Mohamed Amin was a famous Kenyan photojournalist – there’s much more to his work than images of tragedy
By Tamara Antona Jimeno & Ismael Crespo Martínez Kenyan photojournalist Mohamed Amin (1943-1996) rose to fame for documenting the 1984 famine...
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Kenyan pastoralists fight for a future adapted to climate change
By Peyton Fleming ‘Wabi-sabi’ is a world view about finding beauty in nature’s imperfections. It perfectly describes pastoralism in northern Kenya – where nomad...
John Hlatywayo: remembering a great Zimbabwean artist who was woefully neglected by history
By Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti John Hlatywayo, who has died at 96, was a great painter, sculptor and mentor. However he is woefully neglected in the art history of Z...