You may browse the slide images in the following arrangements.

Cultural Groups:


Asante
Asante

Bamana
Bamana		 Baule
Baule		 Bororo
Bororo
Bozo
Bozo

 Chokwe
Chokwe		 Dakpa
Dakpa 		Dan
Dan
Dogon
Dogon

 Edo
Edo		 Ejagham
Ejagham		 Enya
Enya
Fanti
Fanti

 Fon
Fon		 Fulbe
Fulbe		 Giryama
Giryama
Hausa
Hausa

 Ibibio
Ibibio 		Igbo
Igbo 		Irigwe
Irigwe
Kongo
Kongo

 Kuba
Kuba 		Kyaman
Kyaman 		Lega
Lega
Lulua
Lulua

 Mangbetu
Mangbetu 		Maasai
Maasai 		Mbuti
Mbuti
Mende
Mende

 Mossi
Mossi 		Ndaka
Ndaka 		Ngbandi
Ngbandi
Nupe
Nupe

 Pende
Pende		 Senufo
Senufo		 Tuareg
Tuareg
Tutsi
Tutsi 		Vai
Vai 		Wodaabe
Wodaabe 		Yaka
Yaka

Yoruba
Yoruba 		Zarma
Zarma

The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at the National Museum of African Art is a research and reference center with over 300,000 still photographic images documenting the arts, peoples and history of Africa over the past 120 years. Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973) was an internationally known photographer and filmmaker. He created an enduring visual record of African life from 1947 to 1973. Mr. Elisofon bequeathed to the museum his African materials, which included more than 50,000 black-and-white photographs and 30,000 color transparencies. The Archives has since added to its holdings important and varied collections from widely recognized photographers.



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