Podcast on African photography

Candace Keller (Michigan State Univ., Art and Art History) shares her research on West African photographers, cultural histories, identities and aesthetics from the 1940s up to the present. Dr. Keller describes and explains the rich and varied photographic scene in Mali, its historcal roots, aesthetic,  and technological components. She then discusses leading photographers such as Malick Sidibe and Seydou Keita, and examines recent global expressions of this fine art.

Episode 37 of Africa Past and Present—the podcast about African history,culture, and politics—is now available at: http://afripod.aodl.org

Africa Past and Present is hosted by Michigan State University historians Peter Alegi and Peter Limb. It is produced by Matrix—the Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online (http://matrix.msu.edu)