Not a lot of people know Eritrea. Firstly, Eritrea is a mountainous country with some spectacular roads. Secondly, it has a rich cycling tradition that is undiscovered. However, every month as many as 5,000 people leave because of the authoritarian regime known for human rights violations. There are no mobile Continue Reading
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The Importance of Capturing Memory and Photographing Everything About Your Personal Experiences: By Justin Mitchell
While travel will always be the preferred way to delve into a new culture, photography is another passport to people doing nothing but living. Photography serves our love for discovering new cultures which commonly precedes our desire to travel. The stimulating fascination with other people, their living conditions, neighbourhoods and Continue Reading
What Everyday Life means, and The Challenges of Photo Documentary: By Kigozi Alvin
What is Documentary photography if not a broad form of fine art photography that can be fleshed out in diverse ways. It is closely related to street photography and photojournalism, but not really. One is focused on shedding light on a compound social issue and the other doesn’t. Let’s say Continue Reading
Introduction to Identity During The Pandemic
Identity During the Pandemic is an upcoming anthology of African stories that introduces new works by new writers you might have enjoyed previously. In it are some of the most versatile and fascinating Ghanaian and Nigerian writers working hard at their little corners to improve their craft. With an intimate Continue Reading
When Communities Get Together – Solving A Water Crisis: Kavita Ndolo
Much of Africa has already warmed by more than 1 °C, being the most reason for the very hot days. The subject of Climate Change is a priority today and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten progressive agriculture to rising sea levels that increase Continue Reading
A Passport to People doing nothing but living: with Pascal Mrema
Photography lets you find yourself and is a passport to people, places and possibilities. Random Photo Journal is fascinated by everyday culture, from how people look to their personalities, individual character traits and, in this interview, we spoke to Pascal Mrema, a street photographer based in Mombasa, Kenya about his Continue Reading
IDENTITY DURING THE PANDEMIC PRINT ANTHOLOGY – CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
THIS CALL IS CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS. We’re what Time makes us. Our decisions are reactions to the perpetual progression of events. Our milieu is our mold, and milieus are a construction of Time and inter-generational reactions. We like to think that we’re taking actions (which are really just reactions to Continue Reading
Nigeria’s #ENDSARS Protests in Pictures: By Ugochukwu Emebiriodo
Just seven days after the celebration of Independence Nigerian creatives take to the street to protest the end of police brutality. The youth, celebrities, and activists have organized mass protests all over the country to peacefully demand an end to police brutality. It is indeed more than coincidence that Fela Continue Reading
Thousands of kilometres of the purest in this world: By Cristóbal Masera Möller
It is pretty hard to revive an adventure in words, so many situations and emotions. These photographs are a short summary of my last trip to Africa wherein less than 3 months we crossed part of southern and east Africa. It was my third time on the continent and it Continue Reading
THROUGH OUR EYES – By Lloyd Kofi Foster
A few years ago, Ghanaian-American photographer Lloyd Kofi Foster, due to personal reasons, set out to traverse and document the daily lives and situations in Africa. During his journey, he stumbled upon one of Africa biggest treasures: its sun-absorbed, companionable children. This interview features a photo series by Lloyd Kofi Continue Reading