Another Africa - Hardcover

Achebe, Chinua

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385490380 ISBN 13: 9780385490382

Publisher: Anchor Books, 1998

Synopsis

An album of ninety photographs of life in contemporary South Africa includes poems about the issues Africa faces today

About this title

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 tha

From the Inside Flap:

r 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 a

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0385490380
• ISBN 13: 9780385490382
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 124