Dynamic Africa

Dynamic Africa strives to be a multi-media information sharing curated blog that aims to function as a diverse platform for all things African and/or African-related (i.e. Diaspora) - from the classic to the contemporary.


Formerly, "This is Africa/fyeahAfrica".


(Profile Photo by Mama Casset)


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I do not endorse any of the products or opinions shared on this site, nor do I claim any of the work posted here to be my own - except where stated. All posts originally made by me are credited. If no credit is given then the work is either my own/written by me or reblogged from another source.


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Student, 24


Based in Cape Town, South Africa
From Lagos, Nigeria


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Posts tagged "1980s"

MOROCCO. Near Tabant (Ait Bouguemmez). Berber women cutting grass for their cattle fodder. 1988.

© Bruno Barbey/Magnum Photos

(via fyeahnorthafricanwomen)

blackfilm:

hag-life:

Stills from Werner Herzog’s Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)

see the documentary in full here 

vintagesomalia:

Mogadishu, Somalia 1984 at a photography studio.  

Some of the photos on the wall are of Somali celebrities of that era.

Getting your picture taken by one of Mogadishu’s local photographers was pretty popular back in the days when Mogadishu was peaceful. 

#vintagesomalia

nomadamsterdam:

Somalis in the 1980’s.

fotojournalismus:

Malawi, 1988.

(Credit: Peter Turnley)

Can anyone fill us in on basketball’s popularity in 1970s and 80s Somalia and its subsequent decline?

(images via vintage somalia)

kilele:

Street barber in Nairobi, Kenya (1988)

Photo by Dave Blume

Ibibio Mami Wata priestess Mary Magdalena with white chalk markings on her face.

Oron, Nigeria, 1989.

From Mammy Water: In Search of the Water Spirits in Nigeria by Sabine Jell-Bahisen.

Ghana, from The Black Trans-Atlantic Experience project

1988

Stephen Marc, photographer

(via auntada)

diamonds-wood:

Mombasa, Kenya (park), 1980

Adam Bartos: Meditations

(via negistenegest)