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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Yoruba
Agemo is a masking festival for community founders.
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Kosai are bean cakes made from black-eyed peas and, in this region, eaten dipped in a powder of red pepper, ginger, and salt. They are a breakfast food.
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The flags are being displayed because the picture was taken on April 4, Senegal's Independence Day. The National Assembly Building is close to the Presidential Palace.
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Gardening is one of the prinicpal activities of farmers during the dry season. After the grains have been harvested following the rainy season, vegetables are grown in sunken beds wide …
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This road is two feet below the surface. Most roads are tarred except roads such as these which are small service roads. The cactus barrier prevents cattle from going into …
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Groundnut pods do not grow on the roots of the plant; they grow from branches. The seeds are being removed from the outer covering or shells and the branches.
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The lower section of the building would be used as a cooking area while the rice is stored above. Smoke from cooking fires would keep pests away from the rice.
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Gara cloth is a locally produced tie-dye.
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The country of Niger is named for the river, although the river is important only to the far western part of the country.
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Rice is the basic food in the Gambia. The Jahally/Pacharr Project was an effort to increase the size of rice fields and use large pumps for irrigation. The fields could …
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The ngoni is the predecessor of the American banjo. In this series, the makers of this instrument are members of the Diabate family of Segu. They are members of the …
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Women do multiple tasks at the same time. This picture illustrates a typical domestic setting with calabashes, firewood, a granary, and a mortar.
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Fields border both sides of this road with irrigation piping visible on the right hand side. Olive trees, animals and people are also seen. The woman on the road is …
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Preparing shea butter is an important industry in Northern Ghana .
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Mopti is a major market town at the confluence of the Niger and Bani Rivers. The Niger River continues to flow to the northeast toward Timbuktu and Gao and has …
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Freetown, the capital, commercial center, and largest city of Sierra Leone, is a seaport with a sheltered harbor.
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The school building is in the background. Possibly there was no room inside for the class but, because there is no rain during the school season in Northern Nigeria, getting …
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Women often take on accepted traditional roles of caring for family, house, and farm, while many men operate in more heterogeneous spheres outside the home. These roles are reflected in …
