Contributing Editor Series: 'African Women Imagemakers in History' for Feminists.co

Investigating absences in the archives around African women photographers and filmmakers can seem futile. However, women authors, archivists, artists, researchers and culture workers today continue to lead a long tradition of reactivating the ongoing event of image-making, by shaping our reading of these archives while projecting them forward. In a bid to gain some perspective, I speak with some of these women including Black feminist theorist Tina Campt, African American author Catherine McKinley, Senegalese-American cultural entrepreneur Amy Sall, Danish-Ivorian curator Awa Konaté, and contemporary Kenyan artist Velma Rosai. The 3-part written series also included an introduction to the history of African women imagemakers, and a lists of 7+ pioneering women photographers and filmmakers in history.