Since the late 20th century, postcolonial Africa has faced various crises, from political and economic instability to public health and environmental emergencies, to inter-tribal conflicts. Throughout, the camera has remained a constant spectator, participant, and collaborator. With the advent of new media, the camera has become ubiquitous; Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in private and public buildings, body cameras worn by the police, and in the hands of journalists, participants, or bystanders. The camera presents multiple narratives and counternarratives, sometimes corroborating or challenging the carefully curated reports offered to the public by governments. Through a combination of anecdotal evidence, case studies, and imagery,
Camera in Times of Crisis thoroughly investigates how the camera has participated in crises across the continent. Edited by communication experts Kehinde Christopher Adewumi, Folasayo Enoch Olalere, Gambo Giles Duniya, this timely work is reinforced by each academics' unique expertise, covering the practical, historical, and artistic aspects of visual media in crisis.
Camera in Times of Crisis is an essential read for academics and general educated readers alike, discussing the ability of the camera as a tool to document historical events; to verify and legitimise narratives; to represent the other; and act as a beacon of hope, aid, and change.
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Kehinde Christopher Adewumi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He is also the Curator-in-Chief and Co-founder of NowExpressions, a Curatorial Collective.
Folasayo Enoch Olalere is a Lecturer in Design at the Open University, UK, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa.
Gambo Giles Duniya is a Professor of Art History and Criticism at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
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Durban University of Technology, South Africa
The Open University, UK
Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
Chapter 1. The Construction and Interrogation of Visual Narratives through the Camera in Times of Crisis: An Introduction; Gambo Giles Duniya
Part I. Visual Narratives of Crises
Chapter 2. Visualised Liminality: Images of an Empty African City; Hein Grove and Selma Schiller
Chapter 3. Nigeria's 2023 Currency Redesign Crisis: Evidential Photos and Comments; Chukwuemeka Nwigwe
Chapter 4. The Role of the Camera in the (In)Validation of Narratives on Africa's Crises; Terkura Matthew Kunde
Part II. Representation and Agency
Chapter 5. Dichotomy of the Camera as a Tool for Representation and Agency in Times of Crises; Folasayo Enoch Olalere
Chapter 6. Visualising Border Experiences through Participatory Filmmaking at the Moroccan-Spanish Border; Rhea M. Dehn Tutosaus
Chapter 7. 'He Who Pays the Piper': Questioning Crises Framings and Visualities; Kehinde Christopher Adewumi and Samuila Rabo Ezra
Chapter 8. The Endometriosis Experience: Narratives of Personal Crisis Utilising the Camera as a Tool of Validation; Micaela Scholtz
Part III. Activism and Advocacy
Chapter 9. Counting the Cost: Visual Activism and Advocacy in Times of Crisis in Africa; Kehinde Christopher Adewumi
Chapter 10. Protest Photography: #Endsars Movement in Nigeria; Chike Chinazom Obeagu and Blaise Gundu Gbaden
Chapter 11. Visual Crisis: A Thematic Analysis of Selected Protest Images; Adiwu Talatu Onkala and Abdulkadir Aliyu Yakubu
Chapter 12. Communicating Peace in Benin City, Nigeria through the Lens of the Camera; Daniel Eromosere Omoruan, Sam Erevbenagie Usadolo, and Tanya Van Der Walt
