Photographer Samuel Fosso lived for many years in Bangui with his family. With the rebels overrunning his town, he managed to escape just time, finally settling in Paris. This interesting video tells his story…
George Osodi: Nigeria Monarchs
George Osodi who is internationally famous for his powerful photographic series on the damage being done on the environment and life in the oil rich Niger delta, is now celebrating Nigerian cultural heritage. His new series Nigeria Monarchs on view in a splendid exhibition Royals & Regalia: Inside the palaces of Nigeria’s Monarchs at the Newark […]
Ground-breaking photographs from Port Harcourt: “Men of the Ogele” by Zina Saro -Wiwa
Men of the Ogele! a photographic series by Zinadu Saro-Wiwa, 2014. While getting her pop-up gallery in Port Harcourt up and running, Zina Saro-Wiwa has been focusing also on her own work which is to be shown at the Seattle Museum. She first set out to photographs the Ogele dancers who perform in local masquerades. […]
Hair matters in Chimamanda Adiche’s novel “Americanah”
Listen well: African women are talking about their hair. I just finished Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s novel, Americanah, and was totally taken by her wonderful vivid description of a hair-braiding salon in Trenton New Jersey. I never realized it took six hours to have one’s hair braided and that it hurt so much! Being a person […]
A quick stop at Paa Joe on our way to Kumasi, Ghana
A touch of kitsch: Paa Joe’s sculpted coffins, On our way to Kumasi, we pulled up in front of this nondescript house/warehouse on the side of the road. We had decided to make a stop and see Paa Joe‘s work place and perhaps meet him . I had seen one of his sculpted coffins – […]
Good things also happen in Nairobi
Walking the streets of Nairobi One thing one learns when being in Africa is never to be rigid when you make plans! I came to Nairobi in November of last year. On my way to a fund raising safari walk up North country I arrived with a group of ladies and men at the hotel […]
At BAM: THE SUIT, a play based on a story by South African Can Themba
A fresh twist to the revenge of a betrayed husband during the days of Apartheid My focus on creativity in Africa and the positive reviews of the play The Suit based on the short story by South African writer, Can Themba, made me overcome my reluctance to see yet again a story about a wife’s […]
Step by Step in Samburuland
A Fundraising Trek for MEAK by Jane H.Furse. One day Layla, a little girl in northern Kenya, will wonder how she got her name. Her mother can tell her that back in November 2012, a woman from very far away gave it to her while on a medical mission. Beverly Orthwein, a board member […]
Eventful Walk in Northern Kenya
WE ARE BACK! EYE MISSION SUCCESSFUL , TREK AMAZING. We completed our trek by hook and by crook and were back for Thanksgiving so grateful for an amazing walk in Northern Kenya, which proved to be challenging but so rewarding and magical. We flew into South Horr, just south of Lake Turkana by midday and […]
African choreographers speak up and out in art
The power of art to effect change. I stepped out of a plane coming from South Africa to a week of African contemporary dance and theater in New York. Nora Chipaumire (Zimbabwe) was performing her dance piece Miriam at BAM, Faustin Linyekula (Congo) danced Le Cargo at the FIAC and five female choreographers, Ketty […]
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