What is the problem with photography of Africa?

Africa has long been irresistible to art photographers. The problem is that these photographs have, until recently, been taken by non-African photographers. Through their lenses, we have seen the continent’s beauty and its rawness, the savannahs and the cities — but rarely have we seen this through the eyes of those who actually call Africa home.

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