Seven striking images by Africa's new creative wave
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Seven striking images by Africa's new creative wave

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Seven striking images by Africa's new creative wave Prince Gyasi With the art of the continent and its diaspora increasingly in the spotlight, an exciting new cohort of Gen-Z and young Millennial image-makers is emerging. "I got to know Ismail's works around 2016 to 2017," Hajjaj says. she says, explaining that each piece in her CAMO series addresses "different aspects of beauty culture in Kenya that I believe has strongly influenced how we identify ourselves as women." "If I had to describe my work, it would be that it's me as a person – a literal translation," he says. Fatima Zohra Serri Fatima Zohra Serri's work explores her own experiences of being a woman in Morocco – shown here, We Run This Mother 5 Fatima Zohra Serri Fatima Zohra Serri grew up in a strict environment in Nadar, a northern coastal city in Morocco, and began dabbling in photography "out of sheer curiosity" in 2016.

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