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Lighting up Lagos: the stars of 1970s Nigerian rock music - in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

An exhibition at the Cartier Foundation in Paris shows how this renowned photographer captured the wild night life of Bamako, Mali, in the 1960s and ’70s.

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SOWETO,JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA,NOVEMBER11TH 2015 Edun currently produces their entire line between the countries of Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa. For the Summer 2016 season, the brand has collaborated with South African photographer Kristin-Lee Moolman on a photo series that shares the lives and looks of Africa, presenting an intimate view of the continent, its past, and its present through the lens of one of its own. This project is about sharing the energy, spirit and extraordinary…

Sanlé Sory’s photos documenting the end of colonial rule have been shown around the world – but 10 years ago he nearly destroyed them

Nina Simone

Sory Sanlé, a West African photographer, once burned his negatives thinking no one was interested in “old stuff.” A French producer thought otherwise.

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berkeley, california 1971 civic center park part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf © the Nick DeWolf Foundation Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

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The ZJS Ndimande photo studio was founded in Greytown, in what is now KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, in 1940. Many of the portraits taken at the studio between 1964-1983 show people posing against a dark curtain backdrop, often holding simple props. An archive of photographs during the period offers a different perspective on township life during apartheid and forms part of Bonhams’ modern and contemporary African art sale on Wednesday 18 March