Beverly B. Mack photographic collection
odd: label: General note
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Photographer
content: Mack, Beverly B. (Beverly Blow), 1952-
label: Names
content: Gidan Rumfa (Kano, Nigeria)
label: Names
content: Ado Bayero, Emir of Kano, 1930-
place: label: Place
content: Morocco
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Niger
label: Place
content: Ghana
label: Place
content: Kano (Nigeria)
label: Place
content: Nigeria
topic: label: Topic
content: Decoration and ornament, Architectural
label: Topic
content: Harems
label: Topic
content: Landscapes
label: Topic
content: Islam -- Customs and practices
label: Topic
content: Domestics
label: Topic
content: Palaces -- Nigeria
label: Topic
content: Ramadan
label: Topic
content: Cemeteries
label: Topic
content: Architecture -- New York (N.Y.)
label: Topic
content: Royal households
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Singers
creator: label: Photographer
content: Mack, Beverly B. (Beverly Blow), 1952-
culture: label: Culture
content: Hausa (African people)
label: Culture
content: Fula (African people)
label: Culture
content: Tuaregs
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection contains 664 digital images (JPEG files) depicting the built environment, landscape and people of Morocco, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and South Africa. A large number of images depict people in and around the Gidan Rumfa palace in Kano, Nigeria, including spectators of and participants in a ceremonial procession celebrating Eid ul-Fitr (the end of Ramadan); servants, concubines, praise singers and musicians in and near the palace harem; members of the royal household and the royal guards; and Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano. Other images depict architectural features of the palace. Images from Morocco, Ghana, Niger and South Africa include various scenes of daily life, architecture, markets, cemeteries and landscapes.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Beverly Mack is a Professor of African Studies in the Department of African and African American Studies and a Courtesy Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. Professor Mack holds Ph.D. and Master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her Ph.D. and M.A. are in African literature, with doctoral minors in African history and comparative literature. She has conducted extended field research in Kano, Nigeria, and Fes, Morocco, with shorter research periods in Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Guinea-Conakry, and published extensively on African literature and Muslim women's lives in West Africa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 664 Digital images (JPEG.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2002, 2005
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Beverly B. Mack, 2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2006-007
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Digital images
label: Type
content: Jpeg
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: JPEG
label: Genre/Form
content: Digital images