Memories and beauty captured in Africa

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Memory is among the themes featuring at the African Biennale of Photography in Mali's capital, Bamako:
Athi-Patra Ruga - Miss Azania - Exile is waiting - 2015 - #1Image copyrightATHI-PATRA RUGA
Fototala King Massassy - Anarchie Productive - 2017 - #9 - 50cmx70cmImage copyrightFOTOTALA KING MASSASSY
Sarah Waiswa - Stranger in a Familiar Land - 2016 - #8 - 80cmx80cmImage copyrightSARAH WAISWA
Girma Berta - Moving Shadows II - 2016-2017 - #2 - 40cmx40cmImage copyrightGIRMA BERTA
Samuel Fosso - #25568 - Black Pope Series - 2017 - #1Image copyrightSAMUEL FOSSO
Edson Chagas - Found Not Taken, Luanda, Series Found Not Taken - 2008-en coursImage copyrightEDSON CHAGAS
James Barnor - Une Assistante de la boutique Sick-Hagemeyer - 1971Image copyrightJAMES BARNOR
Rahima Gambo - Education is Forbidden - 2017 - #9 - 65cmx100cmImage copyrightRAHIMA GAMBO
Christian Sanna - Moraigny - 2014-2016 - #14 - 40cmx40cmImage copyrightCHRISTIAN SANNA
Joana Choumali - ça va aller... - 2016 - #20 - 24cmx24cmImage copyrightJOANA CHOUMALI
Zied Ben Romdhane - West of Life - 2014-2016 - #3 - 40cmx60cmImage copyrightZIED BEN ROMDHANE
Mame-Diarra Niang - Le peuple du mur #6 - Series At the Wall - 2014Image copyrightMAME-DIARRA NIANG
Bob Muchiri Njenga- Kichwateli - 2011 - #10Image copyrightBOB MUCHIRI NJENGA
Eric Gyamfi - Just Like Us - 2016 - #16 - 30cmx40cmImage copyrightERIC GYAMFI
Dawit L Petros - Untitled (Prologue II) - Series Stranger's Notebook - 2016

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