SOULS, GHOSTS, DEITES
Sackitey Tesa Mate-Kodjo is a photographer from Ghana. His mother worked as a costume designer and stylist; he was always interested in fashion and artisanship as tools for crafting personal tales and images. He draws inspiration from everyday life, universal experiences, and symbols from different cultures.
https://www.sackiteytesamatekodjo.com/
IG: @sackiteytesa
Margaret Ngigi is a Kenyan visual artist, photographer and cineaste. Her art functions as a personal diary focused on issues connected to changes and challenges accompanying the transition from puberty to adulthood and from girlhood to womanhood; she strives to capture many aspects of this journey, including emotions and experiences defining us as individuals. The works of Margaret Ngigi were exhibited in international art fairs, i.a., Photo Basel or Photo London, and in individual exhibitions, i.a., Murky Waters (2020) organised in London. In 2020, she was nominated for the Photo London Emerging Photographer of the Year award, and, in 2022, she was awarded first prize in the East African Photography Award competition.
IG: @sherie_margaret_ngigi
Koffi Djifa Seble is an artist and photographer from Togo. He focuses on immortalising the beauty and complexity of traditional rituals and rites of passage in his artistic endeavours. He often utilises the technique of repeated exposure and overlapping of photos, thus striving to capture traditional scenes from many points of view. His works were exhibited in exhibitions in Togo and abroad, like Festival Tchalé Lékémah, Festishoot3, or Phot’Art in Benin. Koffi Seble curated the „Miabé Dékonou” event, which promoted African cultural identity through traditional photography.
IG: @koffi_seble