Dynamic Africa
Formerly, "This is Africa/fyeahAfrica".
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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 All posts originally made by me are credited.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.
A LITTLE ABOUT ME:
Student, 24
Based in Cape Town, South Africa
From Lagos, Nigeria
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(since Oct. 21th 2012)
Women at a local market in Ibadan, Nigeria.
1974.
Bruno Barbey.
Three female cleaners walk back after a tough morning cleaning the beach. Though the gov’t pays $250 per cleaner per month, only $50 a month reaches them as salary, and even that sometimes delays for up to 5 months. Photo by Nana Kofi Acquah @everydayafrica @ghtog #Ghana #Corruption #CheapLabour
Photographs of daily life in the cities of Djenne and Timbuktu, Mali, taken by photographer Sebastien Lanelle.
2009.
A young man in a local bakery in Kampala, Uganda, preparing bread for the oven. (Photography by Ahmad Mahmoud)
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Female boda boda cyclist rides route where few women dare: Determined. Ms Matilda Igama, a mother of seven, has been a boda boda cyclist in Adjumani for two years.
It is unusual to spot a female boda boda rider in Madi Sub-region, which covers the two districts of Moyo and Adjumani. Passengers first hesitate and some stare in disbelief when Ms Matilda Igama calls out to them to sit on her motorbike.
Ms Igama has made history by taking a bold decision to take on the business of riding a motorcycle for commercial gain, making her the “first ever female boda-boda rider” in the sub-region.
She clocked two years in the business last month and is vowing to continue doing the same. She was previously dealing in retail business in Adjumani Town but decided to cross over to transporting passengers at a fee. (Full story at Daily Monitor)
A mother and her child in front of an hair-dressing salon, Ibadan. 1973
Vintage Nigeria
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“They are fed up with the dark narrative international media keep reporting on their region.” See how young photographers in Congo are using photography to tell new stories about their nation.
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Happy womens day! Here in Uganda it is a public holiday, an example to be followed everywhere in my opinion.
Bukoba, Tanzania.
Bukoba, Tanzania.
Soweto/Sowebo - Martha Cooper
Soweto is a big city on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Sowebo is a small neighbourhood in downtown Baltimore (where ‘The Wire’ is based on).
Like Soweto, Sowebo played a historic role in the fight for racial equality.
After the Tragic assassination of Martin Luther King there was a massive black uprising in Baltimore leaving many white shop owners to flea the area. More than 40 years later most of these establishments remain abandoned. Because of it’s desolate nature, someone decided to nickname the neighbourhood ‘Sowebo’ after Soweto and the name stuck.
Barbing salon in Onitsha, 1960’S circa.
I’m keeping tabs of hair and barbershop posts.
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MOROCCO. Near Tabant (Ait Bouguemmez). Berber women cutting grass for their cattle fodder. 1988.
© Bruno Barbey/Magnum Photos
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