Native African Ethnicity Collection

Miners Sorting Diamonds from Gravel
South Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Workers sorting the gravel for diamonds at Kimberly mine. Undated photo

Miners at Working in South Africa
South Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Workers tipping ground 1200 feet level in Kimberly mine. Undated photo

Somalian Man
Studio portrait of man from Somalia

Muslim Woman Wearing Full Veil
Muslim woman from North Africa wearing flowered face veil

Zulu With a Bicycle
Studio portrait of Zulu bushman, posed with bicycle and shield. | Location: Basutoland, South Africa

North African Woman
Portrait of North African woman

South African Woman and Child

Abyssinian Woman Holding Breasts
(Original Caption) Abnormally large breasts of an Abyssinian. Photo, ca. 1880

Zulus Warriors In War Dress
A group of Zulu warriors wear traditional dress and carry shields

Zulu Chiefs
Zulu headmen or chiefs stand outside a hut in South Africa

Miners Outside Gold Mine
(Original Caption) Miners posing at the Republic Gold Mining Company in De Kaap, South Africa. Photo circa 1888

Turkana Natives Performing a Dance
Turkana natives perform a dance in honor of His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales visit to their camp

Krous Women in Ceremonial Dress
(Original Caption) Liberia - Krous or Krousmen women in holiday costumes. Some have tattoed arms. Undated photograph

Medical Personnel Examining Young Child
(Original Caption) Specially trained medical personnel examine a very young child (incidence of trachoma is the highest in this group) for symptoms

Zulu Shaman
A Zulu shaman performs a traditional healing ritual

Emperor Menelik II
(Original Caption) Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia (1844-1913). Head and shoulders photograph, ca. 1900. BPA 2 #4266

Ashanti Cheif with Advisors Wearing Traditional Clothing
(Original Caption) Ashanti Chief with his confidants sitting under a ceremonial umbrella, the symbol of office. Photograph ca. 1910

Men Weaving Using Handlooms
A group of Fumban men weave strips using handlooms

Fumban Men with Traditional Handcrafted Objects
A group of Fumban men and boys carry some of the traditional objects they make

Barnum And Bailey Circus Folk
The circus giant George Anger holding Pygmie Klik-Ko

Industrial Manufacturing Ships in Port in Cameroon
Industrial manufacturing ships in the port at Douala in Cameroon

Nigerian Woman Wearing Native Hairstyle
Nigerian woman wearing a native hairstyle

Woman of the Igara Tribe Wearing Native Hairstyle
(Original Caption) New Fashions In Hairdressing From Nigeria. An Igara girl is shown

Native Hairstyle on Woman of the Nupe Tribe
(Original Caption) New Fashions In Hairdressing From Nigeria. A Nupe girl is shown

Nigerian Woman Wearing Native Hairstyle
Nigerian woman, from the village of Illah, wearing a native hairstyle

Nigerian Women Wearing Native Hairstyles
Nigerian women create elaborate hair styles by treating the hair with a mixture of red clay, and heavy coconut oil. When they remove the clay in segments, it leaves the hair in shapes

Post Office in Johannesburg, South Africa
(Original Caption) Scenes In Johannesburg. The General Post-Office at Johannesburg is shown

Osa Johnson Demostrating Cosmetics to the Masais
4/30/1923-Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Feminine instinct won out over rougher tactics in the middle of Africa, & Mrs

A Kikuyu Mother and Child

King Ras Tafari and Party
(Original Caption) Abyssinia: Photo shows a close up of King Ras Tafari of Abyssinia, seated at the reception table after his coronation which took place recently

Liberian Chief with Wives
A Liberian chief, with several of his wives

Converts Passing The Church Choir
(Original Caption) 9/6/29-Newport News

People at River Bank for Baptism
(Original Caption) 9/6/1929-Newport News, VA - Some of the three hundred and fifty Negroes of the settlement here, lined up at James River Banks, being baptised by Bishop C. M

African Girl Cutting Maize
(Original Caption) Cutting Maize. Cameroons, French Colonial Africa. Undated photograph

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
(Original Caption) 1930- Ethiopian (Abyssinian) Emperor Ras Tafari in coronation robes and crown

Haile Selassie On Throne at Coronation
Emperor Haile Selassie holds a scepter and poses by his throne during his coronation

Swimmers Taking Mark at Start of Race
(Original Caption) The 1932 Olympic Games: Start of the heat in the 400 Meter for women. L. Anderson, Denmark, 1st lane, 2nd place; J. Maakal, So. Africa, 2nd lane, 1st place; H

Ethiopian Leader Haile Selassie Speaking At League Of Nations
(Original Caption) Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie in 1936, as he delivered his famed address before the League of Nations

African American Baptismal Ceremony
Bishop Grace presides over one of the many recent baptism ceremonies in Newport News, Virginia. September 4, 1939

Liberian Delegation on Steps of The Capitol
Liberian President Edwin Barclay, the first African to address the US Senate, stands on the steps of the Capitol. Left to right: Brig. Gen

Natives of Hood Point Village
This is "home" to these natives of Hood Point Village, who lashed two canoes together to make their dwelling place. The canvas awning protects the family from the hot sun

Eleanor Roosevelt with Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe and Mbonu Ojike
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, sponsor and guest of honor of the African Dance Festival, held Monday evening at Carnegie Hall

Haile Selassie Chatting with Franklin Roosevelt
(Original Caption) 1945- Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, chatting with President F.D. Roosevelt during the Yalta Conference

Golf Professionals Teaching Disabled Children
Young residents of the Shriners Hospital for disabled children get some golfing pointers from three pros who will play in the upcoming U.S. Open, which will be held at the St. Louis Country Club

Robert Mugabe
Portrait of Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, speaking at microphone

Ronald Reagan and Mobutu Seko Shaking Hands
(Original Caption) Washington: President Reagan bids farewell to President of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko as he departs concluding talks at the White House

South African Foreign Minister Botha
South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha speaks at a 1983 press conference in London after talks with the British Foreign Secretary

Mary Decker
JSA's Mary Decker (373) stumbles as Zola Budd (151) looks over. Outstretched arm directly behind belongs to eventual winner of women's 3000m run

Olympic Runner Zola Budd Qualifying in 3, 000 Meter Run
(Original Caption) Zola Budd the bare footed runner from South Africa, now running for Great Britain, runs in the third heat of the women's 3000 meter run at the Olympics in Los Angeles 8/8

Mary Decker Falling in 3000 Meter Race
South African runner Zola Budd (front, center) watches her chief competitor, American Mary Decker, fall to the ground in the final of the women's 3000-meter run at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Zola Budd Leads America's Mary Decker
(Original Caption) 8/10/84-Los Angeles, California: Zola Budd

Desmond Tutu Smiling
(Original Caption) Anglican Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu smiles as he talks to press, October 16th, following his winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 1984

Anglican Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu smiles as he talks with newsmen after it was announced he had won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize

Anglican Bishop Tutu of South Africa
Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu gives a sermon against apartheid and President Reagan's policy towards South Africa, in the National Cathedral on a visit to Washington D.C

Mayor Tom Bradley And Desmond Tutu
Bishop Desmond Tutu of Cape Town and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley at a press conference in the Mayor's press room

Reagan And Mozambique President
United States President Ronald Reagan meets with Samora Moises Machel, Marxist president of Mozambique, in the Oval Office of the White House

Author Nadine Gordimer Holding Her Book Something Out There
Novelist Nadine Gordimer seated and holding her book entitled Something Out There

President Reagan With Jonas Savimbi
(Original Caption) 1/30/1986- Washington, DC: Reagan meets with Angolan guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi in the Oval Office

Portrait of Akeem Olajuwon With Basketball
Houston Rockets center Akeem Olajuwon rests his chin on a basketball as he waits for the start of practice

Guests at Opening of South African Play
Singers Miriam Makeba and Paul Simon attend the opening of Mbongeni Ngema's anti-Apartheid play "Asinamali"

Audrey Hepburn Hugging Ethiopian Child
(Original Caption) Actress Audrey Hepburn was appointed March 9, 1988 as a Special UNICEF Ambassador by James P. Grant, Executive Director of the United Nations Children Fund

Dikembe Mutombo Blocking Marques Bragg
(Original Caption) Marques Bragg of the Providence Friars has no where to go as 7'2" Dikembe Mutombo of Georgetown covers him during first half action at Madison Square Garden 3/9

Villagers Sit Together in Front of Homes
This group of Congolese villagers lives on the shores of Lac Leopold II, which would later become known as Lac Mai-Ndombe. | Location: Beligan Congo

African Tribesmen with Ritual Scars
French Congo, Africa: Four Tang men from the French Congo stand side-by-side. They wear only loincloths and their chests and stomachs bear ceremonial scars. Ca. 1900

Circus Re-Enactment Of Boer War Battle
(Original Caption) Circus re-enactment of the Boer War Battle of Colenso. Undated photograph

Bobby Locke in Golf Tournament
South African Golfer Bobby Locke tees off as George Fazio and Bud Lewis look on

Bobby Locke Holding a Golf Club
(Original Caption) New York, New York: Bobby Locke, South African golfer

Italian Infantry Lines Up To Leave
(Original Caption) 3/23/50-Mogadishou

Rounding Up Mau Mau Fighters in Kenya
Soldiers round up suspected Mau Mau rebels

Mau-Mau Rebels at Detention Camp
A thousand Kikuyu men arrested for playing a part in the Mau Mau Rebellion of 1952 sit on the ground at a detention camp in Nairobi. Shoes and personal effects are piled near them

British Police Guarding Mau-Mau Suspects
British policemen hold men from the village of Kariobangi at gunpoint while their huts are searched for evidence that they participated in the Mau Mau Rebellion of 1952

Nigerian Delegates En Route to Conference
(Original Caption) 7/31/1953- London, England- They're not bound for a sleeping party, but rather for a conference to discuss revision of a constitution for Nigeria

Parade Commemorating Haile Selassie's Visit
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, rides in a convertible during a special parade for distinguished guests to City Hall. The Emperor is visiting as a guest of the U.S. Government

British Tuna Fishing Team
The British Empire Tuna Team which competed in the 11th International Tuna Cup Match at Nova Scotia in the 1950s

Haile Selassie and Winston Churchill
(Original Caption) London: Haile Selassie (left) Emperor of Ethiopia, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain

A.B. Xuma, African Congress Party
(Original Caption) 1/14/1955- Johannesburg, South Africa: South African Doctor: One of the most articulate spokesman of the Bantu (South African native) is Dr. A. B

Children Playing in Shantytown Street
Youngsters play amid shacks of Sophiatown, the section of Johannesburg which is being forcibly evacuated under South Africa's segregation policy

Boys Playing in Johannesburg Slum
A group of boys play on a street in Sophiatown. The Apartheid government was planning to move African families out of the slum to "homelands" in the countryside

Louis Armstrong, Lucille Armstorng, and Prime Minister Nkrumah During Ghana Tour
Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille were greeted by Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah (right) during Armstrong's tour of Europe and Africa in 1956

Nigerian Warriors Dancing
(Original Caption) Nigerian Warriors dance for Queen Elizabeth of England at Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Man in center balances log on his head. The log is decorated with good luck symbols

Flag Seller in Nigeria
(Original Caption) Carrying her "stock" on her head, this flag-seller offers her wares in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria

Member of Nigerian Parliament
A member of the Northern Nigerian House of Assembly arrives at a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Nigerian Tribesman Playing Alghaita
A mounted Nigerian tribesman plays a song of welcome on his alghaita (a double-reed instrument)

Obi James Okois Ii Surrounded By Attendants
(Original Caption) James Okosi II (center), Obi of Onitsha, Nigeria

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