West Africa Centre for the Arts

Isn’t this painting The Food League by Nigerian artist Ben...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:01:55 +0000

Isn’t this painting The Food League by Nigerian artist Ben Osaghae amazing?!

sheroxlox: Peju Alatise is a Nigerian mixed media artist and...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:02:53 +0000

Beautiful Gazelles

Blue in the Face

Only Woman

Red Scar

Respite

Orita Meta

Peju Alatise is a Nigerian mixed media artist and writer. Her talent extends to jewelry design, installation, architecture, furniture design and painting. Her work expresses her passion for the modern life of African women and their traditions. Well known in the art community in Nigeria, Peju’s work is certainly inspiring and evocative.

Love to African Digital Art Network for putting me onto Peju’s work. Beautiful Stuff!

izuba: Malick Sidibé ♥

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:14:02 +0000

izuba:

Malick Sidibé ♥

In Afrospect: The Lijadu Sisters

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:34:19 +0000

katebomz:

BEHIND THE MUSIC: THE LIJADU SISTERS- This Nigerian 70’s band was made up of a set of twin sisters with a wicked sense of humour and a unique perspective on life. Here’s a transcript of a short interview they did, along with a snippet from a documentary from the 70’s in which they talk about the role of women in the music industry at the time.

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Wide Open Walls

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:38:54 +0000

Wide Open Walls:

Wide Open Walls is an initiative of Lawrence Williams, one of the owners of the Makasatu conservation project at Mandina in The Gambia. A keen artist, Williams has been working with local artists on a creative project called Bushdwellers.Envisioning the project to work as an art installation, while also promoting the region as a tourist destination, Williams was keen to expand the project by collaborating with other creatives. Recently Wide Open Walls and Write on Africa with Ricky Lee Gordon, joined creative forces to encourage inspiration and urban rejuvenation through special event and art initiatives in public spaces. The aim of the project was to “inspire ourselves to inspires others to inspire change”…[continue reading]

The Nigerian Civil War Photography of Hakan Gottberg

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:07:45 +0000

The Nigerian Civil War Photography of Hakan Gottberg:

Hakan set up a photographic museum chronicling his works in general and the images he captured during the Biafran war. His mission and the motivation of Ebele Obumselu and myself in publicising this obeing not to inflame sentiment and arouse emotions, but to give spotlight to an incredible body of work that has not achieved wide exposure and has not been published in any of the popular photographic works of the Nigerian Civil War we are familiar with. These photographs are the creation and private property of Hakan Gottberger done with his own hand and skill and whatever your position on either side of the divide, they should be appreciated for what they are, another original chronicle of a watershed in Nigerian History.

katebomz: Classic: Beautiful! 14 year old Mauritanian...

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:58:17 +0000

katebomz:

Classic: Beautiful! 14 year old Mauritanian girl….from the colonial files (i assume)

Oumar Ly: Chance Meeting with Photography

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:40:25 +0000

Behind every photographer is a story of how the passion began. For Senegalese photographer Oumar Ly, it began with a chance encounter with photography through a French serviceman. Read on to find out the rest of his story.

A Photographer in Uganda

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:15:19 +0000

A Photographer in Uganda:

The number of photographers in Uganda is amazing. Everywhere you look, you see signs advertising photography studios. They take headshots but also portraits for special occasions and often document functions and gatherings such as introductions, weddings, graduations etc. In art schools there are courses in photography, and basically everybody that owns a camera can call himself or herself a photographer. This immediately touches on a problem we deal with here in the Bayimba photography workshop. Because who owns a camera? Not the workshop participants… Even though that was one of the conditions for applying. Several of the participants had to hire a camera for an amount that exceeds the average income in Uganda. It makes me respect their drive and ambition even more but also makes it hard to ask them to familiarise themselves with ‘their’ camera. But everyone helps each other. Sometimes it is the lame leading the blind, but we seem to be getting somewhere, nevertheless.

katebomz: For our photo archives. Ghana. via popafricana:

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:40:23 +0000

katebomz:

For our photo archives. Ghana.

via popafricana:

kilele: Photography by Jacob Holdt Location: Lagos,...

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:42:58 +0000

Untitled

Mohammed, Garba, Baba & Bintu

Hopper

Merkabah

kilele:

Photography by Jacob Holdt

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Top: Untitled

Middle Left:Mohammed, Garba, Baba & Bintu

Middle Right: Hopper

Bottom: Merkabah

Maison Africaine de la Photographie

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:16:40 +0000

Maison Africaine de la Photographie:

La Maison Africaine de la Photographie (MAP) répond au statut d’un établissement public à caractère scientifique, technologique et culturel, bénéficiant de l’autonomie de gestion et d’un patrimoine propre affecté par l’Etat. De droit malien, avec cependant une vocation panafricaine affirmée, la Maison est au service de tous les opérateurs photographiques d’Afrique et d’ailleurs, sans exclusive. Elle abrite le siège de la direction générale des Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie.

Depth of Field in London

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:34:15 +0000

Depth of Field in London:

As photographic studies go, the city of Lagos is a sprawling subject. But with six committed and talented members, the creative artists and photographers’ collective, Depth of Field (DOF), seems well up to the task.

Adolphus Opara

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:31:50 +0000

Adolphus Opara:

Out & About Africa features work from Nigerian photographer Adolphus Opara’s In the City, Lagos collection.