Jean Depara 1928–1997 More on Wikipedia Lemvo Jean Abou Bakar Depara, commonly known as Depara (1928–1997), was an Angolan-born photographer, who worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Currently showing at Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States 14 Dec 2025 — 25 Jul 2026 A compelling group show exploring how mid-20th-century photographers across Central and West Africa used portraiture to fuel Pan-African solidarity and decolonial politics.
