Share Antoine Doyen, is a French photographer who lives in Paris. He was born in 1982 in Nancy, France. He shoots portraits as well as features. According to Antoine “I love meeting new people all the time! This is in fact what I like most in being a photographer”. Antoine has put together a fine Portrait of African Movie Directors »
Share Today, the 25th May 2010, is Africa Day. This day came about as a result of an initiative started by Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah to bring African countries closer together post colonialism. The efforts by Nkrumah and others eventually lead to the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on May 25th 1963, in the Ethiopian »
Share Annansi.com features Paul Sika: “One of the most dynamic, engaging young creative talents coming out of the African continent recently is Ivorian photographer/creative director Paul Sika. After being introduced about a year ago by a mutual friend, I was impressed by his creative vision and passion. Paul’s use of color and juxtaposition of characters in »
Share ….That African fashion and African inspired fashion is gaining immensely in popularity is no surprise. The most influential African blogs and websites continue to promote this trend in world fashion. However, what is less documented or discussed is the slow but strong emergence of African Street Fashion. This is not fashion gleaned from catwalks, created »
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One of our favourite pro-photographers and one of Ghana’s best, Nana Kofi Acquah (NKA), was kind enough to grant us an interview a few months ago (Click here for the full interview) in which he told us about his love for black and white photography, the sterling work he does with Voices of Africa and »
Share Tanzanian born David Adjaye is an award winning architect with a passion for photography. David through the Urban Africa Project, a photography exhibition in London (from March 31st to September 5th 2010), takes fans on a voyage of appreciation of the built environment in 53 African cities. As David Adjaye recently stated in an interview with the »
Share Malick Sidibé was born in 1935 in Mali and studied design and jewelry at the Institut National des Arts, Mali. Malik Sidebe had a penchant for capturing youth culture in Mali in the 1960s. This was at a time when Mali had begun to embrace Rock N Roll and the finest Paris fashion. The Venice Biennale »
Share J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere has done more than most in documenting, through, photography the myriad of cultural trends in his native Nigeria and elsewhere. His photographs provide us with an insight and the fullest possible context into understanding the many changes in style that have occurred over time. They make a cultural commentary on people’s behaviour, »
Share March 6th (today) marks the 53rd anniversary of Ghana’s independence, the first sub-saharan African country to do so. A lot can and has happened in the last 53 years. Here are some photos of the day in 1957. »
Share This is our last in the series on African Photo sharing sites. We would like to express our gratitude to the people behind Mokocharlie. We appreciate the time and effort you have taken to share your project, hopes and ambitions with our readers. One of (we think) most interesting and fun features on the site is »
