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Book SynopsisA photographic journey by one of the 20th century's great photographers through eight African countries on the cusp of independence post World War II.
Trade Review'Extraordinary' - Guardian
'A fascinating photographic journey by one of the twentieth century’s great photographers' - Creative Boom
'Remarkable' - The Eye of Photography
'A gem of a book. It is a stunning collection of never-before seen photographs, beautifully produced and sensitively contextualized' - The Article
'Intriguing' - World of Interiors
'Captivating' - Amateur Photographer
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Aimée Bessire and Erin Hyde Nolan
'Lost and Found: Rediscovering Todd Webb’s Photographs of Africa', Betsy Evans Hunt
'Todd Webb’s African Itinerary: Historical Synopsis of the African Countries Visited by Todd Webb in 1958', Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers
TOGOLAND (TOGO) Plate Section: Togo A Snapshot of the Togoland (Togo) Election, 1958, Aimée Bessire
The Myth of Africa, Aimée Bessire
Eyewitnesses to History: African Photographers in Togo and Ghana (1880–1960), Christraud M. Geary
GHANA Plate Section: Ghana James Barnor on Photography in Ghana in the 1950s, James Barnor in conversation with Aimée Bessire
Seeing in Color: Todd Webb’s Color Photography and the United Nations Commission, Aimée Bessire
SUDAN Plate Section: Sudan Land/scaping: Todd Webb’s Representations of the Changing Topography of Africa, Erin Hyde Nolan
SOMALILAND (SOMALIA) Plate Section: Somalia Todd Webb’s Excursions into Somalia, Ali Jimale Ahmed
FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AND NYASALAND (Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) Plate Section: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Yesterday Today Tomorrow Bush—Shooting in the Federation, Gary van Wyk
Of Color: Todd Webb’s Images of Africa in the American Civil Rights Era, Casey Riley
TANGANYIKA, ZANZIBAR (Tanzania) AND KENYA (TANZANIA AND KENYA) Plate Section: Tanganikya, Zanzibar, and Kenya
Listening to Todd Webb’s Images of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Rehema Chachage
Mileage from Here: Nine Narratives, Emmanuel Iduma
Endnotes • United Nations Images with Captions • United Nations Brochure • Bibliography • Author Biographies
