Ambivalent rethinks photography in Africa as a deeply historical, political, and cultural practice. Bringing together a new generation of Africa-based scholars, the book challenges traditional categories of visibility and photographic analysis. Through case studies ranging from identity photography in South Africa to visual activism in West Africa, the contributors reveal photography’s hidden labour and its intersections with orality, ritual, psychoanalysis, and politics. Ambivalent offers a fresh, decolonial perspective on how photography shapes, and is shaped by African histories and futures.
ISBN Number: 9781431431366
Year of publication: 2021
Publisher: Jacana Media
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