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Real African History
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Our history is world history. World history is our history. Exploring the brave new world of the black past - Through stories that highlight positive interactions of people of color with the greater world.
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"Swahili #culture is the product of the history of the coastal part of the African Great Lakes region, an area influenced by indigenous African, as well as Middle Eastern, Indian, Persian & other cultures."

Lesser extent: Southeast Asia, East Asia & Greco-Roman.
#Africa #EastAfrica #Photography
Black and white photo of a group of 3 women and 2 men. The women are dressed in elaborate headdresses, with some face jewelry and a bunch of beads around their hands. They also wear different luxurious shawls - shiny, with minimal details, and long dresses underneath. The men have on long floor length tunics, one is in an all white one, the other in a tan colored one. They carry what looks to be some sort of instrument (maybe). One wears a short rounded cap (white), the other a sort of turban (tan). Swahili girls. Back in the day it was common for Western photographers to take photos of Swahili people and then sell them on postcards, stamps and other stationary (Mostly without permission). See this link for more info: https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/614361414/seaglefestival.org Image: Sepia-like (tannish-yellowish photo quality) photo of two girls, leaning on a railing or wooden chair of some sort. The girl on the left looks at us, while the one on the right looks off to the left. Both wear stylish, decorative tunic dresses. The one on the right's is white with darker colored stylized plants. The one on the right is a dark color with white details, like flowers and vines perhaps. On the top right and bottom left there's a green stamp with the faces of men. At the very bottom, outside the frame of the photo, on the tan border reads: The two Arab Ladies. Zanzibar. 1913. A stylish young Kenyan woman holding her pet deer in Mombasa, Kenya (1909). African woman in a brown turban and long white dress. Swaths of white fabric draped over her (shawl, scarf). She holds a baby deer by its legs, looking at us. She's in a large, old doorway. Swahili Girls” Zanzibar, 1908". Two beautiful smiling girls with brown head wraps and long white clothing. The girl on the right leans her head against the other, draping her hands around both of the other girl's shoulders. The other girl has a large, almost leaf-shaped fan made out of straw (guess).
January 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Yasuke, the black Samurai, featured in the children's novel Kuro-suke by Yoshio Kurusu in 1943.

It features a fictionalized account of Yasuke's life in #Japan under Nobunaga. It received the Japanese Association of Writers for Children Prize in 1969.
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Images from the novel, Kuro-suke (くろ助 Kuro Suke) by Yoshio Kurusu. (Left Page, Cover) African man dressed as a stylized version of a Samurai, and holding a long sword. He wears wide green pants with blue stripes and white dots, a yellow shirt and ruffled white collar. (Right Page) A large winged roof peaks out from the right panel. Surrounded by stylized trees, clouds or smoke. Two men are in front of the structure with thin sticks - Perhaps gardeners or old men using walking canes.
January 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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The Yoruban Orisha (Spirit) Aja is the protectress of the forest and all living things that dwell in it. A herbal healer. But the more you seek her, the less likely you are to find her. Get lost in the forest and she'll find you. #Africa #Nigeria #Myths #Folklore #Nature #Forest
Life-size statue of a woman in a forest. Her body merges with the ground (almost like a sleeping pose). Green leaves foliage and moss covers her body. The statue has been here for such a long time that it looks like she is a part of the forest now (But she looks ageless). Congo Rainforest. Tall trees from one end of the frame to another. There is a dense mist that covers 25% of the picture. So we can't see the tops of some trees or the ground.
January 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Braids from around the world:

📸 1: Tibetan women braid their hair 108 times - A sacred number in Buddhism.

📸 2: Tibetan (microbraids), Uyghur (Turkic ethnic group - They have braiding contests in China), Ethiopian, Native American, Maasai, Fulani, European (Medieval styles, etc), etc.

#Hair
Back of Tibetan lady (we can't see her face) with 108 microbraids. Similar to ones typically associated with African and African American hairstyles. Hair is tied with a lime green and red decorative scrunchie of some kind. Woman wears an Asian-style silk jacket with stylized plants. Collage of braids found around the world, in different cultures. Includes Asian - incl. Tibetan, Uyghur, Chinese, African - Maasai, Fulani and Ethiopian, Native American, and European - Medieval.
January 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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(1/2) In the south of Burkina Faso lies a small village called Tiébélé. It's home to the Kassena people; one of the oldest ethnic groups that settled in the region in the 15th century.

Tiébélé is known for their amazing traditional Gurunsi #architecture & decorated walls
#Africa #Art #Design #Homes
Gurunsi-style home in the village of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso. Black and white designs (Triangles, Stars, checkers, crosshatch, etc) painted on clay homes. #Africa #House Gurunsi-style home in the village of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso. Black designs (Triangles, Stars, checkers, crosshatch, etc) painted on brown-red earthen clay homes. #Decoration Gurunsi-style home in the village of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso. Large black and white checkered pattern over a clay home. Covers every inch of the structure. #Crafts
January 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Extensive trade networks existed between the #ancient Mediterranean world & Africa:

(Left) King Aphilas of Axum, Ethiopia depicted on coinage found in ancient Berenike, Greece.

(Right) Roman Wine Amphora, possibly similar to ones identified at Adulis in Eritrea.
#History #Greece #Africa
Gold coin with face of King Aphilas depicted on one side and a series of markings or writing on the other. Roman amphora (container for wine. Like a vase). Tan with black figures (Long-bearded Greek men taming an octopus) and abstract details.
January 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Magyarab: Hungarian Nubians living along the Nile in #Egypt & Sudan, prob since 16th century.

According to legend, Christian Hungarians fighting for Ottoman Empire in southern Egypt remained & married local Nubian women.

Members of the World Federation of Hungarians since 1992.

#Blacksky #Europe
Dark-skinned Magyrarab senior woman. With burnished brown-copper skin. Deep wrinkles line her face and around her deep set eyes. She also has dark brown lips which are noticeable darker than the rest of her face - Most likely from age. Group of Magyrarab people. Sepia-toned or black and white photo of family and/or friends. Tan-skinned. One man wears a head scarf and long white white tunic. The others are wearing various clothes (seems to be non-traditional). There are 2 smaller kids, one lady holds a baby, 3 men and 4 women. All smiling warmly at the camera or each other. Tan to brown-skinned man with warn brown eyes, black hair beginning to grey ever-so-slightly. Thick and dark eyebrows and a small moustache framing his face.
January 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Depiction of Black Knights. Circa 14th to 16th centuries. Location: Europe (Various). Most of these are depicting Saint Maurice:

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#Medieval #Europe #MedievalHistory #Saint #Knight #Knights #History #BlackHistory #BlackSky #Education
Elaborate illustration of black knight. Possibly Saint Maurice. He was silver armor with gold details. Carries a large golden sword in one hand and a flag with a sort of black phoenix (-dragon hybrid) on the other. Looks like a cross between the Albanian flag and the Targaryen sigil from Game of Thrones. He also wears a large hat of some sort on his head. Black knight with golden halo. He wears oversized silver armor and a red velvet-esque skirt (with gold details) that trails down the sides, from the waist to knees. He carries a heavy, peach or gold-colored flag in one hand, black sword with golden details on handle end. Black knight, probably Saint Maurice in a bright colored, festive painting. He wears silver armor with what seems to be (angel?) wings cascading from out of the sleeves. In one hand a flag with a black or brown phoenix-like creature on tan background. In his other hand a shield with the same sigil. Behind him are men of European (white) appearance with the same silver armor, holding spears. They are all framed by a large archway - Light brown, as if carved in wood. There is a sort of hanging wreath of leaves with blue, red and purple decorations at the top of the archway. Black knight with what looks to be more modest commoner's clothing. Looks less like armor, more like a brown tunic. On those of the clothes, a red cape with gold detail on the edges. Gold armored "knee pads". A red had with gold details on the edge. He holds a spear in one hand (with a trailing red and white flag) and a shield with that is red on one side, white on the other, with a cross of both colors appearing in the middle.
January 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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"Mami Wata is a water-spirit, sometimes mermaid figure, found throughout [West & C. Africa, & the Americas]. In Dutch Guiana, Africans worshipped her by falling into a trance-like state. Native Americans of the colony adopted Water Mama & merged her with their own water spirits."
#Folklore #Healing
Her exact origins are unclear, but it seems Mami Wata first came into existence during the Transatlantic slave trade. She's regarded as "foreign", which may be linked to the journey of Africans to unknown lands by water. She was as feared as she was admired. Over the years inspirations ranging from "The Sirens, Isis, Cleopatra, the Mona Lisa, Shiva, the Virgin Mary, Lady Godiva" and others have been incorporated into her lore. IMAGE: Black African woman with thick, long hair holds a serpent, which twists around her neck and hands. Another serpent crawls up her body. She wears bright yellow skirt, and red vest over a grey and white shirt. Yellow-gold circular pendants and one half moon-shaped (might be a necklace) dangle at chest level. #Myth #Latinsky #Blacksky #Nativesky #Lore #Spirituality #Legend
January 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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South Africa's Cape Floral Region is considered one of the most biodiverse floral regions on earth.

Though it only covers about 0.5% of the continent, it's home to over 20% of Africa's floral species.

Shown: Namaqualand - An arid region of #Namibia & #SouthAfrica.

#Nature #Flowers #Biodiversity
The Cape Floral Region is designated a #UNESCO World Heritage site. Shown: (Looks like a) Gemsbok - Antelope with black and white markings on its face, tab body and long black antlers. It's looking at the viewer in a field of vibrant purple, orange, white and yellow flowers. With spots of green bushes peaking here and there. In the foreground: A pink flower, not fully open yet. Around it, tiny purple flowers on green stems. There's also a few pink and green flowers of a different species in the background and also some large yellow-green leaves peaking from the right side of the frame. King Protea, the national flower of South Africa. It's a medium-sized flower with large pink, pointed petals circling a white center with yellow filaments (?).
January 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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"The Sub-Saharan Haplogroup L is also found in West Asia at low to moderate frequencies, most notably in Yemen where frequencies as high as 60% have been reported [mostly in Hadramawt, a city in the South of the country]."

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#Africa #MiddleEast #Blacksky
Afro-Yemenese woman in a traditional gown. Random colorful stringy frills of red, green and yellow frame her face. She wears wears silver bracelets and has a small bundle of what looks like wheat in her hand. Handsome Afro-Yemenese man smiling. He wears a red and white headscarf wrapped around his head. He has loose texturized curls and facial hair going down one side of the face and up the other. His skin is a burnished chocolate-copper. White teeth. Afro-Yemenese man with texturized afro hair, light brown skin tone, dark and full eyebrows. He looks straight into the camera.
January 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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To the below, also add Swahili names like Jamal, Akeelah and Aisha, which are common among both African & Arabic people worldwide.
*Also forgot to add Iman(i), which is of Arabic origin, and means "belief, faith".
#Blacksky #Countries
Maurice/Morris Maurice as a boys' name is pronounced maw-REESE. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Maurice is "dark-skinned, Moorish". Also possibly an anglicized form of Muirgheas (Irish, Gaelic) "seafarer" and ultimately derive from the Phoenician term "mauharim", meaning "easterner". Roman name introduced to Britain by the Normans and commonly used into the 17th century. Saint Maurus (sixth century) was a French saint. See also Merrick. Actor Maurice Chevalier; writer Maurice Sendak; composer Maurice Ravel. Omar Omar as a boys' name is pronounced OH-mar. It is of Arabic and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Omar is "speaker; flourishing, long-lived". Biblical: a sheik of Edom and son of Esau. Omar Khayyam (12th century) was a Persian poet, astronomer, and mathematician. Caliph Omar II made Islam an imperial power. Poet Omar Khayyam; General Omar Bradley; actor Omar Sharif. Breanna Breanna as a girls' name is pronounced bree-ANN-ah. It is of English, Irish, Gaelic and Celtic origin, and the meaning of Breanna is "high, noble, exalted". Variant spelling of Brianna. Keona Kiana as a girls' name is pronounced kee-AHN-ah. It is of American origin. Modern name. May be a favored prefix name or a variant of Kian, an Irish Gaelic name meaning "ancient". Also possibly related to Anna. Kiana is especially favored in Hawaii, perhaps as a rhyming variant of the popular Keanu, a boy's name made familiar by actor Keanu Reeves. Keona is also a male name. Terence Terence as a boys' name is pronounced TARE-ence. It is of Latin origin. From Terentius. The name of one of the two great comic poets of ancient Rome, along with Plautus. Terence was famous for the wit and sophistication of his plays. Actor Terence Stamp; playwright Terence McNally; priest Terence Cardinal Cooke. Tanisha Tanisha as a girls' name is pronounced ta-NEE-shah. May be connected to a Hausa (African) day name for children born on Monday. Can also be a combination of Ta- with Aisha. (I've also met a Middle Eastern woman with thus name. I'm pretty certain it's not uncommin there either.). Aaliyah Aaliyah as a name for girls. Aaliyah's root is Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Aaliyah is "exalted, sublime". Aaliyah is an alternate spelling of Aliya (Hebrew): made popular by late singer Aaliyah. Compare surname Aloyo. Tatiana Tatiana as a girls' name is pronounced ta-TYA-nah, tat-YAH-nah. It is of Russian and Latin origin. Feminine of Tatius, a Roman family clan name. A king by this name was said to have reigned over the Sabines and the Romans with the legendary Romulus. Also the name of a third-century saint. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg named her second daughter Tatiana. See also Tiana. Actress Tatyana Ali; opera celebrity Tatiana Troyannos. Tay Tay as a boys' name is of Scottish origin. Place name: the largest river in Scotland, famous for salmon fishing. Shanice Shanice as a girls' name is pronounced sha-NEESE. It is of English origin. Rhyming variant of Janise. Khadijah Kadijah as a name for girls is of Arabic origin, and the meaning of Khadijah is "early baby". Khadijah is an alternate form of Khadija (Arabic): Muhammad's first wife. See also Fatima. (Mc)Kayla Mckayla as a girls' name is pronounced ma-KAY-lah. It is of American origin, and the meaning of Mckayla is "fiery". Blend of the Irish and Scottish surname Mckay with Kayla, resulting in a variant of Michaela. Iman(i) Iman as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Iman) is pronounced ee-MAHN. It is of Arabic origin, and the meaning of Iman is "belief, faith". Made familiar in modern times by supermodel Iman.
January 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The Yoruba have one of the highest rates of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (or 90–100 twins) per 1k live births. This is possibly due to high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may stimulate the ovaries to release an egg from each side
#Birth
*The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. Yoruban Beliefs About Twins: Ibeji is the name of an Orisha (spirit) representing a pair of twins in the Yoruba religion. In the diasporic Yoruba spirituality of Latin America, Ibeji are syncretized with Saints Cosmas and Damian. In Yoruba culture and spirituality, twins are believed to be magical, and are granted protection by the Orisha Shango. If one twin should die, it represents bad fortune for the parents and the society to which they belong. The parents therefore commission a babalawo to carve a wooden Ibeji to represent the deceased twin, and the parents take care of the figure as if it were a real person. Image: old-ish photo (in color) of an African woman holding two Ibeji (twin) statues in her hand. She's got gorgeous brown skin, dark diagonal eyebrows (seems to be penciled in, the remaining arch is super light). She's wearing a multi-colored, multi-patterned red, orange, black and white wrap around her body. She's standing, and there's a baby that's peaking out from behind her, looking at the figures in her hand (He's wrapped in the garment that's around her). Her hair is in a traditional style. She has a series of 4-5 of twists, interlocking with each other, maybe 2" from her head. It's a work of art
December 30, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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The Afro-Peruvian Museum (Zaña-Chiclayo, Peru) rescues, preserves, documents and educates the public on the history of people of African descent in Peru.

More info for visitors: www.limaeasy.com/lima-guide/l...

#Africa #Peru #Blacksky #Latinsky
Group of Peruvian men and women holding various instruments, including guitars and drums of African origin. Hanging Sign: Museo Afro Peruano. Various monochromatic images of people of African descent on the wall behind (A woman with a basket on her head, etc). Black and white photo. Men and women of various indigenous, African or multihyphenate backgrounds dressed for a Peru Ancestral festival. 3 women of African descent at the front, in ruffled dresses and straw hats. Lots of smiling, happy faces. More black and white photos from the museum. Including local Peruvian stars, activists, etc.
December 26, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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(1 of 2) #African + #Asian Texans of Robertson County: "Farmers in Robertson County made sharecropping contracts with [Chinese men], seeking to replace freed slaves. They worked long, hard hours. And when employers broke their contracts..

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#Texas
Vintage wedding photo of Chinese man and African (American) woman. She's sitting on a chair in a short white gown with a head covering that trails to the ground. She has a bouquet in her lap. Beside her, a man in a tuxedo. He holds his hands behind his back. Backdrop looks to be a decadent room of some sort. Old jacquard curtains hang in the background.
December 20, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Nigeria: Treasures from the Kingdom of Owo:

A collection of ornaments made from wood, ivory & metal. From the Owo kingdom. A subset of the Yoruba (an ethnic group found in #Nigeria, Benin and Togo). Circa 15th-19th c.

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#Artifacts #History #Africa
Masquerade Element (Omama): Ram's Head, 17th–19th century Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup. IMAGE: Ram's head carved in wood. Horns have decorative long v-shaped lines carved into it. Two wide, almost angry looking eyes. 3 Small clusters of decorative holes above its eyes and one long section in the middle of its face. 2 almost Celtic-knot looking knots on either side of the nose. This spectacular ivory vessel was once the treasured possession of an olowo, the ruler of the Yoruba kingdom of Owo in present-day southern Nigeria. IMAGE: Ivory chalice/cup with decorative images people carved around at the top (probably a ruler with subjects on either side of them), followed by 2 lines of decorative dots beneath, followed by a scene of some sort beneath that. As early as the fifteenth century, the Yoruba kingdom of Ijebu was a major brass-casting center that cast metalworks for a wide range of courtly and religious contexts. Bracelets like this one were created for elites such as rulers and priests as well as members of the Osugbo society. Ceremonial Sword (Udamalore), 17th–19th century. Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo.
December 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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(1 of 2) San Basilio de Palenque, a village in the town of Mahates, Bolivar in northern Colombia, is considered the first free town in the Americas.
#Africa #Colombia #Blacksky #Latinsky
"The New York Times reported on October 18, 2007 that the language spoken in Palenquero is thought to be the only Spanish-based Creole language still alive worldwide and the grammar is so different from Spanish, that Spanish speakers cannot understand it. The language Palenquero was influenced by the Kikongo language of Congo and Angola, and also by Portuguese. Exact information on the different roots of Palenquero is still lacking, and there are different theories of its origin. Today fewer than half of the community’s 3,000 residents still speak Palenquero." "(in 2015) A linguist born in Palenquero was compiling a lexicon for the language and others were assembling a dictionary of Palenquero." In 2005 the village was declared Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Palenque is also considered the first free town in the Americas. "The star of Palenque" Don Evaristo Márquez, costarred with Marlon Brando in the 1969 film Burn.
December 18, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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I shared this folktale a few years ago and asked if it was problematic:

Obatala, a reckless god, created the differently-abled while being drunk on palm wine. Henceforward he became a god of purity, and those people considered sacred and under his protection.
#Folklore #Africa #Disabilities
14% - Ableist. Treats disabilities as mistakes, unnatural. 43% - Not Ableist. Treats disabilities as sacred, divine. 43% - Other (Comment) @RAHstory it's ableist both for treating disabled people as mistakes and as divine.
December 16, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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African + Jewish Connection:
The Lemba are an ethnic group found in Zimbabwe & South Africa.

Their genetics reveal they have a specific marker, the Cohen Modal Haplotype, which indicates Jewish ancestry.

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#Africa #Jewish #Genetics #History
Lemba men - An ethnic group from South Africa and Zimbabwe who, despite all appearances, share Jewish specific ancestry, in addition to their predominant African roots. This photo includes a group of Lemba men, 2 of whom wear white robes and a kippah (Jewish hat). Lemba man. African man of Jewish ancestry. From the Lemba ethnic group of South African and Zimbabwe. He wears a blue suit with white and blue striped scarf and white kippah (Jewish hat) on his head.
December 16, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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The Coburg Moor (patron saint of the German city since the mid-1300s) was banned in Nazi Germany. In 1934, it was replaced by a coat of arms featuring a sword with a swastika in the pommel. The original coat of arms was restored in 1945. #Nazis #Nazism #BlackSky #History
Top: Coburg Moor, featuring head of African looking to the right with a yellow/gold earring. Background: Bright yellow. Skin: Black, with features outlined in white. Bottom: Nazi version featuring sword, one half black, the other yellow, with a swastika in the pommel. Background: One half yellow, the other black.
December 12, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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The House of the Blackheads (Latvia. Built 1334) is a building constructed by the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a 14th c. guild for unmarried merchants, shipowners & foreigners in Riga, Latvia.

One of their principal saints was Saint Maurice 👉🏽
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#Latvia #Europe #Skystsorians 🗃️
House of the Blackheads. In Riga, Latvia. Brick entrance archway. On the viewer's right, there's an African man on the bottom holding a white flag with a red cross - Wearing a white tunic with gold details and red head. On the viewer's left, there's a woman of European background dressed in a blue robe with gold crown, and baby in her arms with bright golden hair.
December 12, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Serge Mouangue is a Cameroonian-born, Tokyo-based designer whose reimagined kimonos with #Japanese & West #African influences have been showcased in Senegal & #Japan.

At TedxConcorde (2012) he described his concept as not a fusion, "but a third aesthetic": www.youtube.com/watch?v=65J8...

#Art
African inspired kimono. Tan and brown kimono with abstract shapes, perhaps flowers in some spots. Multicolored diagonal sash going around the shoulders and waist. African inspired kimono. Light green with brown and yellow designs. A sash in different shades and tints of red going around the waist horizontally. Model marries a sort of purse that looks like an African mask - carved in wood with two abstract eyes and a mouth with diagonal teeth. She holds it from a large, circular black handle. Reddish brown kimono with various tan colored abstract designs - Some smaller, some larger - Lines, flowers, etc. Sash around waist in a tomato red color with a more abstract tan designs. Model's hair has a large tan bundle of leaves. Model is wearing same kimono as in picture just before this (description included). She now also has a brown scarf tied around her head with minimal tan designs and carries an African statue, that's the size of a medium-sized doll. Status is carved in wood with an abstract face of a woman and nude body from head to toe.
December 12, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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Are wolves in Africa a thing?
Sorta.

The nw & eastern varieties of the African #Wolf are the closest canines to the Grey Wolf (in Africa). Mix is approx. 72% Grey Wolf, 28% Ethiopian Wolf.

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#Animals #Dogs #Wildlife
Phylogeny (Family Tree) of wolves, foxes, dogs and related animals. Southern Ethiopian Wolf. Looks like a mix between a fox and a dog (rather than a wolf). It's red and white, with pointy ears. Hald laying down in a field of tall brown grass. African Grey Wolf (Which is distinct from the the African Golden Wolf/Jackal). More wolf-looking. Short haired, grey and tan body with black tipped tail.
December 10, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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Afro-Albanians/Afro-Montenegrins: There are only about 6 families of African & SE Euro heritage in Ulcinj, #Montenegro Who have deep ties to the country.

*They all speak Serbo-Croat, and
*They may date back to Roman times

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#Serbia #Albania #BlackSky
Afro-Albanians/Afro-Montenegrins. Black and white photo. A younger and old woman in long white head scarf, over a long dress or skirt with simple shoes. Next to a man in a light colored suit and dark hate. The young girl holds the hand of a young child. Beside them are 3 other children smiling towards the camera person (seemingly). Legendary boxer Rizo Šurla sitting with an older European gentleman. Both men wear suits. Another photo of the family of Afro-Albanians/Afro-Montenegrins. This time with what seems to be someone not related in the center. This time there are 5 women with the long white headscarves. 3 men (2 in suits, one in lumberjack shirt). 2 children are being held, while 2 others are at the front. The (assuming) matriarch and patriarch of the family are sitting at the front, while the others stand.
December 9, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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Check out: A Beautiful Nest. A fantasy and historical ASMRtist making cozy ambient soundscapes.

The Hobbit Kitchen in MIDDLE EARTH ASMR / A Beautiful Nest www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hnl...

#ASMR #Cottagecore #Fantasy #LordoftheRings
A beautiful brown-skinned woman in a decadent cottage, decorated with green wreaths, and filled to the brim with ingredients, jars, pots and plates of all kinds. She's stirring a spoon in a pot on the stove. Wears: Tan corset with red and pink flowers, over a brown dress.
December 9, 2024 at 4:21 PM