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A new exhibit at Li-Space in Beijing\u2019s Caochangdi district aims to refashion the traditional visual impression of Africa \u2013 that of famine, war and poverty \u2013 through images that show a continent of culture, hope, imagination and dreams. \u201cAfrica: See You, See Me!\u201d features the work of 36 African and non-African photographers, including Angele Etoundi Essamba from Cameroon, Moroccan Majida Khattari and Italian Marco Ambrosi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

China, which has a growing business presence in Africa, seemed an important place to display the photographs, said Awam Amkpa, the exhibition\u2019s curator, who described the images in the show as an illustration of \u201chow Africans want to be seen rather than how they are forced to be seen.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Chinese \u201cdon\u2019t know the diversity, the robustness of African culture,\u201d Mr. Amkpa, a Nigerian, said. \u201cI think it is an opportunity for us to show this Africa that is a very modern and diverse continent\u2026. We are not always at war. We are not always starving.\u201d The exhibition is arranged with images from contemporary Africa that lead back in time to works done by early African photographers in the middle of the 20th century. Mr. Amkpa, who is based in New York, said this flow is intended to provide audiences with a glimpse of how far African photography has come since it emerged in the 1950s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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