Archives Center - Selected African Holdings

Archives Center - Selected African Holdings

National Museum of American History

Selected items with African Origination


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"Flamingoes on Lake Nakuru, Kenya" by John Moss; black and white image of a flamboyance of flamingoes standing in a body of water; mist rising off the water behind them …


NMAH: National Museum of American History

These brass weights were used by the Akan people of modern day Ghana and the Ivory Coast for measuring gold dust between the late thirteenth and early twentieth centuries. They …



NMAH: National Museum of American History

Martin Khikuku was a Kenyan politician who was the Assistant Minister in the Office of the Vice President and Home Affairs by President Jomo Kenyatta. He was imprisoned when he …