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The Gambia: Government White Paper is out. Ex-Gambia President Jammeh will be prosecuted.

The Gambia: Government White Paper is out-victims of ex-president, Yahya Jammeh, gather for a peaceful protest, holding banners with photos of family members killed under Jammeh's regime. Image © Jason Florio

BBC World News – 26th May, 2022 “I believe justice will be done…it was welcoming news to hear that ex-president, Yahya Jammeh, will finally be prosecuted” Ayeshah Harun Jammeh – Gambia Victims Centre Talking to the BBC about the release of The Gambia government’s white paper. Ayeshah, one of many victims of the former 22-yearContinue reading “The Gambia: Government White Paper is out. Ex-Gambia President Jammeh will be prosecuted.”

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#GambiaDoors: The (un)mundane – doors & storefronts by Helen Jones-Florio

#GambiaDoors - a brightly coloured curtain blows in the doorway of a local bar, a Becks beer sign above the door, painted red with Coca Cola written on the wall, Banjul, The Gambia ©Helen Jones-Florio

#GambiaDoors: The (un)mundane – doors & storefronts by Helen Jones-Florio. Photography prints

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CAP-Prize 2020 & 2021 Winners Exhibition, Zurich – March-June, 2022

In this large-format open-air exhibition in Rieterpark, nine photographic series awarded the CAP Prize – the international prize for contemporary African photography – can be explored for the first time in Zurich. CAP-PRIZE Since 2012, the CAP Prize has been aimed at photographers whose work was taken on the African continent or deals with anContinue reading “CAP-Prize 2020 & 2021 Winners Exhibition, Zurich – March-June, 2022”

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#GambiaDoors – the (un)mundane doors and storefronts of The Gambia, West Africa.

#GambiaDoors: Doors and Storefronts of The Gambia, West Africa - barber shop storefront showing hand-painted hairstyles. Image © Helen Jones-Florio

#GambiaDoors – the (un)mundane doors and storefronts of The Gambia, West Africa. I have been working on this particular series – ‘Gambia Doors’ – for many years. Vividly coloured, often unintentionally quirky, doors and storefronts from the small West African country never fail to captivate me. Helen Jones-Florio.