African Perspectives in Focus

Welcome to African Visual Storyteller! Your weekly guide to African photographers, exhibitions, and creative opportunities.

This space exists to support visibility, connection, and real pathways for African creatives. Thank you for being part of our growing ecosystem.

African Visual Storyteller of the Week #55

Our featured storyteller this week is Irene Naneu 🇰🇪

HOW WE LEAD: Photography Exhibition

Through street and architectural photography, the exhibition reflects on how African creatives are increasingly shaping how the continent is seen, understood, and remembered in the digital age.

Leadership within this exhibition is not approached through formal titles or institutional positions alone. Instead, the works consider leadership as participation; who documents, who speaks, who creates, who preserves memory, and who contributes to shaping public understanding within their communities and cities.

Through digital platforms and accessible technologies, creatives are no longer only responding to narratives produced elsewhere, but are actively participating in shaping how African societies represent themselves to one another and to the wider world.

Thank You For Being Part Of Our Lusaka Community 🇿🇲

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the walk. It is always great to welcome back familiar faces and to meet photographers experiencing the space for the first time. We hope the session gave you the opportunity to connect with others, explore new perspectives, and create work that continues to grow your practice.

We truly appreciate everyone who came through and contributed to the atmosphere and energy of the day. We are excited to see the images and stories that came out of the experience, and we look forward to having you with us again at the next walk.

Thank You For Signing Up For Ce Que Goma Porte En Moi 🇨🇩

Français 🇨🇩

Merci à toutes les personnes qui se sont inscrites pour faire partie de Ce que Goma porte en moi. Nous apprécions profondément votre intérêt, votre confiance et votre volonté de partager cet espace avec nous.

Nous avons hâte de vous retrouver le 30 mai aux côtés de Huru Kama Sanaa pour cette rencontre intime autour de l’image, de la mémoire et de l’expérience de Goma.

À très bientôt.

English 🇨🇩

Thank you to everyone who signed up to be part of Ce que Goma porte en moi. We truly appreciate your interest, trust, and willingness to share this space with us.

We look forward to gathering with you on 30 May alongside Huru Kama Sanaa for this intimate encounter centered around image-making, memory, and the experience of Goma.

See you soon.

Unpublished Africa Photo Week 2026

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the Unpublished Africa community so far. Whether you attended a walk, hosted a session, volunteered, partnered with us, or shared your work, we appreciate your support and contribution to what this platform has become.

As we prepare for the 4th edition of Unpublished Africa Photo Week, we are looking to expand where and how the programme shows up.

We would like to know which cities you think we should be working in.

If there are creative organisations, collectives, or communities in your city that we should be connected to, please share them with us. If you are in a position to make an introduction, we would value that as well.

Submit to the Photo Walk Archive

Were you part of an Unpublished Africa Photo Walk? We’d love to see what you captured! Upload your photos to the Photo Walk Archive and help us document the journey.

Upload here: https://photowalk.unpublished.africa/

Other Opportunities:

• Illuminating Climate Solutions Grant 2026 ( National Geographic ) - deadline: 25 May

• Ripples Center for Data and Investigative Journalism Africa Fund ( RCDIJ ) - deadline: 26 May

• Canon Video Grant – Short Film Documentary 2026 ( Visa pour l'Image - Perpignan ) - deadline: 27 May

• 2026 Art4Change Storytelling Fellowship ( Africa-Europe Innovation Platform ) - deadline: 29 May

• Festival International de Cinéma de Kinshasa ( FilmFreeway ) - 08 June

• Call for Proposals ( EUNIC - EU National Institutes for Culture ) - 21 June

• FESPACO 2027 – Call for Films ( FESPACO ) - deadline: 20 September

• Call for Applications ( International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) ) - rolling deadline

• Minority Africa Call for Storytellers ( Minority Africa ) - rolling deadline

• Pulitzer Center Grant ( Pulitzer Center ) - rolling deadline

Help Us Improve What We’re Building

If you’ve joined an Unpublished Africa photo walk, exhibition, programme, or conversation, we’d really appreciate a quick Google rating and review.

It takes a few minutes, and it goes a long way in helping us build better infrastructure for African creatives.

👉 Leave a review here: https://g.page/r/CYo40kkDN_4UEBM/review

Thank you for being part of the journey and for helping shape what comes next.

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Thank you for continuing to build with us.

More conversations, walks, and opportunities ahead.

— Unpublished Africa