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Seydou Keïta
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West African Photographer
A self-taught photographer, he opened a studio in 1948 and specialized in portraiture.
His clients were drawn by the quality of his photos and his great sense of aesthetics. Many were young men, dressed in European style clothing. Some customers brought in items they wanted to be photographed with but Keita also had a choice of European clothing and accessories - watches, pens, radios, scooter, etc. - which he put at their disposal in his studio. The women came in flowing robes often covering their legs and their throats, only beginning to wear Western outfits in the late 60s. Beautiful shots of West African life.
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Un brevissimo estratto di “Cittadina di seconda classe”, romanzo del 1974 scritto da Buchi Emecheta – scrittrice nigeriana, pioniera della tradizione letteraria femminile africana, venuta a mancare nella giornata di mercoledì.
«Buchi told the story of African women in a way that I had never seen before.» (Nnedi Okorafor)
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Anne-Marie Ayanru - Stylista GH “Wild” Collection
photos Charlene Asare
makeup Lawrencia Owusu
So futuristic looking, flawless
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WHERE HAS THE NIGHT GONE? by Dexter R. Jones
Mystery misunderstood.
She was chased away by the harsh realities of the day.
No one fervently peeked around the corners of the sky awaiting her return.
But she returned.
Too often She heard the hopes and declarations of good Mornings.
But never enough did any ever wish of her a good Night.
Still She remained a Good Knight
To an impossible Black sky.
Model: Lilian Uwanyuze
Photography by: Dexter R. Jones
© All Rights Reserved
IG:sirdexrjones
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This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019 film by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese)
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection’s protagonist is Mantoa, (the late great Mary Twala), an 80 year-old childless widow in the Lesotho highlands. She directs her final energies into making proper arrangements for her own burial, even as the authorities try to relocate her village to make way for an irrigation project. Writer-director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s film is an accomplished and ethereal meditation on the triumph of personal advocacy, culminating in a powerful terminal sequence that has Mantoa ascending to the realms of legendary status.
https://www.okayafrica.com/africa-cinema-womens-month/?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
Yesterday (2004 film dir. by Darrell Roodt)
As the name of the central character as well as the film’s title, the familiar word Yesterday is filled with irony. For it is not the past, but each present day and each look toward tomorrow that informs this work. As we follow Yesterday through her daily routines, struggling to raise her daughter, Beauty, we recognize her great strength. Her dignity remains undiminished even when she discovers that she carries the HIV virus. Rather than focusing on the negative aspects of her life in rural South Africa, Yesterday lives in the hope of being with her daughter on her first day of school and is able to do so. Yesterday, the film, presents the socioeconomic, political, and cultural repercussions of AIDS at the most basic individual level. These difficult circumstances unfold within the extraordinarily beautiful South African landscape and the gentle rhythms of Yesterday’s rural life. Much of the power of this film derives from the elegance of the cinematography, from director of photography Michael Brierley, its editorial pacing from Avril Beukes, production design by Tiann van Tonder, and a marvelous score by Madala Kunene. That power is also the result of brilliant performances by Leleti Khumalo as Yesterday, seven-year-old Lihle Mvelase as Beauty, Kenneth Kambule as Yesterday’s husband, John, Harriet Lehabe as the Teacher, and Camilla Walker as the Doctor.
(taken from: https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/yesterday/)
Beautiful Africa by Rokia Traore (2013 album)
