Studio Africa

Souvenirs du Cameroun

Model : Lise Toya

Photographer : Diane Audrey Ngako

“Cultural Preservation”

Artistry by Shani Crowe

Abuja, Nigeria.

Avril, my muse.

- Jamestown Masquerade , Accra , Ghana.

Jan 4th. - (The Birthday Journal). 

I am 24 years old today! All thanks to God for granting me yet another year!

// Happy new year to you all!

photography by ; Ararsa Kitaba

EXCERPT from African Mythology by Patricia Ann Lynch and Jeremy Roberts + Agave longiflora, botanical illustration by M.E. Eaton (1922)

frames captured from our recent visit to bungoma. a village town blessed with immense beauty and simple joys…where we come from.

meet Nora [see photo 001].taking a portrait image like such,in these parts, would have the subject (mostly among the older generation) accuse you of taking the photo to use it for witchcraft purposes /among other superstitions.

still.

we were lucky to get this picture on condition that we bought her bananas…no hesitation there!

                           glazed with a gait of earned grace

                   sun’s rays found abode in her skin - glistening

                             uncovering grounds [treasures],

              untold eyes tell of a torn past; albeit a stride to conquer.

                                                                              - coruscate. 

Photography/Creative Direction: Manny Jefferson

Styling: Vane Karolle

Model: Ifeoma Nwobu

The Slumflower, by Manny Jefferson.

She didn’t run for election; she was appointed, without her knowledge, while she was living and working in a completely different part of the country. She just received a call one day telling her to come back to her childhood home, because she was in charge now.

So she did; and when she arrived, she discovered widespread sexual abuse of children. She browbeat 50 uncooperative local leaders into accepting her decision to annul all the marriages. She then fired four of them when they continued to allow children to be married off in their areas. She still faces widespread opposition from parents who consider it their right to sexually abuse their daughters if they want to; but Kachindamoto very evidently does not give a fuck, and is continuing to use political and legal means to protect children in the region.