{"id":2332,"date":"2013-04-19T03:26:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T00:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2013-04-19T03:26:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T00:26:20","slug":"africa-redefined-through-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/africa-redefined-through-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Redefined through Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The common view of Africa<\/a> by most media outlets is one of wars, famine, and hungry children. Most of the international community are unaware that there are  well developed communities and modern cities in Africa. There are bridges, roads and modern buildings in Africa. There is a booming music, movie, and photography industry that is one of the fastest growing in the world. A young group of African photographers embark on a road trip and portray their distinct styles through their photography on a six part series on aljazeera.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Man poses next to mannequin at Kenya dumpsite by Mario Macilau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A-still-from-The-Monarchs-project-by-George-Osodi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A-still-from-The-White-Gown-project-by-Baudouin-Mouanda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The six episodes are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Invisible Borders (22 April 2013)<\/strong> Nigerian Emeka Okereke is the founder of Invisible Borders, an annual photographic project that takes African artists on a road trip across the continent. Invisible Borders<\/em> follows Emeka and fellow Nigerian photographer Lilian Novo on the most recent journey, from Nigeria through Cameroon and Gabon. Emeka says, \u201cEverywhere we go in Africa, we see our generation talking about doing things for themselves. This is the time to actually go in and experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The Red Dress (29 April 2013)<\/strong> Barbara Minishi is a leading fashion photographer in Kenya. For her latest project, Barbara swapped skinny models for normal people, photographing a wide range of women all wearing the same red dress, as a symbol of unity and national identity in the aftermath of the 2007 post-election violence in which more than 1 000 Kenyans were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n