October 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"Amun tempel, Meroe,"
"View of the temple or central monument (..), taken from the northeast"
Meroe city, Sudan.
-Lithograph, from Frédéric Cailliaud's Voyage à Méroé, 1826
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"View of the temple or central monument (..), taken from the northeast"
Meroe city, Sudan.
-Lithograph, from Frédéric Cailliaud's Voyage à Méroé, 1826
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October 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
"Amun tempel, Meroe,"
"View of the temple or central monument (..), taken from the northeast"
Meroe city, Sudan.
-Lithograph, from Frédéric Cailliaud's Voyage à Méroé, 1826
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"View of the temple or central monument (..), taken from the northeast"
Meroe city, Sudan.
-Lithograph, from Frédéric Cailliaud's Voyage à Méroé, 1826
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Bombardment of Mombasa, Kenya, by HMS Nassau and HMS London.
The Illustrated London News, March 20, 1875.
-Mombasa,
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
-View of Mombasa, Kenya, engraving from The Illustrated London News, March 6, 1875.
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The Illustrated London News, March 20, 1875.
-Mombasa,
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
-View of Mombasa, Kenya, engraving from The Illustrated London News, March 6, 1875.
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October 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Bombardment of Mombasa, Kenya, by HMS Nassau and HMS London.
The Illustrated London News, March 20, 1875.
-Mombasa,
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
-View of Mombasa, Kenya, engraving from The Illustrated London News, March 6, 1875.
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The Illustrated London News, March 20, 1875.
-Mombasa,
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
-View of Mombasa, Kenya, engraving from The Illustrated London News, March 6, 1875.
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October 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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October 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
"Ruines de l'ancienne eglise et du couvent des Capucins, a San Salvador, Congo"
Ruined church at Mbanza Kongo, capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, Angola
c. 1920-1940
-USCL
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Ruined church at Mbanza Kongo, capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, Angola
c. 1920-1940
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October 22, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"Ruines de l'ancienne eglise et du couvent des Capucins, a San Salvador, Congo"
Ruined church at Mbanza Kongo, capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, Angola
c. 1920-1940
-USCL
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Ruined church at Mbanza Kongo, capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, Angola
c. 1920-1940
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View of Suakin from the entrance to the harbour.
Sudan.
-December 29, 1888. The Illustrated London News
-Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1883.
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Sudan.
-December 29, 1888. The Illustrated London News
-Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1883.
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October 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
View of Suakin from the entrance to the harbour.
Sudan.
-December 29, 1888. The Illustrated London News
-Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1883.
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Sudan.
-December 29, 1888. The Illustrated London News
-Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1883.
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October 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Walled villages (bomas) surrounded by stockades
Mgongo Thembo, Tanzania, c. 1858, by J.H. Speke
Combo-Combo, D.R.C., c. 1888.
Myumi, Usagara, Tanzania, 1873, by D. Livingstone
unamed village, D.R.C, c. 1888.
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Mgongo Thembo, Tanzania, c. 1858, by J.H. Speke
Combo-Combo, D.R.C., c. 1888.
Myumi, Usagara, Tanzania, 1873, by D. Livingstone
unamed village, D.R.C, c. 1888.
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October 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Walled villages (bomas) surrounded by stockades
Mgongo Thembo, Tanzania, c. 1858, by J.H. Speke
Combo-Combo, D.R.C., c. 1888.
Myumi, Usagara, Tanzania, 1873, by D. Livingstone
unamed village, D.R.C, c. 1888.
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Mgongo Thembo, Tanzania, c. 1858, by J.H. Speke
Combo-Combo, D.R.C., c. 1888.
Myumi, Usagara, Tanzania, 1873, by D. Livingstone
unamed village, D.R.C, c. 1888.
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Sonrai blast furnaces of Gorouol, used to prepare iron ingots used by the Tuareg of Niger.
c. 1920, by Georges de Gironcourt
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c. 1920, by Georges de Gironcourt
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October 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Sonrai blast furnaces of Gorouol, used to prepare iron ingots used by the Tuareg of Niger.
c. 1920, by Georges de Gironcourt
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c. 1920, by Georges de Gironcourt
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-Remains of a "Byzantine" Church (actually Aksumite), at Adulis, Zula, Eritrea
-Interior and exterior of the 12th-century rock-hewn Church of Dongolo, Ethiopia
-Ruined church near Focada
Drawings made on the British expedition to Abyssinia in 1867-68.
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-Interior and exterior of the 12th-century rock-hewn Church of Dongolo, Ethiopia
-Ruined church near Focada
Drawings made on the British expedition to Abyssinia in 1867-68.
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October 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
-Remains of a "Byzantine" Church (actually Aksumite), at Adulis, Zula, Eritrea
-Interior and exterior of the 12th-century rock-hewn Church of Dongolo, Ethiopia
-Ruined church near Focada
Drawings made on the British expedition to Abyssinia in 1867-68.
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-Interior and exterior of the 12th-century rock-hewn Church of Dongolo, Ethiopia
-Ruined church near Focada
Drawings made on the British expedition to Abyssinia in 1867-68.
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October 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Guards Stand Outside the Emir's Palace, Kano, Nigeria
Street Market, c. 1950
Cloth dyed with indigo drying in the open air
House walls in Kano, Nigeria, 1930
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Street Market, c. 1950
Cloth dyed with indigo drying in the open air
House walls in Kano, Nigeria, 1930
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October 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Guards Stand Outside the Emir's Palace, Kano, Nigeria
Street Market, c. 1950
Cloth dyed with indigo drying in the open air
House walls in Kano, Nigeria, 1930
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Street Market, c. 1950
Cloth dyed with indigo drying in the open air
House walls in Kano, Nigeria, 1930
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The Ashantee War: the battle-field of Abrakrampa, 1874.
The scene after a battle between the British and the Ashanti - trees have been chopped down.
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The scene after a battle between the British and the Ashanti - trees have been chopped down.
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October 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The Ashantee War: the battle-field of Abrakrampa, 1874.
The scene after a battle between the British and the Ashanti - trees have been chopped down.
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The scene after a battle between the British and the Ashanti - trees have been chopped down.
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Barge from Upper Congo, Africa, Illustration, 1885
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September 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Barge from Upper Congo, Africa, Illustration, 1885
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Guitar and Wooden Thumb Piano of the Wayao Tribe, Southern Africa, Illustration, 1885
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September 25, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Guitar and Wooden Thumb Piano of the Wayao Tribe, Southern Africa, Illustration, 1885
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Zanzibar on the morning after the hurricane of 15 April 1872
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September 25, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Zanzibar on the morning after the hurricane of 15 April 1872
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September 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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September 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM
September 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Kampala, Uganda
King's Lake (artificial lake), Mengo, Kampala.
c.1890-1939
Humphrey Winterton collection
Northwestern University.
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King's Lake (artificial lake), Mengo, Kampala.
c.1890-1939
Humphrey Winterton collection
Northwestern University.
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September 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Kampala, Uganda
King's Lake (artificial lake), Mengo, Kampala.
c.1890-1939
Humphrey Winterton collection
Northwestern University.
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King's Lake (artificial lake), Mengo, Kampala.
c.1890-1939
Humphrey Winterton collection
Northwestern University.
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Native court in the Gold coast (Ghana)
Ashanti weavers
Ashanti potters
c.1924, by E. Cheesman
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Ashanti weavers
Ashanti potters
c.1924, by E. Cheesman
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September 18, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Native court in the Gold coast (Ghana)
Ashanti weavers
Ashanti potters
c.1924, by E. Cheesman
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Ashanti weavers
Ashanti potters
c.1924, by E. Cheesman
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September 17, 2026 at 4:49 PM