Tag Archives: africa

2018-01-29
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African 8-bit ASCII, or more correctly: ISO 6438, first registerred in 1979. This was based on a Western attempt to create a phonetic alphabet for many African languages. ISO 6438 was rarely used.

2014-05-29
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Yoruba shawl cloth from the 1950s. Original source page is archived but at the wrong date here.

2013-09-07
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Made by the Kuba people of Zaire. via

2013-08-03
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Made in the Kuba Kingdom in Africa. They are sometimes called Children of Woot because they believe in a supernatural being called Woot.

2013-07-23
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Detail from a 1.2 meter beaded mask. Made in Western Cameroon. via

2013-01-27
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Ewe cloths from Ghana, from the Karun Collection.

2012-12-30
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Ndebele house paintings from South Africa. A style developed after the Ndebele started fighting with the European farmers in 1883. Wikipedia:

These wall paintings done by the women of the Ndebele was their secret code to their people, disguised to anyone but the Ndebele.

2012-12-10
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Bonwire Kente Weaving Village (Ghana).

2012-09-20
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West African textiles from the 19th Century (Karun Collection)

2012-09-03
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Africa Cotton Ashanti weavings, from the Karun Collection.

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