source: Didi, Griot, Crieur public à Kita.
Source: A woman of the Susu tribe (Eastern Sierra Leone), Mandingo stock, showing natural growth of head hair.
Source: Wolof girl, sixteen years of age.
Source: Fama Mademba.
Source: Procession to the Temple of the Great Snake on crowning the King
Source: Le Faquih de Melfi et des gens vêtus de Khalaq.
Source: Group of principal Chiefs: Navoro: Northern territories: Gold Coast.
Source: Behanzin captif.
Source: In Sokoto.
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Source: African wedding day.
Source: A Chief in his state canoe, Bonny River, Niger Delta.
Source: A Fula: Gambia Hinterland.
Source: Groupe de Dahoméens.
Source: Béhanzin.
Source: Behanzin.
Source: Une amazone.
Source: Dahoméens.
Source: Traversee du Dahomey.
Source: Tirailleur Sénégalais.
Source: Ago-li-agbo, roi d'Abomey.
Source: The Emir of Kano on the march.
Source: Un chef de caravane Haoussa.
Source: Les Gunguns.
Source: African Negroes in Kamerun, showing native headdress.
Source: Natives Of East Coast, Africa.
Source: A Negress of Bahia.
Source: The Negro in West Africa: Liberian Hinterland.
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Source: Types Kroomen. -- Tenue de gala.
Source: A Mano King [in bowler hat.]
Source: Chef Baga de Koba (Guinée Française).
Source: Jeune fille wolof de Saint - Louis.
Source: Ouolove de Saint-Louis.
Source: Un Dioulas des bords du Niger.
Source: Femme Mina d'Agoué.
Source: Femmes catholiques de Ouidah.
Source: Ex-King of Kano.
Source: Le roi de Parakou.
Source: S. M. Toffa II, roi de Porto - Novo.
Source: Ashanti people.
Source: A Fanti woman: Gold Coast.
Source: Group of Chiefs and people, Nkoranza, beyond Ashanti, Gold Coast Hinterland.
Source: A Mandingo.
Source: The Fula type, West Africa.
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Source: The former Alake of Abeokuta: A great Chief of the Egba people (Lagos Hinterland.)
Source: A group of Bulu
Source: Principal Chiefs of Benin City.
Source: Susu Chief and staff.
Source: The late Neamlau and an officer.
Source: The King of Shendam.
Source: King 'Bell' of Cameroons: taken about 1874.
Source: A typical Duala gentlemen of the olden time [about 1874], Shark Dido, Dido Town, Cameroons, son of the Chief Dido herein referreed to.
Source: The Kiamvo, Mwene Puto Kasongo [centre figure]. From a photograph taken by Pére Butage in 1906.
Source: Accra boatmen of the Ga tribe: Gold Coast.
Source: Une Marchande de Tissus.
Source: Hausa man, woman and child at Bautchi.
MischievousMonkey
Gor bu dëgër
Great contributions. Some of the pictures you posted 
Feel free to drop fire like that anytime! It's all love 
xoxodede
Superstar
Source: Dakar: Les élections au Sénégal
Source: Dakar: Le marché.
Source: Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal) Dakar Hôtel de Ville
Source: Negroes from northern territories of Gold Coast; A good many of this type found their way to America as "Koromanti" slaves because they were shipped from the British and Dutch coast stations of Coromantyn or Koromanti near Cape Coast.
Source: Agni type.
Source: A Moshi woman, Northernmost Gold Coast; The Moshi people, of rather high civilisation, have some distant kinship with Benin.
Source: A typical " Kruboy " (from Nana¯Kru).
Source: Mandingos from Northern Liberia.
Source: A Kruman and his wives (Cape Palmas).
Source: Gora women.
Source: Mandingos
Source: Type wolof.
Source: Types et coiffures de Bambaras.
Source: A Kru woman with "shield" finger-rings and hair ornaments
Source: A Gbandi horn-blower blowing ivory trumpet (at Gene, Mano River, Western Liberia)
Source: Diola.
Source: Femme ouolove et ses enfants.
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Source: Femme Bambara.
Source: Mandingo Muslims.
Source: A Mandingo from Northern Liberia.
Source: A native of Sinô
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IllmaticDelta
Veteran
dope...I've got a bunch of these type of pictures on a data disc from the early 2000s
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MANDE KANG
damn, It's crazy how I can pick out mandingo, wolof and other upper guinean west africans people apart from those photos before strolling down and reading the descriptions.