Photo Essay: Our Community
Thursday, 12 December 2024
Over the years in our 40-year history, our photographers have captured the joy that meeting men, women and children across Africa have brought. They share some of their best images in this commemorative photo essay.
- Published in Africa
A life inspired by Africa
Thursday, 03 October 2024
“Potatoes! Potatoes!” came the cry up the stairwell of the six-story apartment block in Maputo. It was the early 1980s and Mozambique was in the midst of civil war – and a famine.
Photo Essay: Pan-African Women’s Day
Monday, 22 July 2024
Today, we celebrate Pan-African Women’s Day which, according to the African Union, is “a day to celebrate and acknowledge the Foremothers of Africa who gallantly fought for the liberation and development of this continent”. It is a day dedicated to recognising the vital role women play in achieving the continent’s inclusive growth and sustainable development goals.
- Published in Africa, Economic Empowerment
Photo Essay: Women of Africa
Thursday, 13 July 2023
ForAfrika’s chief photographer, Sulette Theron reflects on her journeys around the continent and the women she has met along the way:
- Published in Africa, Economic Empowerment
Photo Essay: Faces that tell stories
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
“I am one of the privileged ones who get to travel across our beautiful continent of Africa. I count myself incredibly lucky to see its beauty. The scenic landscapes — from lush green forests and plains to deserts — are all so visually inspiring. But, I can promise you from first-hand experience, it is the
- Published in Africa
Love ForAfrika
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Love is: having a little sister to hug In very tough and often heartbreaking contexts, love and compassion for our fellow human beings is what keeps us going. Love is also what allows mothers to walk vast distances to find treatment at a malnutrition clinic or fathers to search for a better source of water,
- Published in Africa
With the same heart and a bigger mission, JAM is now ForAfrika
Monday, 11 April 2022
- Published in Africa