THE AFRICAN GAZE, photography, cinema and power

287pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, London & New York, 2024

An introduction to African photography and film.

Features selected works by photographers Ernest Cole, Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Daniel Morolong and Malick Sidibé, and filmmakers Ousmane Sembéne, Safi Faye, Med Hondo, Haile Gerima, Souleymane Cissé and Abderrahmane Sissako.

Contributions include:

"The Sovereignty and Poetry of African Photography" by Zoé Samudzi

"The Autonomy and Plurality of African Cinema" by Yasmina Price

and conversations with Samuel Fosso and Souleymane Cissé.

Writer, researcher and collector-archivist Amy Sall is the founding editor of SUNU: Journal of African affairs, critical thought + aesthetics. A part-time lecturer at The New School, she lives in New York.