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The M&G’s Lauren Clifford-Holmes reflects on her trip to Chad where she visited refugee camps filled with families trying to escape Boko Haram.

Lake Chad: Where refugees flee from Boko Haram

The M&G’s Lauren Clifford-Holmes reflects on her trip to Chad where she visited refugee camps filled with families trying to escape Boko Haram.

Caught watching: Turner Adams unflinchingly returns the viewer’s gaze in Gordon Clark’s photograph.

Tracing a life gone awry

Turner Adams, at the centre of photographer Gordon Clark’s latest body of work, is an extraordinary subject.

‘Everyone’s view of Jo’burg is valid’

‘Everyone’s view of Jo’burg is valid’

Kutlwano Moagi’s exhibition <em>Split Façades,</em> curated by Thato Mogotsi, asks us to take another look at the heart of Johannesburg.

The importance of being Ernie

The importance of being Ernie

Gordon Clark’s latest work, <em>Ernie Lastig Occurrence</em>, reveals life on the Cape Flats and the inevitable journey from childhood to gangster.

A short life

A short life, richly lived

Leon Botha, an accomplished South African painter and DJ, as well as one of the world’s oldest survivors of progeria, died on June 5.

Beyond transgression

Beyond transgression

Accomplished painter and DJ Leon Botha, who died of heart complications relating to his rare progeria condition, died on Sunday. He was 26 years old.

Hammerl shot by Gadaffi’s forces

Journalists call for Hammerl’s release

Friends and media activists have rallied to demand the release of Anton Hammerl, the SA lensman believed to be held by Gaddafi forces in Libya.

Emancipation takes pride of place

Emancipation takes pride of place

To be included in the Deutsche Bank Collection, is a big accolade for any artist. For SA artist and photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa, it’s an honour.

Most viewed M&G multimedia of 2010

The most viewed <em>Mail and Guardian</em> multimedia of 2010, from the hilarity of the dancing striker to our exclusive series on refugees.

No end to Silva streak

Though he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan, the show is not over for João Silva.

Change springs from deep in the past

Photographer Araminta de Clermont captures the profound transformation of young men after initiation, writes <b>Lauren Clifford-Holmes</b>.

Full circle in the city centre

Marc Shoul gives <strong>Lauren Clifford-Holmes</strong> the lowdown on the creative process behind Flatlands.

Mthethwa’s balancing act

Mthethwa’s balancing act

<em>Lauren Clifford-Holmes</em> speaks to artist Zwelethu Mthethwa about the difficulty of portraying poverty in photography.

The fibre of reality

Lauren Clifford-Holmes speaks to the artists behind an evocative photographic exhibition that celebrates the darker side of the human spirit.