From the publisher: As Leni Riefenstahl turns 100, TASCHEN celebrates with a tribute to her remarkable Africa oeuvre. When she was in her early sixties, Riefenstahl began voyaging frequently to the African continent, where she has worked on various film and photography projects over the last half century. Her favourite destination was in Sudan, where she lived with and photographed the Nuba tribes people. Her images of the Nuba, as well as of the Dinka, Shilluk, Masai, and other tribes, are gathered in this monumental book. Riefenstahl remembers her experiences in Africa as the happiest moments in her life. Her beautiful, skilled photographs represent a landmark in the extraordinary career of the 20th century's most unforgettable artistic pioneer. All colour illustrations are colour separated and reproduced in Aniva, the finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequalled intensity and colour range. The duotone illustrations are made with Novatone, a special treatment for black and white images that produces exquisite tonal range and density. Includes extensive bibliography and biography section and an interview by Kevin Brownlow." 564pp, GERMANY. TASCHEN.

2005 2004 3822847917 Hardback

Captures the sights of the continent, home to some of the planets most spectacular landscapes and extraordinary biodiversity. 360 colour photos, 408pp, Text in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, GERMANY. TENEUES.

The celebrated American nature photographer Art Wolfe returns to the dramatic vistas and astonishing animal life of the continent he has explored with affection and enthusiasm over many years. With an introduction by naturalist Jane Goodall, five photographic portfolios introduced by the American nature writer Michelle Gilders bring the African savannahs, woodlands, rainforest, wetlands and desert to life. Well illustrated in colour. 240pp. UK. Harvill.

2001 1860469078 Hardback

The immense natural, cultural, and historical wealth of Africa is celebrated in images that are illuminated by informative text. Featuring superb photography of wildlife, beautiful scenery, historical landmarks, ethnic people, and local cultures and ceremonies, this book is a stunning portrayal of Africa in its many and varied guises. 400 col photos. 296pp, UK. NEW HOLLAND.

Sebastiao Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation forged by decades of dedication and powerful black and white images of dispossessed and distressed people, his work most heavily concentrates on Africa, where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. From the Dinka peoples in Sudan and the Himba in Namibia to gorillas and volcanoes in the Great Lakes Region, Salgado shows us all facets of African life today. This book brings together his photos of Africa in three parts. The first concentrates on the southern part of the continent (Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia), the second on the Great Lakes region (Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya), and the third on the Sub-Saharan region (Burkina Faso, Mali, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Mauritania, Senegal, Ethiopia). Text by Mia Couto, who describes how today's Africa reflects the effects of colonization as well as the consequences of economic, social, and environmental crises. 335pp, GERMANY. TASCHEN.

2007 9783822856215 Hardback

Flying hundreds of feet above ground strapped into a motorized paraglider, National Geo-graphic photographer George Steinmetz has spent more than twenty years photographing some of the most remote and spectacular environments around the world. Here, he captures stunning panoramas in more than fourteen countries in Africa, giving intimate views of areas that have rarely ever been photographed. From densely packed urban centres to small, remote villages, from migrating herds of wildebeests and elephants to infinite miles of desert, this is a remarkable celebration of the majesty and splendour of Africa's most breathtaking landscapes. 190 col illus, 192pp, USA. ABRAMS.

A beautifully illustrated portrait of the lifestyles, cultures, arts and ornaments of peoples in the Horn of Africa such as the Hamar, the Surma, the Karo, the Somali, and the Rashaida amongst others. Refs, 320pp, UK. HARVILL,.

1990 1860462928 Hardback

A concise edition exploring traditional African rites and rituals and wondrous ceremonies - baby namings, initiations, weddings, harvest blessings, coronations, exorcisms, funerals and more - pictured with intimacy, knowledge and skill. Foreword by Malidoma Patrice Some. With CD of ceremonial music. Two volume also edition available. 461 photos in full colour, index, bib, maps, 400pp, USA. ABRAMS.

2002 0810934841 Hardback with CD

500 photographs by African photographers and black photographers from the USA, Canada, Brazil, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Indian Ocean. Includes essays and biographies of the artists. 432pp, FRANCE. REVUE NOIR.

1999 2909571491 Hardback

Tillim's earlier photographs documented war-torn Africa and the people whose lives have been shaped by years of conflict and hardship. In this book he focuses on the structures that dot the urban landscape of these troubled countries. The eighty colour images in this book from Angola, Mozambique, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo, reveal modern buildings constructed with illusions of prosperity and peace and then left to decay. This collection tells a story of failure and atrophy, and points to the intersection of present-day societies that were forsaken in the name of progress and the perpetual quest for power. 128pp, GERMANY. PRESTEL.

A collection of erotic photographs with African women as its subject. Text by Calixthe Beyala. 160pp, GERMANY. TASCHEN.

2004 3822832057 Paperback

A lavish collection of wildlife photography looking at the diverse animals living at the heart of the African savannah. Index, 287pp, USA. ABRAMS, 0810945339

Captures the sights of the continent, home to some of the planets most spectacular landscapes and extraordinary biodiversity. 86 colour photos on double-page spreads, 184pp, Text in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, GERMANY. TENEUES PUBLISHING GROUP.

The Walther Collection is a private international art collection dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary photography with special emphasis on the works of African and Asian artists. The inaugural exhibition of the collection opened to the public in June 2010 in the village of Burlafingen near Ulm, Germany. It is a dynamic collection, constantly growing and driven by four core activities: collecting, curating, exhibiting and publishing. Each activity is designed to present the works of the artists and to engage them in dialogue with the general public and the specialized field of contemporary art. The Walther Collection encompasses more than 700 works of widely noted as well as exciting new African, which makes it one of the most comprehensive collections of African photography worldwide. The exhibition aims to integrate the work of three generations of African artists and photographers and a selection of the work of classical German photographers: Seydou Keïta (Mali), Malick Sidibé (Mali), J.D. Okhai Ojeikere (Nigeria), Rotimi Fani-Kayode (Nigeria), Santu Mofokeng (South Africa), as well as August Sander and Bernd and Hilla Becher (Germany). The exhibition centres on the issues of portrai-ture, identity, body, sexuality and performance. In total 230 works of 31 artists from 13 nations, among them South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Benin, Cameroon and Senegal, are presented. 352pp, GERMANY. STEIDL VERLAG.

New mini edition.. Over thirty years Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith have photographed African people as they performed ceremonies, interacted with their families and friends, and worked. This selection of their best work is organised into chapters including the art of seduc-tion, patterns of beauty, capacity to endure, wisdom of age, returning to the ancestors and joy of being. 358pp, USA. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

First comprehensive catalogue to feature the independent work of Dutch photographer and Prix de Rome winner, Viviane Sassen. It includes over fifty recent photographs taken across Africa from Cape Town to Kenya and Zambia that disregard traditional boundaries of genre and tackle the problematic bond between photography, imperialism and the colonial imaginary. Renowned for being a visionary and a creator, editorial artist and fashion photographer, Sassen imbues her portrait of Africa with the lush chromaticity and compositional appeal that secured the impact of her ad campaigns and editorial series created for such brands as Miu Miu, Adidas and Louis Vuitton, and for publications such as iD, Purple, Dazed & Confused and Vogue. 100pp, ITALY. CONTRASTO PRODUCTIONS.

2008 9788869651397 Hardback

A photographic journey from South Africa to Egypt and Morocco in which sepia toned portraits of the Maasai, the Himba and the Mursi people contrast with landscapes in vivid colour. The narrative combines the author's personal experiences of each country with a sense of history and empathy with Africa's landscapes and its peoples. 300pp, UK. NEW HOLLAND.

2004 1843308266 Hardback

This eloquent and revealing book celebrates a vital and often ignored area of communication - hands. The renowned photographer Basil Pao, who has accompanied Michael Palin on his journeys from Pole to Pole, around the Pacific Rim, across the Sahara and through the Himalayas, presents a collection of his photographs taken en route, all of which focus on hands. Captions accompany each image detailing the owners' homes and lives. 24 African examples. 400pp, UK. THAMES & HUDSON.

A monograph of Hector Acebes best photographic work in Africa. Taken in Mali, Guinea, Kenya, Cameroon and Central Africa these ninety images includes striking portraits and landscapes. Includes a brief biography of Acebes and an essay placing his work in the context of other photographers working during the same time period. 144pp, USA. WASHINGTON U P.

Photographic glimpse at the elite hotels of Africa, which serve as an interface between the religious, social and cultural aspects of African societies and the global uniformity of international business culture. They are also the places where the unseen resources of many African countries - oil, diamonds, minerals - are bartered away behind closed doors. These are environments which have a strangely hybrid quality - their design, their cuisine, musak and global TV echoing 'international' standards. Yet they are ultimately sites of tension, where cultures collide and conflict. At the same time, however, these hotels are viewed by their local communities as symbols of achievement which contradict the more usual representations of Africa. Far from being despised as enclaves of the rich, these hotels have become 'objects of desire', the dream venue for weddings and where to be invited to a business conference is to have reached the pinnacle of success. Col photos, 48pp, UK. DEWI LEWIS PUBLISHING.

448 photographs, fully indexed, covering Egypt, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zanzibar, and Zim-babwe; and Jordan and Syria. TEXT IN ENGLISH & GERMAN. 400pp, SOUTH AFRICA. GUNTHER KOMNICK STUDIO.

Examination of the role and use of photographic material in the colonial encounter and how Africans have taken up the media to express their own realities. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Refs, 128pp, UK. PHILIP WILSON.

This magnificent photographic survey is a personal tour through the length and breadth of Africa by one of the world's leading nature and wildlife photographers. Steve Bloom achieves here a truly breathtaking intimacy not only with the continent's extraordinary animal life and natural environment but also with its diverse peoples. His remit is staggeringly comprehensive: landscapes from desert to jungle, wildlife from insect to great game, and, human life from remote tribal village to teeming metropolis. In a series of essays, Bloom combines vivid personal experience with a passionate articulation of the challenges faced by Africa's peoples and environments in the 21st century. 336pp, UK. THAMES & HUDSON.

A photographic journey amongst the planet's flourishing remote cultures. The African people described are the Himba, the Herero, the Maasai, the Turkana, the Samburu and the Berber. Bib, 192pp, UK. CONSTABLE & ROBINSON, 1841195456

Over twenty years, wildlife photographer Tom Schandy has tried to capture the unique beauty of the continent's varied landscapes and record intimate moments in the lives of its animals. This volume collects his best work and presents authoritative commentaries on numerous species. Selected as the Panda Book of the Year (2004) by the World Wildlife Fund. Index, 216pp, UK. DUNCAN BAIRD PUBLISHERS.

2004 1844830691 Hardback

Large format collection of the work of a Malian photographer, with informal group shots, mainly of the young in social situations. Evocative of Africa in the 'sixties and 'seventies. Includes a CD of the music to which they danced. B/w illus, 182pp, ITALY, SCALO

1998 3931141934 Hardback

A collection of exuberant photographs detailing the people and landscapes of East Africa. The ethnic groups featured are the Maasai, The Samburu, the Rendille, the Pokot, the Turkana, and El Molo. 327pp, UK. FREDERKING & THALER, 3894056266

Compiled like a traveller's scrapbook, the photographs and convey the flavour of everyday life, and the historical, architectural, and religious aspects of African societies. 208pp, FRANCE. TERRAIL, EDITIONS PIERRE.

Investigates the themes that intertwine photographs and the circumstances of their creation, placing them within broader cultural and historical currents. Presenting a wealth of astonishing and rare images, Erin Haney brings together some of the most vibrant examples taken in the continent of Africa. From royal portraiture in the nineteenth century Cape Coast and staged vignettes of old Cairo streets, to apartheid-era South African resistance photography, this book illustrates the fascinating and long-standing relationship between Africa and the photograph. 80 photos, 144pp, UK. REAKTION BOOKS.

A stunning photographic portrait: Introduction - a short text giving some background information about the South Luangwa Valley, tourism, poaching and safari guide, then photographs sections: Dawn, Midday, Dusk and Night. 245x 305mm, 176pp, TANZANIA. BLUE MANGO, 9987893414

Born in Cameroon in 1962, Fosso spent his early childhood in Nigeria, but in 1970, due to the Biafra war, he was forced to flee to Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, where he started his career as a portrait photographer at the age of thirteen, using leftover film to shoot a series of self-portraits. He has since achieved international renown with his carefully staged, highly original self-portraits which demonstrate the possibility of changing the meaning of the human body through performances. His work undermines the traditional notion of identity, using a creativity and a fantasy space quite unusual in African photography. This volume accompanies the first monographic exhibition dedicated to Samuel Fosso's work. Text in English and Italian. 90 b/w, 36 col illus, 191pp, ITALY. FIVE CONTINENTS EDITIONS.

2004 8874391013 Hardback

Large-format collection of studio portraits by a renowned Mali photographer of the post-war period. Stylish, simple and evocative of Mali society of the period. 295x240mm, 286pp, GERMANY. SCALO.

1997 3931141462 Hardback

A collection of photography whose subjects are as diverse as a desert dune and a raindrop. Interspersed with philosophical quotations, the book is designed to calm the spirit and refresh the soul. Colour photographs, 182pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD, 0864865228

A photographic study of South and East African people taken between the years 1870 and 1920. This is a collection of photographic and historical interest, but also a striking example of the colonial gaze. 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS

2001 1874950598 Hardback

Photographic study of the traditional peoples scattered across the deserts, plains, hills and forests of the Great Rift Valley. From the red-ochre-painted warriors of Samburu to the Mursi with their jutting lip-plates to the guinea-fowl-painted faces of the Karo, this magnificently illustrated book provides sweeping views of this wild landscape and its people, from the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Eritrea, across the Ethiopian highlands, and down to the great lakes and forests of Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. 272pp, USA. ABRAMS.

Tracking the blossoming of postcolonial photography in Africa from 1960 to the present, and accompany-ing an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, this book celebrates 50 years of African photography. Among the 34 photographers gathered in its pages are Rui Assubuji, Nabil Boutros, Loulou Cherinet, James Depara, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Bob Gosani, Pierrot Men, Zwelethu Mtethwa, Eileen Perrier, Ricardo Rangel, Malick Sidibe and Patrice-Felix Tchikaya. 250 col & b/w illus, 192pp, ITALY. SILVANA EDITORIALE.

These two commercial photographers took mesmerising portraits in Bamako, the capital of Mali, during the period before and after the country achieved independence from France in 1960. This book presents a range of these portraits as well as excerpts from recent interviews with the artists and an essay placing their work in the context of the history of portrait photography in West Africa since its beginnings in the 1840s. 72 b/w photos, Bib, 116pp. USA. Yale University Press.

2001 0300091885 Hardback