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EP07: “Our subalterns have not sold out; our youngsters have not sold out”. Nkata with Shahidul Alam

July 4, 2020 Host 01:39:11 0 Comments

Shahidul Alam (b.1955) is a Bangladeshi photojournalist, teacher and social activist. He has been a photographer for more than 40 years. His life and work can invariably be summarised as a service to society, culture and humanity. While in Dhaka in February 2020, Emeka Okereke visited Alam at his home – same apartment from which he was arrested and thrown in jail in 2018. This episode is the result of their extensive conversation about his life and work – his childhood, parents, family and dedication to social justice in Bangladesh.

EP06: Mama Margeret of Afroshop Tropical Markt – 25 Years of Making Life Matter in Berlin.

June 4, 2020 Host 00:34:07 0 Comments

For 25 years, Madam Margaret Opambour-Adjei has run the Afroshop Tropical Markt, in Neukölln Berlin, where she sells foodstuffs, cosmetics and fabrics mainly from West Africa. Originally from Ghana, she migrated to Germany in 1988. In this episode, Emeka Okereke visited her shop during which they discussed various aspect of the movement of African food…

EP05: Dalit, A Quest For Dignity – Relating Image-Making to World-Making Through a Photo Book

May 24, 2020 Host 00:44:50 0 Comments

In this Episode, Emeka Okereke (Berlin) connects, through a phone conversation, with Diwas Raja (Kathmandu) – writer, scholar and Lead Researcher at the Nepal Picture Library. Their discussion expands on the intentions and the operative premise of the photography book, “Dalit, A Quest For Dignity” of which Diwas is the editor. The book, which is…

“Not only are we ahead of time, we are classic” with Nontsikelelo Veleko

March 18, 2020 Host 01:33:22 0 Comments

Nontsikelelo Veleko (b. 1977) is a South African photographer most notably recognised for her depiction of black identity, urbanisation and fashion in post-apartheid South Africa. Veleko studied photography at the Market Theatre Photo Workshop(1999–2004). In 2006, her photographs were part of the group exhibition, Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography, at the International…

EP01: “I wonder as I wander” with Akinbode Akinbiyi

April 1, 2019 Host 01:33:44 2 Comments

In this debut episode of NKATA, Emeka Okereke is in conversation with Akinbode Akinbiyi. Akinbiyi (b.1946) is a Berlin-based Nigerian photographer, writer, curator and educator who has been working in the art world/ creative field for over four decades. This conversation touches on several aspects of his life and practice beginning with moments and events…

EP07: “Our subalterns have not sold out; our youngsters have not sold out”. Nkata with Shahidul Alam

EP06: Mama Margeret of Afroshop Tropical Markt – 25 Years of Making Life Matter in Berlin.

EP05: Dalit, A Quest For Dignity – Relating Image-Making to World-Making Through a Photo Book

“Not only are we ahead of time, we are classic” with Nontsikelelo Veleko

EP01: “I wonder as I wander” with Akinbode Akinbiyi

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