Photography
Nicola Lo Calzo: Capturing Africa through the lens
With his striking portraits of Nigerians working and worshipping near the Niger River—a poignant photomontage entitled “Inside Niger”—award-winning 31-year-old Italian photographer Nicola Lo Calzo...
The Other Africa in pictures: Philippe Sibelly, a man with a mission
Philippe Sibelly is a man with a mission: to balance the “deficit of image” surrounding the African continent. Given the Western world’s daily...
When Alicia Keys morphs into a “Chameleon”
African American singer-songwriter, actress, Alicia Keys, who gave birth to her first son, Egypt, last month, posed for the November 2010 edition of Vogue...
Monty Pythons show solidarity with Sahara refugees
Michael Palin and Terry Jones were among the celebrities attending a private view of a photographs from the Western Sahara refugee camps in London...
Exposing Nigeria’s hyena handlers
South African photographer Pieter Hugo has immortalized a troop of hyena handlers in Nigeria in his series "The Hyena and Other Men". The group,...
Exhibition of forgotten refugees of the Sahara marks Refugee Week
A photographic exhibition marking Refugee Week opened this week in Brighton with images of refugees from one of the world's longest and most forgotten...