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Up the Niger. Narrative of Major Claude MacDonald's mission to the Niger and Benue rivers, West Africa ... to which is added a chapter on native musical instruments by ... C. R. Day

Author:
Mockler-Ferryman, A. F. (Augustus Ferryman) 1856-1930  Search this
Day, C. R (Charles Russell) 1860-1900  Search this
Subject:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell Sir 1852-1915  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 326 p. front., pl., port., fold. map. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Niger River
Nigeria
Date:
1892
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT515.M682X 1892
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_229223
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History and the organisation of music in West Africa / by J.H. Kwabena Nketia

Author:
Nketia, J. H. Kwabena  Search this
University of Ghana Institute of African Studies  Search this
Physical description:
28 p. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
1900
1975
[1961?]
Topic:
Musical instruments  Search this
Music--History and criticism  Search this
Call number:
ML3760 .N72 1961
ML3760.N72 1961
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_212974
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Story of Namibia Olga Levinson

Author:
Levinson, Olga  Search this
Physical description:
155 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color), map 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Namibia
Date:
1978
Topic:
Travel  Search this
History  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1117965
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Cycling and recycling : histories of sustainable practices / edited by Ruth Oldenziel and Helmuth Trischler

Editor:
Oldenziel, Ruth 1958-  Search this
Trischler, Helmuth  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2016
Topic:
Cycling--History  Search this
Cycling--Environmental aspects  Search this
Recycling (Waste, etc.)--History  Search this
Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Environmental aspects  Search this
Sustainability  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1101477
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Caravans of gold, fragments in time : art, culture, and exchange across medieval Saharan Africa / edited by Kathleen Bickford Berzock

Title:
Art, culture, and exchange across medieval Saharan Africa
Contributor:
Berzock, Kathleen Bickford  Search this
Host institution:
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art  Search this
Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Ont.)  Search this
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
311 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
Africa, West
Africa, North
Sahara
Date:
2019
Topic:
Art objects, Medieval--Economic aspects  Search this
Civilization, Medieval  Search this
Material culture--History  Search this
Commerce  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1103561
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Writing and Dyula identity in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, West Africa / Ray Silverman

Author:
Silverman, Raymond Aaron  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
18 leaves
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Bondoukou (Department)
Date:
1988
Topic:
Islamic learning and scholarship  Search this
Islam  Search this
Amulets (Islam)  Search this
Arabic language--Written Arabic  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Language and Languages
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1106251
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Jewelry techniques of West Africa [videorecording] / Matthieu Cheminée

Author:
Cheminée Matthieu  Search this
Physical description:
videodisc (2 hours)
Type:
Books
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1106506
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Museums in West Africa : the impact on urban cultures / David E. Aradeon

Author:
Aradeon, David  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
2002
Topic:
Museums--Acquisitions  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Museum architecture  Search this
Call number:
AM91.A358 M88 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1109713
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Journeys of discovery through, the 'country of the black people' : ancient chroniclers of West Africa's past / by Thomas Hodgkin

Author:
Hodgkin, Thomas Lionel 1910-1982  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Sources
Place:
Africa, West
Sahel
Gao (Mali)
Date:
1959
Topic:
History  Search this
Sources  Search this
Call number:
AS4.U8 A14X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1109837
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L'Afrique de l'Ouest = West Africa / François Neyt, Hughes Dubois

Title:
West Africa
Author:
Neyt, François  Search this
Dubois, Hughes  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
2018
Topic:
Sculpture  Search this
Sculpture, Senufo  Search this
Sculpture, Fon  Search this
Guro heddle pulley  Search this
Mossi female figures (Representations)  Search this
Koro anthropomorphic sculpture  Search this
Atal  Search this
Bamileke female figures (Representations))  Search this
Oku assemblages  Search this
Call number:
NB1080 .N49 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111232
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African filmmaking : five formations / edited by Kenneth W. Harrow

Author:
Harrow, Kenneth W.  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 301 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Texts
Place:
Africa
Date:
2017
Topic:
Motion pictures--Social aspects  Search this
Motion picture industry  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1112594
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The board game in north-west Africa / by R. E. Parry

Author:
Parry, R. E (Roy Edgardo)  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Morocco
Ghana
Date:
1936
Topic:
Mancala (Game)  Search this
Board games  Search this
Gameboards  Search this
Oware (Game)  Search this
Call number:
DT434.U2 U3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1112892
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The person, ethnicity and the problem of 'identity' in West Africa / Richard Fardon

Author:
Fardon, Richard  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cameroon
North-West Province
Bali-Nyonga (Kingdom)
Date:
1996
Topic:
Ethnicity  Search this
Ethnohistory  Search this
Call number:
DT570 .A35 1996X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1112934
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The rise of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in western Africa, 1300-1589 / Toby Green

Author:
Green, Toby 1974-  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 333 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Africa, West
America
Date:
2012
Topic:
Slave trade--History  Search this
Creoles--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084356
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African dominion : a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa / Michael A. Gomez

Author:
Gomez, Michael A. 1955-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 505 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
2018
To 1864
Topic:
Islam--History  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1095655
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Horses and society in pre-colonial West Africa / Robin Law

Author:
Law, Robin  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
1980
Topic:
War horses  Search this
Cavalry horses  Search this
Animals and civilization  Search this
Military art and science--History  Search this
Civilization  Search this
History  Search this
Warfare  Search this
Call number:
GN652.5 .L41
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098048
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Landlords and strangers : British forts and their communities in West Africa / Christopher R. DeCorse

Author:
DeCorse, Christopher R  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, West
History
Ghana
Central Region
Africa, English-speaking West
Great Britain
Date:
2018
Topic:
Forts  Search this
Archaeology and history  Search this
British--History  Search this
Commerce  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
UG429.G7 B75 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098753
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Zusammenfassung = Summary / Rolf Denk

Title:
Manilla-currency of West Africa : research and securing evidence from 1438-2016
Author:
Denk, Rolf 1935-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
2017
Topic:
Manillas  Search this
Portuguese manillas  Search this
British manillas  Search this
Money  Search this
Call number:
HG1370 .D46 2017
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098777
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The environment : present and past of West Africa / M. A. Sowunmi

Author:
Sowunmi, M. A  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
2009
Topic:
Paleoclimatology  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Call number:
GN865.W45 F68 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1082091
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Court, country, city : British art and architecture, 1660-1735 / edited by Mark Hallett, Nigel Llewellyn, and Martin Myrone

Editor:
Hallett, Mark 1965-  Search this
Llewellyn, Nigel 1951-  Search this
Myrone, Martin  Search this
Physical description:
544 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2016
17th century
18th century
Topic:
Art, British  Search this
Architecture--History  Search this
Art and society--History  Search this
Architecture and society--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1065210

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