Revisiting the artist’s life and work.
13/08/2018
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The UK’s Autograph Gallery hosts Senegalese artist Omar Victor Diop first solo exhibition recasting history and the global politics of black resistance.
31/07/2018
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South Africa | The artist who was not allowed to be
Chronicle #37 /The murdered aspiration of Thami Mnyele
31/07/2018
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French President Emmanuel Macron recently took his first trip under his official position to Nigeria, a move that Quartz labelled as “low on policy, but high on culture.”
31/07/2018
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Tuffo, an art work by Dutch sculptor Gerhard Lentink, comes to Cape Town.
31/07/2018
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Nnedi Okorafor have been longlisted for The Alternative Nobel Prize.
31/07/2018
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Fighting the homophobia within me
Chronicle #36 /As a Dutch activist against racism and racist caricatures like ‘Zwarte Piet’, Jerry Afriyie longs for a society that includes everyone.
19/07/2018
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Gallery | CAP 2018
Blog /The winners of the 7th contemporary African Photography Prize have been announced.
19/06/2018
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Submissions for the Gerald Kraak Award & Anthology are now open, and until 31 August 2018.
19/07/2018
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‘How Not To Ask A Question'
Chronicle #36 /Why do young Nigerians ask president Macron for advice?
19/07/2018
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There were no cribs, no bitches, expensive Nikes or flashy wheels in his lyrics, Re Fuse magazine reports.
19/07/2018
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An astounding work by William Kentridge pays homage to the hundreds of thousands of African soldiers who fought and died in World War I.
19/07/2018
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He often inspired, sometimes mentored and always encouraged new generations of South African photographers.
03/07/2018
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Mandela Landscape
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A/BZ, de bouwers van Apartheid Revisited, in gesprek met Ruiter Janssen, de vormgever van de site.
03/07/2018
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Rebecca Davies & Haji Mohamed Dawjee explore religion and sexuality for the Daily Maverick (video, visuals and story).
03/07/2018
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Nigeria | Internet scamming. The Yahoo Boys Universe
Chronicle #37 /Olivia Ndubuisi infiltrated one of the notorious ‘419 scams’ industry’s headquarters.
31/07/2018
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More than 100 artists, seven exhibitions, several books and many collaborations.
31/07/2018
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Nigerian essayist Pwaangulongii Dauod is this years’ winner of the Gerald Kraak Award for non-fiction.
31/05/2018
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Mozambique | In the care of Pastor Roy
Chronicle #35 /How an African government and international institutions turned a blind eye to thirty years of sexual abuse at a Christian Mission.
09/05/2018
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The Mozambican recipient of this year’s DemocraSEE, an award for contemporary Southern African photography, was announced in Cabo Verde.
19/07/2018
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Vintage Addis Ababa recovers a wedding photo-shoot in times of terror.
19/06/2018
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Incorruptible by Evelyn Groenink
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In a conversation with Oprah Winfrey South African comedian and The Daily Show anchor Trevor Noah explains how Apartheid declared him, the son of mixed parents, illegal.
01/05/2018
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Zanele Muholi has donated an artwork to ZAM as a gesture of appreciation for our work and upcoming Mandela100 programme.
03/07/2018
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African investigative journalism versus the kleptocrats
Chronicle #35 /“Our leaders will only listen if our stories are published in the West.”
01/05/2018
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An exhibition in Addis Fine Art in London documents the lives of a group of female sex workers in Addis Ababa.
03/07/2018
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Sammy Baloji: ‘It’s not yet history’
Chronicle #36 /How King Leopold’s <em>negro clerics</em> and <em>civilized negroes</em> linger in todays’ reality.
03/07/2018
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Thanks to externalisation agreements, European borders are now in Africa.
31/05/2018
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A solo exhibition by Sammy Baloji at Framer Framed, Amsterdam.
19/06/2018
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Sold out! What a spectacular outcome of the crowdfunding for MFON. Women Photographers of the African Diaspora.
17/05/2018
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The Contrarian
That's just not right
- Behind the NGO Attack | Elnathan John
- The Rainbow Myth | Nomalanga Mkhize
- Taking sex workers off the streets won't help fight HIV | Dianne Massawe
- "It’s not poverty that is to blame for the weak African responses to Ebola, but bad leadership" | Professor Oyewale Tomori
- Cyril Ramaphosa "not solely to blame for Marikana massacre" | Steven Friedman
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Feel Safe. The Poster
Exclusive poster of a picture by Pieter van der Houwen, which he took for The African Tabloid. Image is depicting a security guard in Lagos, Nigeria.
Between bitter almonds and good hope
South Africa today. A ZAM special.More than two decades after South Africa’s transition to democracy the country is in disarray. The ideals of a revolution – non-racialism, non-sexism, non-tribalism and a constitutional democracy – are being betrayed by an elitist faction under the leadership of president Jacob Zuma.
Raymond Dakoua
Safe spacesIvory Coast-born, Brussels-based Raymond Dakoua is passionate about all things human. His multi-faceted work stretches many borders, both geographically and socially.
Remember the Future
A special ZAM issue (Dutch)Adriaan van Dis Marlene Dumas Anton Corbijn Bram Vermeulen Berend Strik Lieve Joris Conny Braam Gerda Havertong Kadir van Lohuizen Sander Veeneman and others. Order your copy.