Ruth Motau, Meadowlands Dance Group, 1992
Chaka Khan Detroit, 1974
Photographed by Glenn Wrexler.
Vintage Sepia Magazine Covers
- Vocalist Mabel Scott (August 1953)
- Actress Dorothy Dandridge (February 1957)
- Dancer Pat Clayton, wife of jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton (April 1958)
- Actress Dawn Finney (May 1959)
- Model Janie Burdette (August 1959)
- Model Dorthea Towels (November 1959)
- Jazz singer Sallie Blair (February 1960)
- Dancers Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade with their son (July 1960)
- Opera singers Leontyne Price and Cesare Siepi (July 1961)
- Pianist and composer Philippa Schuyler (June 1962)
‘“My grandma’s old prayer altar inspired me to create one of my own.”- Tantolohun Ayanda’
IG credit: @ tantolohunayanda
Beautiful.
“A mother is not to be compared to another person - she is incomparable.” -Mungo Proverb👑💛✨🌍🔥🙏🏿
Black Starlet, 1974 ♡
West Virginia (1935) Photos in Scotts Run and Omar by Ben Shahn via the Library of Congress
Right: Oba Sir Adesoji Tadeniawo Aderemi, Oni of Ife (ruled September 1930 - July 1980). The traditional ruler is the spiritual leader of the Yoruba people. 1959
Left: Edo chief in a red “Pangolin skin” robe
date unknown
Vintage Nigerian photos
Rudolf Oldenburg. Baham, Cameroon, 1907/1913
