Portland's welcome
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In June last year the town of Portland in Maine, north west USA, was suddenly in the news because thirty-nine migrants from Angola and the DRC had showed up at migrant reception centres
11/06/2020
After braving seas, bandits and jungle, African migrants are now stuck at Mexico's border.
11/06/2020
"Budgets designated for development ended up serving the migration agenda", Kiza Magenda and Yannicke Goris write.
02/06/2020
A review of Guy Woueté's exhibition at De Brakke Grond.
02/06/2020
Questioning the video of George Floyd's murder.
02/06/2020
George Floyd is not dead
Blog /02/06/2020
"Hammam Diaries by Mehdy Mariouch is a trip back in time."
27/05/2020
"Each of us remembers those photographers who were almost smiling, where our parents took us to immortalize a celebration, an event, or simply to give us a portrait for an administrative procedure."
26/05/2020
In this piece on The Elephant, John-Allan Namu revisits a gruesome chapter in East-African history, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
25/05/2020
The significance of Binyavanga Wainaina, the Kenyan writer who died a year ago on May 21, 2019, cannot be underestimated.
25/05/2020
"Tala ngai is an expression from Lingala, one of the four national languages of the Democratic Republic of Congo which means "Look at me or visit me."
25/05/2020
"On their way from South Sudan to Uganda, refugees walked for days or weeks carrying embroidered sheets, decorated with swirls of flowers, trees, and animals."
22/05/2020
"This is the story of two friends who shared the same dream: reaching Europe, where they hope to live a better life and sustain their family."
19/05/2020
"This project is a reflection on personal identity for Moroccan youth based on a selection of portraits of young people who take their destinies into their own hands."
18/05/2020
"It is important for me to keep a deep relationship with my home country."
15/05/2020
The campaign, which closed on 15 June 2020, was a great success, receiving in excess of 100 donations.
14/05/2020
"My photographs are a concise summary of cinematic images often narrating tales of solitude and bewilderment."
13/05/2020
"Voortrekker is a road that starts from the middle of Cape Town, in a neighborhood called Salt River—a stretching snake that arrives on the outskirts of the city."
12/05/2020
"Conny Braam heeft een vaardige pen, spannend en gedoceerd, maar als het moet met de kracht van een breekijzer."—Adriaan van Dis
11/05/2020
Lately, I’ve been thinking about filmmaker Trinh Minh-Ha’s phrase “speaking nearby” as a way to describe the visual approach of the Tatsuniya series.
11/05/2020