South Africa. A male from Namibia. Historical clothing. From the book: Mœurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d’après des documents and authentiques et les voyages des… Read More
South Africa. A male from Namibia.
Category: Africa
African costume and culture.
South Africa, Namibia. Bantu, Xhosa warrior.
South Africa, Namibia. Bantu, Xhosa warrior.
Warrior of the Tuareg. Tamasheq. Guerrier de Tuarick.
Tuareg Warrior. Tamasheq. Arabia, Africa. Guerrier de Tuarick. The Tuareg (singular: Targi (male), Targia (female); are a people in Africa belonging to the Berbers, whose settlement area extends over… Read More
South African medicine man. Living Races of Mankind 1902.
Living Races of Mankind. A popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts, and ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world by Henry Neville Hutchinson
African tribe of Yetsang. Hairstyle. Southern Cameroons.
Hairstyle of a girl from the African tribe of Yetsang (Southern Cameroons).
Bodyguard of Sultan Sanda of Bornu, Dikwa Emirate Nigeria.
Bodyguard of Sultan Sanda of Bornu, Dikwa Emirate Nigeria 1930s. Gallery: The dark continent; Africa, the landscape and the people by Hugo Adolf Bernatzik
Woman of the African tribe of Wodaabe Bororo, 1930s.
Wodaabe Bororo woman, Banyo, French Cameroons, Mandated Territory. The Wodaabe Bororo belong to the ethnic group of the Fulani. They are one of the last tribes of Africa, who have kept… Read More
Chief in ceremonial dress, Gold Coast, Ghana.
Chief in ceremonial dress, Gold Coast, Ghana 1930s. The British colony Gold Coast (“Gold Coast Colony”) in West Africa existed from 1878 to 1958 and was part of British West… Read More
Tournament in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria.
Tournament in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria 1930s. Gallery: The dark continent; Africa, the landscape and the people by Hugo Adolf Bernatzik
Mother and child of Eastern Djur, Ghana 1930s.
Mother and child of Eastern Djur, Ghana 1930s. Gallery: The dark continent; Africa, the landscape and the people by Hugo Adolf Bernatzik