Dynamic Africa

Dynamic Africa strives to be a multi-media information sharing curated blog that aims to function as a diverse platform for all things African and/or African-related (i.e. Diaspora) - from the classic to the contemporary.


Formerly, "This is Africa/fyeahAfrica".


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I do not endorse any of the products or opinions shared on this site, nor do I claim any of the work posted here to be my own - except where stated. All posts originally made by me are credited. If no credit is given then the work is either my own/written by me or reblogged from another source.


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Based in Cape Town, South Africa
From Lagos, Nigeria


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Posts tagged "1950s"

iluvsouthernafrica:

Botswana: 1950

Photos of the people of (then) Bechuanaland including Sir Seretse Khama and his wife, Ruth (parents of the current president of Botswana, Ian Khama), by Margaret Bourke-White

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Photo by Daniel Attouma Amicchia

Untitled, 1950

Cote d’Ivoire

©Collection Sindika Dokolo - Revue Noire

roseepetals:

Nigerian Woman during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Lagos, 1956

roseepetals:

Nigerian Woman during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Lagos, 1956

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exiledpoetssociety:

Accra Harbor ‘57
Nikolas Tikhomiroff

exiledpoetssociety:

Accra Harbor ‘57

Nikolas Tikhomiroff

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Fulani woman in Niger.

From: Nomades du soleil de Henry Brandt, Edition La Guilde du livre, Lausanne, 1956.

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nigerianostalgia:

Plaiting hair in “kolese” styleNigeria, 1958Vintage Nigerian photos

nigerianostalgia:

Plaiting hair in “kolese” style
Nigeria, 1958
Vintage Nigerian photos

Beira ‘Praca A Lacerda’ Lacerda Square on Mozambique.

circa 1950s

Photo by Seydou Keita

Mali, circa 1952-55

Studio portrait by Malian photographer Seydou Keïta, 1950

nostalgerie:

Running children, Rabat, Morocco 1951 by Irving Penn

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fuati:

An Algerian girl is arrested by two members of the French Foreign Legion, who have their headquarters here in Sidi Bel Abbes

Circa 1955

(Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images).

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holdthisphoto:

1959

  • by Seydou Keïta

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tonguedepressors:

Seydou Keïta

Untitled
1952/1955

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vintageblackbeauty:

Marché de Lomé. Vendeuse de pâte à beignet

c1945-1950