Bamako’s 1998 photography biennial brings Ghana and North Africa into focus

THE STORY, IN BRIEF

Daniel Kondor reports on the third Bamako photography encounters, where Ghana received special attention and North African participants joined for the first time. Studio portraiture, initiation rituals and images of postwar Mozambique offered competing accounts of contemporary African life, while discussions exposed photographers’ uneven access to digital technology.

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