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African Wall Decor
African art is very popular for decorating. People usually think of things like tribal masks and traditional crafts for their African wall decor. But African photography covers a much wider range of subject matter, from tribal customs to beautiful scenery to amazing wildlife; from majestic Masai warriors to the tiny Bushmen of the Kalahari; and from snow-capped Kilimanjaro to the Sahara desert to jungles to oceans! All of these, if carefully chosen, can coordinate very well with your existing African decor in the room.
Historically, Africa has been under-represented in the field of art photography. Most of the photos here will be from more recent times (meaning about the last 40 years), when travel and communication in Africa has gotten easier. For the purpose of African wall decor, this may be an advantage, since you want those rich natural tones rather than black & white anyway. And many of the historical photos that are available are not suitable for normal decor, because they remind us of bad things: colonial rule by whites and wanton hunting of the wildlife. Some are interesting photos, but you probably don't want them staring at you every day!
Just to be clear, I restricted my choices to sub-Saharan African themes, because when people specify "African decor," they aren't usually thinking of the Moslem or Arabic cultures of northern Africa.
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Portrait of a Hamer (Hamar) Child at Evangadi Dancing (Night Dance), Dombo Village, Turmi, Ethiopia by Jane Sweeney $25-$400 |
Lion Cub Resting on Mother's Back, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa by Anup Shah $25-$400 |
Elephants and Clouds by Andy Biggs $20-$170 |
African Safari at Fort-Archambault in French Equatorial Africa by Howard Sochurek $50-$500 |
Giraffe in the Shade by Andy Biggs $20-$140 |
Lone Elephant by Andy Biggs $20-$140 |
Silhouetted Laikipia Masai Guides on a Bush Safari by Richard Nowitz $40-$500 |
The Elephant Family by Andy Biggs $20-$170 |
Black & White Colobus Monkey, Colobus Polykomos Africa by Brian Kenney $40-$200 |
Plains Zebra, Serengeti National Park, Shinyanga, Tanzania by Ariadne Van Zandbergen $35-$400 |
Quiver Trees (Kokerbooms), Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa by Carol Polich $50-$200 |
Male Lion, Namibia, South Africa by Keith Levit $30-$500 |
Elephant Walk by Andy Biggs $20-$140 |
Masai Warrior with Sunset on the Serengeti, Kenya by Bill Bachmann $30-$500 |
African Cheetah Sitting on a Fallen Tree, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya $40-$400 |
Baby Elephant by Andy Rouse $13 |
Masai Tribe, Masai Mara National Park, Kenya by Peter Adams $25-$300 |
Masai Mara Plains, Kenya by James Urbach $33-$68 |
Herds of Masai Cattle Are Found Outside of the Serengeti Park Boundary, Tanzania by Michael Fay $35-$400 |
Hippo Yawn by Andy Biggs $20-$95 |
Portrait of a Fulani Woman, Mopti, Mali, West Africa by Gavin Hellier $25-$400 |
Silhouette of a Masai Giraffe at Sunset (Giraffa Camelopardalis) $50-$250 |
Lioness with Cub by Michel & Christine Denis-Huot $20 |
Masai, Kenya by Kenneth Garrett $30-$500 |
African Lion, Cub, Botswana by Mark Hamblin $30-$500 |
Close View of a San Bushman Wearing a Beaded Headband by Joy Tessman $40-$400 |
Zebra Abstraction by Jorge Llovet $45 |
Giraffes Silhouetted at Twilight by Beverly Joubert $40-$500 |
Adult Giraffe Attempting to Drink from Kalkheuwel Waterhole by Andrew Parkinson $40-$400 |
The Sheltering Tree, Serengeti by Lorne Resnick $20 |
Masked Ceremonial Dogon Dancers, Sangha, Dogon Country, Mali by Gavin Hellier $25-$300 |
Two young male elephants scuffle in Samburu National Reserve by Michael Nichols $40-$500 |
Portrait of a Leopard, Panthera Pardus, Resting, Mombo, Okavango Delta, Botswana by Beverly Joubert $40-$400 |
Impalas (Aepyceros Melampus) Drinking, Savuti, Botswana by Dennis Jones $50-$200 |
Ain't he ugly!
Mean Looking Warthog with Very Long Tusks Looks at the Camera by Joel Sartore $35-$400 |
Lioness and Cubs, Okavango Delta, Botswana by Pete Oxford $30-$500 |
Leopard, Malamala Game Reserve, South Africa by Roger De La Harpe $30-$500 |
Young Spotted Hyena, Tanzania by Charles Sleicher $40-$200 |
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