Jorrit R Dijkstra, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/jorritdijkstra/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 03 Jun 2016 12:48:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jorrit R Dijkstra, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/jorritdijkstra/ 32 32 67616479 Can fashion spark progress? A photographer’s journey in search of the International Festival of African Fashion in Niger https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/can-fashion-spark-progress-a-photographers-journey-in-search-of-the-international-festival-of-african-fashion-in-niger/ https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/can-fashion-spark-progress-a-photographers-journey-in-search-of-the-international-festival-of-african-fashion-in-niger/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2016 12:48:06 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=19365 Chances are you know about the Paris or Milan Fashion Week, but did you know about the International Festival of African Fashion in Niger? Spanish photographer Héctor Mediavilla went to Niger to explore what fashion means for people in one of the least developed countries in the world.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/unstructured-images-of-south-africa/feed/ 0 8028 Teresa Meka: Capturing the change https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/teresa-meka-capturing-the-change/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/teresa-meka-capturing-the-change/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:41:35 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//lifestyle/?p=7179 African photography is on the rise. Following decades of photographic misrepresentation by observers from outside the continent, African photographers are now showing the world what they see through their lenses. This Is Africa spotlights Ghanaian photographer Teresa Meka

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