A Useful Dream: African Photography 1960-2010. Edited and with an introduction by Simon Njami. Text by Frank Vanhaecke. Silvana Editoriale, 2010. 192 pp., 250 colour illustrations, 9½x11¼".
'A Useful Dream: African Photography 1960-2010' was published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name. Description:
"Photography has proved a particularly essential art in the African continent's postcolonial era, both for recording the numerous seismic moments in its recent history, and for reclaiming the imagery of Africa from its colonial portrayers.
As Africa has begun to step beyond its colonial subjugation, photography has also assumed a leading role in providing African countries with individual identities.
Tracking the blossoming of postcolonial photography in Africa from 1960 to the present, and accompanying an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, 'A Useful Dream: African Photography 1960-2010' celebrates 50 years of African photography.
Among the 34 photographers gathered in its pages are Rui Assubuji, Nabil Boutros, Loulou Cherinet, James Depara, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Bob Gosani, Pierrot Men, Zwelethu Mtethwa, Eileen Perrier, Ricardo Rangel, Malick Sidibé and Patrice-Félix Tchikaya."
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