Tag Archives: Traditional African dress
Habit of a Woman of Africa in 1581
African woman in 16th century
Habit of a Woman of Africa in 1581 from Habitus Variarum.
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Usagara. Chief of Mamboya, with his son and witch doctor.
Zulu Warrior. Zulu-Kraal. South Africa 1899.
Zulu Warrior and Kraal. South Africa 1899.
Wedding dance, ornaments utensils, interior hut.
Costume of Gambia. Voyage to Africa 1823.
Historical Berber costumes from Morocco, 1862.
Art work by Dale Grimshaw. East London, 2016.
Adoo Quamina in war dress. Ashanti Ghana.
Adoo Quamina.
Adoo Quamina
Adoo Quamina in war dress, a captain and courtier to the Ashanti king at Coomassie (Kumasi).
The Cape of Good Hope.
Loss of the Sceptre.
The Cape of Good Hope and surrounding countries. 19th century.
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The beginning of modern historiography in South Africa is set to 6 April 1652, when the Dutchman Jan van Riebeeck on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) established a supply station at the Cape of Good Hope. The Cape Dutch brought many slaves from Indonesia, Madagascar and India into the country. Beginning of the year 1743 the number of slaves in the province was significantly higher than that of European settlers.
African King of Bussa. Kingdom of Oyo, Western Sudan.
King of Bussa. Kingdom of Oyo, Western Sudan. Roi de Boussa.
African King of Bussa. Kingdom of Oyo, Western Sudan.
Roi de Boussa.