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THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY
OF THE ALMORAVIDS
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Almoravids were a fanatical group of islamized West Africans from deep within the Senegal river, who gone up to the Iberian peninsula took over the lands of the Visigoths, an European tribe that was in what became Spain
#DiscoverAfrica
Quedaron betados de por vida de African Safari y Granja Las Américas...y de Six Flags. Pero al menos el tío Rico los sacó de la cárcel (?)
Chibamba é um mito do sul de Minas Gerais que tem origem africana. É uma assombração criada para assustar crianças malcriadas e teimosas que insistem em não querer dormir cedo.
#horror #folklore #quadrinhos #ArtistOnTwitter #Mendigo #illustration #FolkHorror #HorrorFan
Geranosaurus is a genus of ornithischian dino that lived in the Early Jurassic period. It was discovered in South Africa from a few fragments of skull, part of the jaw and limb elements, While theres still a lot we don’t know, it was featured in the JP institute 💜
Another cutie I got to paint for the game jam :D
#elephant #elephants #elephantart #AfricanElephant #digitalart #animalart
The Great Doxxing, Part 4
It’s @Cryptomaize turn today.
@Cryptomaize = Trevor Whyte
Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, I have now been living in the UK for 13 years.
Since joining the crypto space in 2017, I have dedicated myself to guiding
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Os Melhores Africanos dos jogos de luta
Cyrax, o ninja Lin Kuei cibernético de Mortal Kombat
Elena, a gentil capoeirista queniana de Street Fighter
Zafina, a astróloga e assassina egípcia de Tekken
Dolores, a misteriosa médium malinesa de The King of Fighters
Sidi Mubarak Bombay (center). For 20 years he was part of African exploration, working with Burton, Livingston, Speke and others. A former slave, Burton called Bombay "The gem of the party." In 1873, Bombay crossed the continent of Africa from the East coast to the West Coast.
“I've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.” Happy Birthday, HUGH MASKELA. When I hear Masekela’s soaring solos, this is what I see. @hughmaskela @iamtheleopard @painted.words
©Isa Marcelli, born in 1958 in Algeria, Africa.
#blackandwhitephotography
#photography
In the final episode of 'Seeing Ourselves', the podcast exploring depictions of people of African descent in our collections, artist Sharon Walters and historian Serena Lee discuss this unusual depiction of a 'Lady with Parasol and Pineapple':
🔊https://t.co/QIacvreWxW
#AutisticArtShare I'm a 21 year old African American man with autism and my special interest is animation which is what got me into drawing. I like to make fanart and make original characters for concepts I want to pitch soon to networks and streaming services.
She's originally from the dessert, but after her mutation and running off on her own at 10, she settled in South Africa. Her native language is Swahili, and her secondary is English!
She's grown a fear of humans, as most of the ones she's seen are poachers.
@calszonee He's 6 foot 9, is from Nigeria, is implied to have once been a regular human long ago before becoming a vampire, appears to be inspired by the african samurai and retainer Yasuke, and to top it all off: a picture of him from the april fools joke where all the characters are bears
Another painting created for my lovely client, Harcourt Martens & Associates 🎨😊
#artist #birdart #turaco #ArtOfTheDay #art #artwork #birds #purplecrestedturaco #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #southafricanartist #ArtistOnTwitter #natureart #robynansellart
"Spanish women on the balcony"
Georges Clairin 🇫🇷 (1843–1919) was a French Orientalist painter and illustrator. He was influenced by Eastern imagery Moorish architecture, and visited North Africa many times, in particular Algeria, Morocco and Egypt.
✨Lobo, a black cowboy, the first African-American character to headline his own comic book created by Tony Tallarico back in 1965, albeit only two issues. Wanted to draw him for the longest but my skills weren't where I wanted them to be when I discovered him✨
Secretarybird
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Scientific Name: Sagittarius serpentarius
Diet: Carnivore
Romanised Name: Hebikuiwashi
Japanese Name: ヘビクイワシ
Also known as: Secretary Bird
Distribution: Africa
Average Lifespan in the Wild: 18