Another Africa - Hardcover

Achebe, Chinua; Lyons, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0853317291 ISBN 13: 9780853317296

Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1998

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In Another Africa, renowned photographer Rob ert Lyons and internationally acclaimed author Chinua Achebe have joined together to explore the real Africa behind the stereotypes commonly held by Westerners. '

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Another Africa is a book that fuses photographs, poetry, and text to create a view of present-day Africa that moves beyond the stereotypes commonly held by most westerners: an open-air ethnographic museum, a continent in constant turmoil, a vast expanse of beautiful sand dunes and tropical savannas where herds of wildlife roam. This work peels away myths to explore the complexity, diversity, and human dimensions of a place called Africa--one that celebrates the commonplace and exotic simultaneously. The photographs are highly subjective, a personal investigation that reflects the sensibilities, formal concerns, and the ongoing engagement of the photographer in this part of the world.

With the brilliant Chinua Achebe--a Nigerian--contributing his poems and an essay, the book takes on a further and critical dimension. He presents a concise view of Africa today, including the individual and political issues facing its countries. He deals with Africa on its own terms--from within, not from an outsider's perspective.

About the Author:

Robert Lyons's photographs have been exhibited widely in the United States, and his work is represented in a number of permanent collections, including those of the Polaroid Corporation and the Addison Gallery of American Art. His other books are Gentlemen Photographers: The Work of Loring Underwood and William Wyman Underwood; Out of the Fire: Contemporary Glass Artists and Their Work; and Egyptian Time (with Naguib Mahfouz). He lives in Seattle, Washington. Chinua Achebe is a world-renowned author. He has published novels, short stories, essays, and children's books. His twentieth-century masterpiece, the novel Things Fall Apart (Anchor Books), has more than 8 million copies in print worldwide, in fifty different languages. He lives in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

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