A Malian woman in a traditional robe and head wrap walks through Timbuktu. Photo by <n>Michel Renaudeau</n>.

Dress by <n>Michelle Li</n> and jewelry by <n>Loki Patera</n>. Photo by <n>CHARLIE GRANT</n>.

A girl from Madagascar with a <n>siny</n> water pot and <n>singa</n> ladle, from the 1915 book by <n>James Sibree</n>.

A photograph from <n>Mamadou Koné</n>'s 1979 book, <n>Coiffures Traditionelles Et Modernes au Mali</n>.

A slow-shutter photograph of a street crossing in <n>Shinjuku City</n>, Tokyo. Photo by <n>Maciej Lubomski</n>.

Model <n>Nyaueth</n> wears <n>Standing Ground</n> for <n>CULTURED MAGAZINE</n>. Photo by <n>Daniel Archer</n>.

A <n>Xhosa</n> woman dances at a wedding celebration in Transkei, 1947. Photo by <n>Constance Stuart Larrabee</n>.

Model <n>Woody Shearwood</n> for <n>MilK magazine</n>, styled by <n>Rachel Caulfield</n>.

Movement direction by <n>Liam John</n> for <n>Man About Town Magazine</n>.

Untitled, 2012. Photo by <n>Delphine Diallo</n>.

<n>Postcard from Cameroon</n>, c. 1954. Published by <n>Hoa Qui</n>.

Model <n>Ayak</n> photographed by <n>Carlos & Alyse</n> in New York.

Portrait of a <n>Bisharin</n> girl in Egypt, circa 1910.

A girl in Dahomey, from the 1971 book <n>Dahomey</n> by <n>F. Blanche Foster</n>. Photo by <n>M. Rouillé</n>.

Model <n>Lauryn Alfreda</n> photographed by <n>George From London</n> on 35mm film.

A still from the music video for "<n>Poser</n>" by <n>PARTYOF2</n>, featuring <n>Coy Stewart</n> and <n>Jadagrace</n>.

From the series <n>Sur les traces de l'Afrique fantôme</n> by photographer <n>Françoise Huguier</n>, Mali, 1989.

A crowded subway car in <n>Tokyo</n>. Photo by <n>Michael Wolf</n>.

Model <n>Misty Kyd</n> photographed by <n>Charlotte Wales</n> for <n>Vogue Italia</n>.

A portrait from the photobook <n>Omo Nigeria</n> by photographer <n>Rubee Samuel</n>.