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No matter how far we stray from our African roots, the culture runs deep. These collages highlight the striking resemblances of some familiar faces vs. African people & the diaspora

1889 vs 2017

Somalia Native vs Asap Rocky
1955 vs 2015

Congo Prime Minister Patrice Lamumba vs Mike Epps
1935 vs 2017

Somalia Native vs Lil Uzi Vert
#throwback #timeless 1903 vs. 2015

Algerian Kabyle woman vs Kyla Pratt
#throwbackthursday #timeless 1910 vs 2016

Egyptian man vs. Trey Songs
1908 vs 2008

Uganda Native vs. Eddie Griffin
1869 vs 2016

Afro-Brazlian woman of Bahia vs Alicia Keys
1885 vs 2017

Afro-Brazilian woman vs Young Ma 💪🏾✨✊🏾
1869 vs 2017

Afro-Brazilian man vs. Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta)
1927 vs. 2017

Bara tribe woman from Madagascar vs. Lil Yachty
1902 vs. 2015

Uganda native vs. actor Michael K Williams (The WIre)
1904 vs 2014
Senegalese man vs Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out/Black Panther)
1925 vs. 2013
Rwanda native vs Kevin Garnett
1896 vs. 2015

Pygmy woman vs. actor John Boyega (Star Wars)
1961 vs 1916
Stokely Carmichael vs Cameroonian Warrior
1935 vs. 2013

Arkansas sharecropper vs. Wesley Snipes
1916 vs. 2016

Annie Turnbo Malone vs. Michelle Obama
1930 vs. 1971

Ethiopian emperor vs. Marvin Gaye
1936 vs 2016
Lil Yachty vs Bara tribe dancer of Madagascar
1912 vs. 2015

Algerian woman vs. Angela Bassett
1945 vs. 2013
Gangsta Granny vs. Gucci Mane
a black maid executed in Georgia in 1945 is being granted a pardon by the state for killing a white man she said enslaved her.Baker said she acted in self-defense, but a jury of white men convicted her after a one-day trial
1915 vs 2018

Cameroonian woman vs. actress Danielle Brooks aka "Taystee" from Orange is the New Black ✊🏾
1917 vs 2017

Rwandan vs. Nipsey Hussle
1915 vs. 1998

Cameroonian woman vs Erika Alexander aka "Maxine Shaw" from Living Single
1920 vs 2010

Senegalese woman vs. Tempestt Bledsoe aka Vanessa from the Cosby Show
1918 vs 2012

Afro-Latino Brujo vs Dr. Sebi
1935 vs 2017
Eritrea Native vs Iman Shumpert
1869 vs 2014
Afro-Brazilian man vs actor Glenn Plummer from South Central
1884 vs 2000
Afro-Brazilian woman of Bahia vs Maya Angelou
1869 vs 2008
Afro-Brazilian man vs. actor/comedia Tommy Davidson
1885 vs 2014

Afro-Brazilian man (west African slave trade) vs. actor Djimon Hounsou (Born in Benin, West Africa)
1930 vs 2017

Congo Native vs. Fetty Wap
1907 vs 2017

Andassa boy of French Congo vs Kodak Black
1889 vs 1981

Dakar, Senegal Native vs Rick James
1869 vs 2018

Afro-Brazilian woman vs actor/comedian Tracy Morgan
1911 vs 2011

Congo Native vs Metta World Peace aka Ron Artest

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