Paul Strand, Anna Attinga Frafra, Accra, Ghana, 1964

Shamans using sites like Facebook for black magic, says Malaysian official

A communications officer with a government ministry has reportedly warned people against posting pictures of themselves on social media, lest they be used in black magic rituals.

Lagos Photo Festival 5th Edition ‘Staging Reality, Documenting Fiction’ October 25 - November 26, 2014

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Interview with Ladypoints

#FilmmakerFriday | Frances Bodomo

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Tell us about a project you’re currently working.

I’m currently working on my first feature film, based on my short film Afronauts (which premiered at Sundance and the Berlinale in 2014). It’s about a group of Zambians who, in the 1960s, attempted to make it to the moon in spite of their lack of access to the cutting-edge technology of the time.

I’m really proud of the short film because it’s the film that taught me artistic perseverance. It was really hard on my collaborators and myself to create a hot summer desert on a cold beach in New Jersey! We walked away from the shoot with barely enough to stitch a film together. Editing took months & included a lot of pensive breaks. My editor, the uber-talented Sara Shaw, and I went down many crazy paths to come to the one we picture-locked on. We were so sure and so unsure. We sent it out into the world knowing we had stuck to our guns, but not knowing what it would be in the eyes of others. It’s been an exhilarating, surprising ride ever since.

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Fitting of my F.A.T.E larp outfit 2# for Henry-Pierre 

I would like to leave behind me the conviction that if we maintain a certain amount of caution and organization we deserve victory. You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future. It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.

Thomas Sankara, 1985 (via thefutureweird)

P A R E N T S ’   T O U C H

Stills from: Boneshaker (2013), Afronauts (2014), Toughlove (unreleased) (all directed by Frances Bodomo & shot by Joshua James Richards)

Brand: Ikiré Jones

Designer: Wale Oyejide

The Untold Renaissance - S/S 2014 Collection

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soulevements : octobre 2016, les étudiants sud-africains protestent pour la seconde année consécutive contre l'augmentation des frais de scolarité.

All photos by Ihsaan Haffejee

Slow skate, Francois Knoetze, Afrique du Sud.