SOAS exhibition: launch event

Photographs from the launch event of our exhibition on Chinese Firms and Employment Dynamics in Africa at SOAS, School Oriental and African Studies, University of London, June 27, 2019.


Uganda

The pictures in this gallery were taken during the filming of the documentary: Community Health, Global Knowledge: Experiences from Uganda, which we made for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the wider project Learning For Actions Across Health Systems. The documentary chronicles our journey to Uganda, where we met with community health workers across the country to hear their voices regarding the next steps in community health.


Ethiopia (2019)

In 2019, I was commissioned by SOAS, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, to travel to Ethiopia and Angola and tell the stories of some of the construction, garment and textile workers I encountered. The commission was part of the wider project Industrial Development, Construction and Employment in Africa (IDCEA), a comparative analysis on employment patterns and outcomes in the infrastructure construction and manufacturing sectors in the two countries. The photos below are a selection of my portfolio from the Ethiopian leg of the trip.


Angola (2019)

In 2019, I was commissioned by SOAS, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, to travel to Angola and Ethiopia to tell the stories of some of the construction, garment and textile workers I encountered. The commission was part of the wider project Industrial Development, Construction and Employment in Africa (IDCEA), a comparative analysis on employment patterns and outcomes in the infrastructure construction and manufacturing sectors in the two countries. The photos below are a selection of my portfolio from the Angolan leg of the trip.


EXHIBITION: Employment Dynamics in Africa (SOAS)

These 25 photos were featured in the exhibition and workshop titled Chinese Firms and Employment Dynamics in Africa. They were chosen for the specific purpose of the exhibition out of a set of pictures that I took in Angola and Ethiopia as part of the IDCEA (Industrial Development, Construction and Employment in Africa) project, commissioned by S.O.A.S., School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

The IDCEA team conducted 4 years of research on employment patterns and outcomes in the infrastructure construction and manufacturing sectors in Angola and Ethiopia, where large-scale surveys of workers and extensive qualitative research were conducted between 2016 and 2018.


Democratic Republic of Congo

Photographs from my 9 months on the field in the South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, with Médecins Sans Frontières.