ABOUT THE Photos

Chinua Achebe

Niger River, Mali
Photo by Elliot Fratkin

Cotonou, Benin

Kwame Nkrumah

Youth, Bamako Mali
Photo by Elliot Fratkin

Bambara Weaver, Mali
Photo by Elliot Fratkin

Nawal El Sadawi

Playing Mankala game in hewn rock, Mali
Photo by Elliot Fratkin

Saint-Louis Bridge, Senegal
Photo by Caroline Melly

Bambara elder, Mali
Photo by Elliot Fratkin

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Dogon dancers, Mali
Photo by Elliot Fratkin

Nelson Mandela

South African tin shack village near Johannesburg.

Youth, Bamako Mali
Photo by Elliot Fratkin

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania