A new book examines the great flourishing of photography across the African continent
This sequence of texts was written in response to various photographs of Nigeria made between 1920 and 1929 that form part of the Colonial Office photographic collection
Mozambican photographer Mário Macilau uses performance and play to expand the meaning of his work
As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Photographer Saaiqa shares the story of how she captured this picture that reflects both the socioeconomic realities of our country and simple companionship
The Greek photographer is on a quest to document traditional costumes around the country
Photographer Kamogelo Lebotse has been documenting the effects of the national lockdown on the people of Mahikeng
Women photographers, and black African women photographers in particular, are largely absent from early histories of the medium. This is slowly changing
The national lockdown provided photographer Jamal Nxedlana with a chance to push the boundaries of his practice as he transitioned into a new creative cycle
Writer, skater and filmmaker Phumlani Pikoli says his artistic intention was ‘to play’
The story behind Ugandan photojournalist Nicholas Bamulanzeki’s iconic picture of the policeman in the floods
Saho’s Omar Badsha believes in the power of people telling their own stories, but more funding to support this practice is crucial
Photojournalist Khaya Ngwenya’s style focus on exploiting natural light while staying in motion
Photographer Lizzie ZiqubuM’s Senior Citizens exhibition, on show at the KZNSA Gallery is a celebration and appreciation of the role of grandmothers
‘Drum’ photographer Jürgen Schadenberg, who died on Sunday, displayed a profound humanism, writes his friend and sometime collaborator Hazel Friedman
Artist Levy Pooe conceptualises his work as ‘a social diary of being black in the city’
Multimedia journalist and healer Sethembiso Zulu’s debut solo show embraces a fierce, raw and broken timelessness that encapsulates what it means to be human
Congolese photographer Sammy Baloji’s Essay on Urban Planning interrogates the links between colonialism, extractive practices and environmental catastrophes in Urban Africa
The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark
The artist is drawn to collage because it allows her to be as complex and layered as she wants to be
We need more books about South African jazz, focusing on both the verbal and the visual, to fully capture and appreciate the unique ‘river of culture we’ve been bequeathed’
Hip-hop artist ByLwansta adopts a multidisciplinary approach to story-telling by making use of visual cues to reinforce the ideas that he puts forward sonically
With the Sharpeville massacre in mind, Kwanele Sosibo takes a look at how Tsepo Gumbi’s collection of photographs are a necessary intervention
Reimagining image making through concepts found in isiZulu
In his swansong, Santu Mofokeng ruminates on mortality, ancestry and dispossession
“The photographs in the series act as a symbol of, or a witness to, the economic imbalance that exists in contemporary South Africa, where people increasingly inhabit contrasting economic realities.”
Photographer Daylin Paul, inspired by a former colleague, brings into view coal’s devastation in Mpumalanga
"Even though this series was about being in a familiar space, it could be seen that I would intentionally place myself on the periphery"
Tshepiso Mabula’s photographs interrogate the postapartheid ritual of exhumation and reburial
The photographer’s images of Jo’burg capture its busyness and complexities
"I sought to create work that deals with memory, loss, nostalgia and the sense of what it means to truly belong."
Sam Nzima’s 1976 photograph still resonates with people – for different reasons