Out of Africa
Beautiful, Young, Eritrean Lady
The people of Eritrea come from nine different tribes and each tribe is different from the other in terms of language, music, clothes, food, customs and culture.
This lady is from the Kunama ethnic group indigenous to Eritrea, a Nilo-Saharan ethnic community living between the Gash and Setit (Mareb) rivers in Southwestern Eritrea. (Collection: Oct 2000).
Eritrea
Africa Research Project
I begin research on my Africa Development Project in Sep 2000, first stop Eritrea. It would culmaniate in 2003 at the University of South Africa after time spent in nine African nations. I would periodically return to Cape Town, SA over several years.
Italian Presence in Africa
The photographic image is considered here as a primary element of a specific historical and cultural moment in view of the fact that it had a growing diffusion as a means of communication at the time of the “first Italian African war”, when it was already becoming a “mass” medium.
Eritrea Photo Collection
The photographic image is considered here as a primary element of a specific historical and cultural moment in view of the fact that it had a growing diffusion as a means of communication at the time of the “first Italian African war”, when it was already becoming a “mass” medium.