29 January 2023
Nigeria: Portraits of people standing amidst their inundated homes in Bayelsa state (south) by photographer Gideon Mendel. According to UN agency OCHA, flooding has affected over 3 million in Nigeria, over 600 lost their lives, 1.5 million were forced from their homes. The exhibition is on at London’s Soho Photography Quarter until May 2023.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64416131
28 January 2023
Somalia/Music: A BBC article by journalist Ismail Einashe about the richness of Somali musical culture, from the 1940s to the present day.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64414472