Dynamic Africa
Formerly, "This is Africa/fyeahAfrica".
(Profile Photo by Mama Casset)
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A LITTLE ABOUT ME:
Student, 24
Based in Cape Town, South Africa
From Lagos, Nigeria
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(since Oct. 21th 2012)
Paintings of palace guards in Cairo, Egypt, by Austrian painter Ludwig Deutsch.
A Nubian queen or princess from Meroë. By contrast with Egyptian art, in which women are portrayed as stereotypically slender, Nubian royal women are given a bit of gravitas. :)
ملكة أو أميرة نوبية من مملكة مروا القديمة، بخلاف الفن المصري القديم الذي صور المرأة بشكل نمطي نحيل، الا ان هذه الاميرة مختلفة عن هذا النمط
Traditional Nubian House from inside.
بيت نوبي تقليدي من الداخل
Nubian window
نافذة نوبية
A camel resting in the shade, Gharb Sehel, #Aswan #Nubia
جمل يستريح في ظل شجرة، غرب سهيل #أسوان #نوبة
(via thefemaletyrant)
Two Nubian women in Kenya, circa 1930s
Nubian houses in “Gharb Sehel” village, Aswan
بيوت نوبية بقرية “غرب سهيل”، أسوان
A Nubian village - colorful and curious. Millions of Nubians were moved from their homes when the New Aswan dam was built - and thousands of villages were buried under Lake Nasser.
Nubian women in Gharb Sehel village, Aswan
امرأتان نوبيتان بقرية غرب سهيل، أسوان
