Anakwa Dwamena

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In Sierra Leone, a Photographer Finds Beauty in Everyday Encounters

Abdul Hamid Kanu Jr.’s images of daily life transform a West African city into its own poetic universe.

How Ghana Became a Homeland for the African Diaspora

From Maya Angelou to Todd Gray, writers and artists from around the world have returned to Ghana in the decades since the country’s independence. What were they looking for?
Marilyn Nance, Mid-festival, the first contingent of FESTAC ’77 U.S. participants greets the second U.S. contingent at the Lagos airport, 1977

When the Party Came to Lagos

In 1977, when the photographer Marilyn Nance traveled to Nigeria for FESTAC, she discovered a euphoric reunion of the African Diaspora.

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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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