Closing the Year at Unpublished Africa

As we come to the end of the year, we want to thank everyone who has been part of Unpublished Africa in 2025. Your time, ideas, and trust have shaped the work we do and the spaces we hold.

This is our final opportunities list for the year. It brings together the last open calls and resources, and marks a pause before we close out 2025. Our final newsletter of the year will follow before the end of the week.

Thank you for continuing to build this ecosystem with us. We look forward to the work ahead in the new year.

Welcome to African Visual Storyteller! Your weekly guide to African photographers, exhibitions, and creative opportunities. This week, we’re joined by 48 new readers — Welcome to the Unpublished Africa community!

African Visual Storyteller of the Week

Representation group photography Exhibition Is Still Open

The Unpublished Africa Photo Week exhibition, Representation, is still open. If you haven’t had the chance to view it yet, you can follow the link below.

Link: https://www.unpublished.africa/representation-exhibition

Share Your Photo Walk Images With Us

Did you attend an Unpublished Africa Photo Week? We invite you to submit your work to our Photo Walk Archive. You can also create a profile for viewers to follow you on your main platforms too!

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unpublished.africa/

We appreciate everyone who took part in or supported our Photo Walks this year! Your contributions help grow the archive, and we look forward to reviewing new submissions.

Other Opportunities:

• Entertainment Week Ghana ( Entertainment Week Ghana ) - deadline: 21 December

• Social Media & Community Engagement Specialist- Goodwork ( Goodwork )- deadline: 23 December

• Volunteers Needed ( Sekoya East Africa ) - deadline: 31 December

• American Black Film Festival ( American Black Film Festival ) - deadline: 31 December

• Black Artists Grant 2025 ( Commonwealth Foundation ) - deadline: 31 December

• Megacities Shortdoc ( MegaCities-ShortDocs Citizen Short-Film Festival ) - deadline: 18 January

• Canon Student Development Programme ( Canon EMEA ) - deadline: 7 March

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

• Pulitzer Center Grant ( Pulitzer Center ) - rolling deadline

• Call For Global Collaborators ( Young Leaders For Arts and Health ) - rolling deadline

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