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Kwame Brathwaite

1938–2023 More on Wikipedia
Kwame Brathwaite was an American photojournalist and activist known for popularizing the phrase "Black is Beautiful" and documenting life and culture in Harlem and Africa.

Currently showing at

Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

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.