12 photos that Africa is not at all what it is (13 photos)

Its own color and atmosphere: what the real life of Africans looks like.





Photo project Everday Africa was created more than ten years ago precisely with the aim of breaking stereotypes about life in Africa. In 2012 photojournalist Peter DiCampo and writer Austin Merrill (Austin Merrill) went to work in Ivory Coast. They were both amazed at how narrowly and one-sidedly they imagined the country before the trip. So and a project was born: DiCampo and Merrill started taking photographs Everyday life. Soon the photo collection began to replenish with pictures other photographers, at first only European, and later African.

Girls from Banjul during a game, Gambia



Tattoo artist at work, Nairobi, Kenya



Photographer in the city square of Marrakesh



Mom and son enjoy the view of the ancient city of Ait Ben Haddou in Morocco



On the street of Monrovia, the capital of Liberia



A girl carries water while maneuvering in traffic, Accra, Ghana



On the roads of Bamako, the capital of Mali



Workers at a flour mill during a break, Bukavu, Congo



Camels at a watering hole, Niger



Waiting for the Cairo Metro



Preparing for Friday services, Dakkar, Senegal



Girlfriends take a group selfie on the beach of Ghana