African photographers exhibit at the New York’s Africa Centre

Heba Khalifa, Headache, 2016, from the series Homemade.

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A dozen African artists are using photography to project colonialism, migration and evolving African identities at the Africa Centre in New York.

The “Points of Resonance: Contemporary Photography in Africa,” exhibition features 23 photographs replete with historical contexts and challenges across Africa and its diaspora.

The works reflect cultural transformations occurring within African and Afro-descended communities and the artists transcend geographical boundaries, presenting new African narratives to global audiences.

The featured artists are Ibrahim Ahmed, Sammy Baloji, Fatoumata Diabaté, Nelly El Sharkawy, Maheder Haileselassie, Heba Khalifa, Seif Kousmate, Lebohang Kganye, Safaa Mazirh, Hashim Nasr, Nobukho Nqaba, and Dawit L Petros.

Dawit L Petros, Untitled (Epilogue IV) Nefasit, Eritrea, 2020, from the series Spazio Disponibile.

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Points of Resonance is curated by Cairo-based founders of Tintera gallery, Heba Farid and Zein Khalifa, alongside independent curator, Sarah Sarofim.

The exhibition is presented at the Africa Centre in partnership with Afreximbank, under the Afreximbank Art Programme.

Their aim is to raise the profile of contemporary and historical photography through curated exhibitions, events and research projects.

Hashim Nasr, Ecstasy of Joy, 2022, from the series A Leap into A Dream.

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The Africa Centre is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, multidisciplinary institution, which provides a gateway for engagement with contemporary Africa.