PLP Newsletter #1 (April 2021)

The PLP newsletter is a quarterly online publication from the Photography Legacy Project. The PLP is a a digital platform for African photography and archives. Our newsletter is a forum to share our news and projects as well as encourage ideas and thoughts about the African photography and archives.

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Mandela boxing – End of Round One. (Photograph: BAHA)

Mandela boxing – End of Round One. (Photograph: Bob Gosani / BAHA)

24th Mar 2021
BAHA Shares its Light on History
Mandela boxing – End of Round One. (Photograph: BAHA) Bailey’s African History Archive (BAHA), which houses the largest historical photographic archives of Drum magazine and Golden City Post, has joined the Photography Legacy Project…
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24th Mar 2021
Contemporary African photographer & artist: Syowia Kyambi profile
Rose’s Relocation Series, Syowia Kyambi  Syowia Kyambi is a contemporary award-winning Kenyan artist who uses photography and the archive as two key aspects of her practice to explore her country,…
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24th Mar 2021
Insights from the Archive: The Last Photograph of Martin Luther King – A South African Connection
Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King, Memphis, 1968 Photo Joseph Louw (Getty Images) The last photograph of the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis, 4 April 1968…
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23rd Mar 2021
No Way Back – Reflections on the Future of the African Archive by Jurg Schneider and Paul Weinberg in the journal History in Africa.
Authors and archivists Jurg Schneider and Paul Weinberg tackle the heady issue of African archives in a digital age. The authors argue that while digitization has “evolved seismically” since the…
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28th Mar 2021
David Goldblatt Ex-Offenders at the Scene of Crime
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23rd Mar 2021
UK based organisation Hundred Heroines has nominated Gisele Wulfsohn heroine of the week:
by Hannah Ahmed all images © Gisele Wulfsohn/Panos Pictures The 13th International AIDS conference. Delegates and protesters on a ‘Global march for access to HIV/AIDS treatment’ from City Hall to…
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23rd Mar 2021
Zanele Muholi curates the latest exhibition of David Goldblatt’s archive in New York
The late South African photographer’s close friend and mentee explores Golblatt’s “living memory” in a new show at Pace Gallery by Sean O’Toole David Goldblatt’s red-roofed bungalow in the Johannesburg…
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17th Mar 2021
[BR]OTHER by Alon Skuy and James Oatway
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Women and Photography in Africa: Creative Practices and Feminist Challenges
Women and Photography in Africa: Creative Practices and Feminist Challenges Kylie Thomas writes about the book she edited together with Darren Newbury and Lorena Rizzo.   Women and Photography in…
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Events
African Photography Network is an online resource for African photography. By uniting and showcasing photographers it seeks to raise awareness of what is happening in the field of photography in…
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