Kano Gallery

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NIGERIA Kano Traditional mud brick Hausa dwelling with men and boy beside exterior wall. African Kids Nigerian Western Africa Classic Classical Historical Male Man Guy Older History Male Men Guy

© Jackie and Allan Reditt eye ubiquitous / hutchison

Architecture, People Children, People Ethnic, People Group, Region Africa, Urban

Cones of salt - The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Sahara

Cones of salt obtained from The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Niger, Sahara. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23. A film shot during the expedition, Crossing the Great Sahara, records the 3500 mile journey, which began in Kano, in Northern Nigeria early in 1922 and ended in Tougourt, Algeria in April 1923. Buchanan had previously led an expedition into the Sahara in 1919-1920. Date: circa 1922

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Gatehouse to a mud-walled compound in the old part of Kano, one of the major Hausa-Fulani

Gatehouse to a mud-walled compound in the old part of Kano, one of the major Hausa-Fulani city states of northern Nigeria. Country of Origin: Nigeria. Culture: Hausa. Period/ Date: early 1960's. Place of Origin: Northern Nigeria. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive. Location: 01

© Werner Forman Archive / Heritage-Images

Africa, Anthropology, Architecture, Forman, Hausa, Islamic, Moslem, Muslim, Nigeria, Social, Sub Saharan, Werner, Werner Forman, Werner Forman Archive