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African Photography



Since 2022, we have worked with talented photographers whose images reflect the beauty and diversity of the African continent. We are building a platform that allows you to support these visual storytellers. For now we invite you to browse a selection from our archive and subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
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Between Worlds
Skander Khlif
Senegal
La Chasse aux Papillons
Yasmine Hatimi
Morrocco
Affirmation of the Now
Aymen Mohamed 
Sudan
Nature Engulfing The City
Catherine Li
Mauritius
Imvelaphi (On Identity)
Ngidi Thando Mfundo
South Africa
What You See is What You See
Hana Gamal
Egypt
Veld
Tendayi Dabengwa
Botswana
Bollo
Yama Ndiaye
Senegal
La Colline
Louisa Benn
France/Morocco
Home Dream
Alain Jules Hirwa
Rwanda
Men with a Masquerade
Richard Hay Jnr
Nigeria
Place de la Musique
Jean Luc Andrianasolo
Madagascar
A Day at Kwa-Mai Mai
Sauda Dhlabo
South Africa
Nonzuzo and Noncedo Gxekwa
Tshepo Moloi
South Africa
Life and Labour in Nigeria
Cletus Nwadike
Nigeria
Steadfastness
Alaa Eldin Safi
Sudan
Draa River
Yassine El Attar
Morocco
Kilwa Kisiwani Ruins
Christopher Littlewood
Tanzania
Statement No. 1
Khalid Alarabi
Sudan
Nightbound Chronicles
Soufian Chemcham
Algeria
Onlookers
Fawaz Oyedeji
Nigeria
Hindu Ceremony of Kali
Andrew Tshabangu
South Africa
The Space Between Us
Visule Kabunda
Zambia
Lesdi
Eva Diallo
Senegal
Strike!
Kwazokuhle Phakathi
South Africa
Ama-Fishing
Coenraad H. Torlage
South Africa
Okè
Apah Benson
Nigeria
The Dancer
Ahmed Qabel
Egypt
An Open Window
Minyahil Comander
Ethiopia
If Home Was a Sound
Lieve Shukrani Simoens
Tanzania
AmaNazaretha
Mandisa Buthelezi
South Africa
Epiphany
Mosa'ab Elshamy
Egypt
Outside
Tracy Keza
Rwanda
Brother’s Keeper
David Nana Opoku Ansah
Ghana
Looking Back
AbdulHakeem AbdulKareem
Nigeria
Junk Hunters
Fabrice Mbonankira
Burundi
Mother and Son
Misper Apawu
Ghana
Dear Someone Somewhere in Angola
Helena Uambembe
Angola
An Ode to Women in Rural Ethiopia
Hilina Abebe
Ethiopia
The Boys are Smiling
Evans Ahorsu
Ghana
Tro-Tro
Vadu Rodrigues
Cape Verde
Ndi Nne Ochie
Amarachi Nnoli
Nigeria
Movement
Maingaila Muvundika
Zambia
Students in Ngombe
Sana Ginwalla
Zambia
Displaced
Daniel Buuma
Congo DRC
Against All Odds
Bamvi Jauro
Nigeria
The Borderlands
Jo Ractcliffe
South Africa
Kenya, 1996
Robert Lyons
Kenya
Man, Dog, Surfboard
Daniella Almona
Nigeria
Jamestown Water Polo
Mo “Baba” Mahama
Ghana
A Beautiful Coincidence
Queila Fernandes
Cape Verde
Something To Do
Tam Olobio
Nigeria
The Space Between
Josemarie Nyagah
Kenya
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Onyekachi Iloh
Nigeria
Mind's Turbulence
Adedolapo Boluwatife
Nigeria
Friends
Amina Kadous
Egypt
Mutation
Andrew Esiebo
Nigeria
Two Brothers at Usuma Lake
Victor Adewale
Nigeria
Stranger Tourist
Fares Zaitoon
Egypt
A Former Member of Boko Haram
Tom Saater
Nigeria
Patina
Mayowa Oyewale
Nigeria
Youssef
Mohamed Hozyen
Egypt
The Act of Recovery
Dawit L. Petros
Mauritania
Once There Was a Tram
Fatma Fahmy
Egypt
Gambia'Barra: On Memory
Adïam Yemane
Gambia
Isolation
Mpumelelo Buthelezi
South Africa
A Symphony of Perfect and Fleeting Time
Sehin Tewabe
Ethiopia
People First
Aly Hazzaa
Egypt
Ali
Mohamed Mahdy
Egypt
Abdusatar 
Abdurrauf Ben Madi
Tunisia
The Jump
Joe Penney
Mali
Repairing Nets in Shade
Charles Lawson
Ghana
Holyday
DMT
South Africa
Living by the Castle
NIpah Dennis
Ghana
Alone Among Others
Leul Mekonnen
Ethiopia
Light Up
Chris Iduma
Nigeria
Tuesday Afternoon
Xoliswa Ngwenya
South Africa
Church on the Greenwich Meridian
Edem J. Tamakloe
Ghana
Tsy Miroro
Henitsoa Rafalia
Madagascar
Guguletu Grads
Julius Adorsu
South Africa

Pondolandia
Ollie Walker
South Africa
Out of the Shadows
Mohamed Fouad Semmache
Algeria
Uncertain
Kgomotso “Neto” Tleane
South Africa
A Memory Lasts a Lifetime
Fibi Afloe
Ghana
Looking into the Morning
Kalenga Nkonge
Zambia
Whomever Hideth Your Beauty Hideth The Wind
Alfred Quartey
Ghana
Cyclo-Pousse
Aina Zo Raberanto
Madagascar
I’m Just Somebody Who Wants to Love and Be There for You
Cole Ndelu
South Africa
The Bondo Culture
Hickmatu Leigh
Sierra Leone
Owo Da?
Jean-fidèle
Nigeria
Untitled
Jansen van Staden
South Africa
Lady with Hair
Nana Kwadwo Agyei Addo
Ghana
Women in Culture
Taiwo Arifayan
Nigeria
Rra Pinke’s Piano
Thero Makepe
Botswana
Our Golden Era
Farren van Wyk
South Africa
Know Your Backyard
Kay Kwabia
Ghana
Boys at Borrow Street
Jono Terry
Zimbabwe
Theresa
Nneka Iwunna Ezemezue
Nigeria
Shadows and Dust
Abdul Hamid Kanu Jr
Sierra Leone
The Ebb Tide
Verity FitzGerald
South Africa
Itafaji
Olaoluwa Idris Adamu
Nigeria
After the Fall
Taiwo Aina
Nigeria
Azonim (I Did Not Forget)
Nnebuifé Kwubeï
Nigeria
Altar Boys
Neo Baepi
South Africa
Taiwo
Sierra Nallo
Nigeria
Slow on Sundays
moshood
Ghana
This War Has Found a Home
Nelly Ating
Nigeria
Support System
Nengi Nelson
Nigeria
Oyinbo
Bernard Kalu
Nigeria
My Father and I
Léa Thijs
South Africa
You Are Beautiful
Adetutu Adeniran
Nigeria
Style and Pattern
Light Oriye
Nigeria
Sabodala Riders
Djibril Drame
Senegal
Soft 
Namafu Amutse
Namibia
Young Herdsman in Jangaringari
Rachel Seidu
Nigeria
The Courtyard
Aghogho Otega
Nigeria
Timket in Ziway
Fua Bilich
Ethiopia
No Ordinary Sky
Tsion Haileselassie
Ethiopia
Chrysalis
Ayesha Kazim
South Africa
Beneath Our Skin Lies the Sun
Keren Lasme
Ivory Coast
Self-Portrait as My Mother in School Uniform
Silvia Rosi
Togo
Calm Amidst the Hurricane
Victor Akhere
Nigeria
The Morning After
Teresa Meka
Ghana
Train Crossing
 Abifola Olorunlana
Nigeria
The Egrets
Blessing Atas
Nigeria
Isolating With You
KC Nwakalor
Nigeria
Bodies of Water
Chris de Beer-Procter
Zambia
Make Way For Me
Ọlájídé Ayẹni
Nigeria
Casa De Fernandez House (a.k.a Ilojo Bar)
Amanda Iheme
Nigeria
Reinventing and Adapting During Coronavirus
Gordwin Odhimabo
Kenya
Awramba: A Self-Sufficient Community
Maheder Haileselassie
Ethiopia
Place du Souvenir Africain, Dakar
Katia Golovko
Senegal
Azi and Adjéla
Hady Barry
Ivory Coast
Sunrise Mill Estate
Immaculata Abba
Nigeria
Private Black Lives
Kwena Chokoe
South Africa
C'est Pas Fini
Ngadi Smart
Ivory Coast
Abeokuta Bridge Workers
Ifebusola Shotunde
Nigeria
Man With a Mask
Nyancho NwaNri
Gambia
We Are Dreaming Again
Omorogie Osakpolor
Nigeria
A City in Disguise
Lidudumalingani
South Africa
Gilda
Ubani Chidindu
Nigeria
Dada Javis
Etinosa Yvonne
Nigeria
Turban and Mural
Abdullahi Ahmad
Nigeria
Crossing a River
Rahima Gambo
Nigeria
Pass Me Over
Bongeka Ngcobo
South Africa

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