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"Ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν" - #Aristotle, '#HistoriaAnimalium'
#Africa #Libya #history #Classics #Medieval #animals #nature #folklore #cryptids #monsters #Greek #mythicalcreatures #Cynocephali #Dragons #Blemmyes #Catoblepas #Jaculus #PresterJohn
Love this cast of characters for our African story, Bouki the Hyena. It's great when a trickster is out-tricked! Read it in Storytime Issue 57. Thank you to Sid Meireles for the awesome illustrations! 😍😍
The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. But within 10 years, former Confederates regained control of southern state governments & used restrictive voter qualifications to keep them from the polls. Learn more in #AmericanDemocracy now @TheDurhamMuseum.
#アフリカ・デー を記念して、5月25日(土)~26日(日)に第2回 #今のAFRICA🌍は横浜・象の鼻パークで開催!文化や芸術、音楽🥁、ファッション👘、 観光、イノベーションなどを通じて、#アフリカ の「今」を讃え、紹介するイベント。キッズアフタヌーンも!入場無料。詳細:https://t.co/aItnLblitE
Janus Figure, late 1800s-early 1900s https://t.co/ysnowSnKLx #museumarchive #africanart
Warmup for today! Made an African wild dog adopt. $35 usd PayPal only. HMU!
Africa has too many countries in the most commodity-dependent category. The club of the 35, of those with over 90% commodity export-dependency is mostly African.
@viinaruto Hi! I'm Kaylee, I'm an illustrator and comic creator from South Africa! I mostly draw queer characters in detail-oriented backgrounds!
#ArtistOnTwitter
@GlowySkull Hi! I'm Kaylee, I'm an illustrator and comic creator from South Africa! I mostly draw queer characters in detail-oriented backgrounds!
#ArtistOnTwitter
South African artist Maria Magdalena Oosthuizen paints figurative portraits emanating innocence and hope that pay tribute both to her devotion to God and her belief in the intrinsic goodness of the people of this world.
#flowers #flowerslovers #flowersbouquet
Another #African #postagestamp #illustration! What African country would you like to see next? https://t.co/4vRibrXPcH
2/2 And two African men, also wonderfully portrayed by Jacob Jordaens, whose birthday is today.
Abraham Ortelius noted 400 years ago the continental coastlines appear to fit together. He was the first to suggest continental drift. Land was joined before the Americas were torn away from Europe & Africa. Took another 300 years to be proven... More: https://t.co/odVwu6HeXC
Africa's most spoken indigenous language, Kiswahili, to be taught in South Africa schools as part of basic curriculum. Kiswahli originated in East Africa and Kenya's education minister signs MoU with SA's education minister to assist with lesson formation. https://t.co/0kYC96inI1
James Van Der Zee
“James Van Der Zee was an African-American photographer known for his distinctive portraits from the Harlem Renaissance. The artist used photography as a means not only to celebrate black culture but also provided his sitter’s with a feeling of pride.”-Artnet
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks was a self-taught photographer, writer, composer, and filmmaker. Parks is remembered as the first African American photographer who worked for Vogue and Life magazines, best known for his documentary photojournalism of the 1940s through 1970s.
Ethiopian archers on ancient Greek perfume/oil jars
5th century BC
#AfricanAmazons #AncientAmazons