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Photography and Africa by Erin Haney London: Reaktion Books, 2010. 200 pp., 76 color plates, 26 b/w, references, select bibliography, index. $29.95, paper. While introducing her book Photography and Africa, [...]

The article offers information on the work of the African photographer Alphonso Lisk-Carew, who was born in 1883. Particular focus is given to his depictions of life in Sierra Leone in his art. Additional topics discussed include the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, his work creating picture postcards and the late colonial period in Sierra Leone. Details relating to Lisk-Carew's artistic techniques are also offered, as are details relating to social and political conditions in Sierra Leone during Lisk-Carew's lifetime.