Kilele

a digital curator

all about african photography and then some...

I do not own any of the photos here. Copyright remains with the photographers. All photos I post have click-through links to source/photographer's site. I credit sources of the posts as much as possible. If you see your work here and would like it removed please email me: kilele2010 at gmail.com

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Portrait of a woman with musiro in Mozambique
“Some women in Mozambique usually wear a tinted white face mask made from musiro. It’s a product made from bark and roots which is ground and mixed with water that protects and softens the skins.”
Photo by KaoBanga
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February
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Portrait of a Turkana woman near Marich Pass, Lake Turkana Basin
Photo by Rita Willaert
28th
January
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A married Swazi woman, 1945
This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives, uploaded as part of the Africa Through a Lens project.
20th
January
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Portrait of a Mucubal Woman with the Ompota Headress in Virie area, Angola
Photo by Eric Lafforgue
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January
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Black and white vintage portrait of a “Lady of High Rank” in Old Calabar, Nigeria
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November
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WEATHERED HANDS 
Member of the Kara tribe in the Omo River Valley, Ethiopia. 
Photo by Nicholas Wiesnet/People/National Geographic Photo  Contest
17th
November
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A portrait of a Wodaabe woman in Niger’s Sahel
From the photo series “Celebrating the Rains” by AdventurousVic
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November
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Portrait of a Wodaabe woman in Niger’s Sahel
From the photo essay “Celebrating the Rains” by AdventurousVic
13th
November
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Portrait of a Berber woman from the village of Chenini in Tunisia
Photo by Francesco De Benedictis
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November
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A woman displays henna designs painted on her palms in Ngeta Street, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Photo by Edward Echwalu
10th
September
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Walking along Nungwi Beach in Zanzibar
Photo by Beboflickr
4th
September
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Portrait of a lady from Senossa in Mopti, Mali
Photo by Ferdinand Reus
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August
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Harvesting seaweed in Zanzibar
Photo by Nicola Millesuoni
2nd
July
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Esther Mahlangu outside her beautiful traditionally Ndebele painted home in Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Photo by Lauren Barkume
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April
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Digital Illustration by Fran Pulido