Registers of Loss – Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
Registers of Loss Tendai Rinos MwanakaSometime in the mid-1990s this area the sand has taken over was our favourite pool to swim in, to bask in the sands, or on top of the rock you see disappearing to the left of the photo. he boys of our village would hang there,...
Fade – Rafiat Lamidi
Fade Rafiat LamidiThis series shows photographs taken in December 2021 of the walls in the compound of my home in Ibadan, Nigeria. The walls have been painted for a while and the colour of the paint has washed off over time. After the cemented wall beneath was...
I’ll Heal at Night (When You Can’t See Me) – Bret Hairston
I’ll Heal at Night (When You Can’t See Me) Bret HairstonI’ll heal at night when you can’t see me I’ll break to pieces during the dayUnder your gazeDemanding I’ll run awayI’ll steal myself awayFrom youLike my great aunts used to Here, have a little snippetTake a small...
Still in Enugu – Immaculata Abba
Still in Enugu Immaculata Abba To love Enugu is to love peace. Or at least that is what we tell ourselves when we compare the city to Aba or Lagos. We say: Enugu is calm, Enugu is cheaper, Enugu makes sense. The Uber driver I meet in Lagos tells me of his retirement...
Kilisa – Abubakar Sadiq Mustapha
Kilisa Abubakar Sadiq MustaphaThese pictures were taken during the Kilisa Festival in Lapai Emirate of Niger state, which is celebrated twice a year to mark the five-day end of the Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr celebrations in the Emirate. By 10am on the last day of the...
Inside: A Conversation With Self – Denis Valery Ndayishimiye
Inside: A Conversation With Self Denis Valery NdayishimiyeAt the time of taking these photographs, we are in the midst of a pandemic that, for many, has restricted the way we live: economically, and, more importantly, socially. During this prolonged period of...
The Danfo of Theseus – Muhammed Akinyemi
The Danfo of Theseus Muhammed Akinyemii "Man, know thyself." - Socrates But how does man recognise himself? Theseus and the youths of Athens had embarked on a fierce voyage to Crete and returned in victory. Upon their arrival, the Ship of Theseus, which returned with...
Headspace – Thomas Otieno
Headspace Thomas Otieno Taken during the quarantine, amidst a pandemic, with an uncertain future looming, this project is a reminder to all to protect their mental health and everything surrounding it. Tensions tend to rise high with every new day and headline. This...
The Reimagination of Sight – TJ Benson
The Reimagination of Sight TJ Benson “History always constitutes the relation between a present and its past. Consequently fear of the present leads to mystification of the past” ― John Berger, Ways of Seeing. I first became interested in how we see things...
Friend, Let’s Go – Atie Eric
Friend, Let's Go Atie Eric It was on one of those days – sitting behind my work desk, staring intently at the computer screen, sound of the standing fan wheezing left to right and left again, in a room that smells of fresh paint that makes my eyes water –...
