Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent

Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Africa Focus brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries. This collection contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countries.


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Agemo Masking Festival at Ijebu-Ode, Part 3
Pro-Socialist with Farming and Industry
Thatching Roof of Kikuyu House
Smelting iron in northern Congo-Brazzaville
High-relief Art on Entrance to Hausa Compound in Old City Section of Zaria
Shrimp Boats on the Gambia River
Rainbow over Haj Andalus, a Suburb of Tripoli
The Spirit Medium (K'allu) Mounted on Horse in Front of One of His Temples
Poster Reminding Ghanaians of National Service Duty
Woman Deep-Frying and Selling Kosai on the Road to the Lycee, Zinder
Initiators Posing Near the End of the Wall.
Zulu Woman in Village
View of Cairo including the Citadel (1176 A.D.) and Muhammad Ali Mosque (1830-1857 A.D.)
The National Assembly Building
Bar on the Road between Villages
Inside of a House in Tunis
Cattle and Pastoralists by Houses
Men Hoeing Field
Trial by Ordeal, Scene IV
Iron Grill Door in 16th Century El-Badi Palace in Marrakech
Timber Truck on Road Between Accra and Kumasi
Grating Coconut
Blowing Inside Cow's Vagina to Stimulate Milk Production After Miscarriage
Landscape and Nile River near Aswan
Man Who is Cook and Mystic Telling Stories to Travelers at Night in Front of Fire
View of Giza Pyramid from Grounds of Mena House Oberoi Hotel
View of Windhoek, Capital of Namibia
Compound in Zaria City
Gardeners and Gardens by the Niger
Krahn School in Zaitown
Beggars Approaching People Outside Church
Plowing with Oxen
Statue of Henry Morgan Stanley, Late 19th Century Explorer Sent by King Leopold II of Belgium
Djemaa el-Fna Square in Marrakech
Family at Temporary Refugee Settlement for Uduks
Petroglyph : Running Hunters
Housing for Coloured People
SWAPO (South West Africa Peoples Organization) Solidarity Week Display
Mangrove Forest, Calabar Area
Country Road Lined with Cactus Outside Village of Dahman
Decorticating Seed Groundnuts (Peanuts)
Volubilis Mosaic Floor with Lion
Rice Storage Building
Animals and Herders between Tamanrasett and Djanet
Group of People Cooking on Jos Plateau
Side View of Sphinx
Borj Ghazi Mustapha, the Mosque Within a 16th Century Coastal Fort
Singing at a Women's Association Meeting Around Election Time
Mama Jah, Head of Tie-Dyeing Business in Port Loko, Making Pleats
Skimming Coconut Oil from Cooking Coconut
Uuganda Woman Wearing Bark Cloth Dress
Caretaker of the Tomb of the 17th Century Imam of Ghardaia
Rice Fields and Canal in the Jahally/Pacharr Project
Aerial View of the Niger River near Niamey
Baby on Mother's Back at Meeting to Learn New Technology for Rice Farming
Giraffes
Initiates (Babyen) Dancing in Front of Spectators
Old Colonial Building in Village of Juffre, Home of Alex Haley's Ancestors
Man Laying Adobe for House
Petroglyph : Figures Carrying Loads on Heads
Large Pump for Irrigating Rice in the Jahally/Pacharr Project
Tools and Baskets Used to Pound and Winnow Grain
Indigo Dye Pits at Zaria
Mangrove Forest in Calabar Area
Farmers Responding to Survey Questions
Odudua Ceremonial Music, Part 4
Spiritual association in Mouila, Gabon
Arch of Fileni-Cyrenaica
Congo Rapids Seen from Brazzaville
Weavers at Looms in Jenne
St. George's Orthodox Church at Menelik Square
Roof Construction
Egungun Masquerade at Oru, Part 1
Closed Windows of Central Mosque of Jenne
Store in Marrakech Medina
View Looking Toward Border with South Africa
Courtyard at Bardo Museum
Close-up of Food Line for Gold Mine Workers
Walking Home From Market to N'zerekore
Houses in the Morning Sun
The Wooden Body of the Ngoni Carved by Local Blacksmith (Numu)
Political Poster from Socialist Era
Woman Pounding Millet with Child on Her Back
Winnowing Seeds from Nug
Father and Sons in Yard of Homestead
Policeman (Iyol) Watching Initiate (Babyen) Dancing
Woman at Gitarama Market
Berber Woman in Azrou
Traditional Healer in Anti-Smallpox Costume
Young Woman Wearing Some Items of Western Dress with Traditional Styles
Family in Courtyard
Fishing Boat and Fish Drying on Line on Zanzibar
Francis Msangi, Tanzanian Artist
Priest of the Holy Treasury of the Cathedral in Axum
Statue of Leon Mba
Street Scene in N'djamena
Bundles for Thatching in Village Near Sapu
The Gambian National Guardsmen
Kikuyu Limuru Village
Main Country Road Leaving to Dahman