More Vintage Nigerian photos

Future remembrance - photography and image arts in Ghana. A film by Tobias Wendl and Nancy du Plessis ca 1998.

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Lambs Navy Run Calendar 1988 - Ione St. Claire by Byron Newman

Black Panthers (Short) | Agnès Varda | 1968

The picture is from Benin, West Africa. — at Benin #afrakan #vodun

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Tanerelle and Ant Clemons Photographed by Alex Harper

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cc :  “A Ti De (We Have Arrived)” featuring Fatima Ayinde, Bemisoul and Dorcas Adekanbi shot by Oye Diran for Nataal Media

Queen Latifah at the 1991 Soul Train Awards

Elderly women in Ijebu Igbo dancing. 1979 Vintage Nigeria

“Wonderful, amazing, incredible experience in Abeokuta! Such an ancient city full of colors and cultures. I am officially half Yoruba”- Fati Abubakar, photographer of bitsofborno, when she visited Abeokuta. 

Picture:Yoruba woman with hair wrapped in black thread, Ife, Nigeria | ©Eliot Elisofon. 1970.

My Time in Ogidi-Ijumu came to an end yesterday. With the indigo pit finally ready I was able to dye the threads and the textiles I was preparing over the previous weeks. For so many people Nigerian (and by extension all west african) textiles bring to mind wax print ankara cloth, but for me and the other artisans at the Nike Art Center in Ogidi  the ancient arts of  Adire Oniko Adire Eleko, Aso-ofi and Aso-oke are at the core of the long and rich tradition of adornment. I would like to thank Mrs. Agnes Umeche for being such a patient and fantastic teacher I cant wait to share what you have taught me with students in the U.S.A!