I created Africa's largest ever photo library
Photojournalist Paul Ninson founded the Dikan Centre in Ghana, to reclaim African history and showcase African culture for African people.
Paul Ninson grew up hearing traditional stories about Ghana's Ashanti people from his grandparents. He became a self-taught photographer, committed to capturing and preserving African culture. While studying in New York he had a chance encounter with Humans of New York photoblog creator Brandon Stanton. With his help, Paul founded the Dikan Centre, Ghana's first photo library and now the largest in Africa with over 30,000 books and 25 million archival items.
Award-winning Haitian photographer Dieu Nalio Chery came face to face with a bullet while on assignment. He managed to capture the astonishing moment of being shot at on camera, and it was part of a set of photographs nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography. He told Outlook's Anu Anand about the moment the gunman pulled the trigger. (This interview was first broadcast in October 2020)
Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producers: Emily Naylor, Tommy Dixon and Hetal Bapodra
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