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Xiaobeilu: Africans in China
In the late 1980s the lives of many Africans were revolutionized by a new household item: the plastic container. On one of his many travels in Africa Polish journalist and author, Ryszard Kapuscinski, notes how this relatively inexpensive plastic jar improved the lives of many. ...
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Rwanda’s Art Palace
By Anna Kućma Walking into the National Art Gallery in Nyanza on the opening day of the second International Art Exhibition, the first thing that drew my attention was a line of busts, some tall, some short, and all made of wood and clay. These heads, each long face somewhat resembling the next, ...
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GÉNÉRATION ELILI: Changing the image of the Congo
By Hadrien Diez They are young. They are skilled. They are fed up with the dark narrative international media keep reporting on their region. “Génération Elili”, the generation of the image in Lingala language, is a photographer collective born a few years ago in Brazzaville with the desire to see Congolese taking part in ...
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Darfur Fashion
All photos © Pedro Matos Fashion is usually not the first thing that comes to mind when Darfur is the topic of discussion. Pedro Matos who worked three years in Darfur is slowly changing this through The Darfur Sartorialist. We asked Pedro why Darfur is fashion and how life is as a street photographer in Darfur. ...
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”Ethiopia didn’t need me” – Vincent Moon on Ethiopia
“Ethiopia is an island,” Vincent Moon explains. The French filmmaker has been on the road for four years now travelling and filming music and spiritual rituals across the globe and releasing them through his Petites Planètes label. 2012 saw him spending three months in Ethiopia exploring and recording Easter in Gonder and the sounds of Merkato ...
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Utopia in Ethiopia: A rendez-vous with artist Wanja Kimani
Kenyan born Wanja Kimani (b. 1986) is a young visual and performance artist living in Addis Ababa. With a BA in Fine Art from the University of the Creative Arts in Canterbury and an MA in Human Rights from the University of Essex, Wanja interlaces, social, emotional, artistic and personal aspects in her visual stories ...
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The Ethiopian comeback
It has been a long time coming. The Ethiopian national team has been rare guest at the Africa Cup of Nations. In the years after the inaugural tournament in 1957 – in which only three teams took part and Ethiopia got a wild card to the final – the ‘Walaya Antelopes’ was a dominant force ...
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MAPUTO DIARY
Renowned Danish photo space, Gallery Image, currently features the work of Danish-Mozambican photographer Ditte Haarløv Johnsen, Maputo Diary. The series is based on personal stories, relations and experiences Ditte had as a child, teenager and later grown woman in Mozambique during times of war, conflicts and transitions. Ditte grew up in Maputo and moved ...
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FUTURE-MAKERS
Last Thursday Future-makers, an exhibition with works of six photographers from Kosovo, Angola, Ethiopia and Germany, opened at the National Museum Gallery in Addis Ababa. Edson Chagas (Angola), Jetmir Idrizi (Kosovo), Mulugeta Gebrekidan (Ethiopia), Leikun Nahusenay (Ethiopia), Andy Spyra (Germany) and Michael Tsegaye (Ethiopia) displayed selected works at one of the largest photo-exhibitions in ...
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‘’It’s not just about having an African backdrop’’ – Baloji interviewed
We met Baloji, the brilliant and innovative Congolese-born Belgian rapper and video producer, a few hours before his concert at this year’s Roskilde Festival. We asked Baloji about his recent performances in Kinshasa, about recording with Konono, the distinct visual side of his work and how to escape the ‘African artist’ label. Read his fascinating ...