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Mário Macilau: The Ghosts of Africa

A key figure in the new generation of Mozambican artists, Mário Macilau is the winner of the James Barnor Prize 2023. He was distinguished for his crudely beautiful photographs, highlighting issues of identity, political problems and environmental conditions in Mozambique and elsewhere.

Each year, the James Barnor Foundation awards a Photography Prize to an artist from a different region of the African continent. In the first edition of the prize, in 2022, Beninese photographer Sènami Donoumassou won a €10,000 grant. This year, Már...

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