• Part of 150 new initiates of the Ndebele people in Mpumalanga , South Africa on 27th July 2006.The young men aged between 18 to 34 were in the bush for two months healing and learning as how assume the responsibilities of being a man.On this day they have come out to be presented to the community and be presented with beads by the chief after which they went back to their homes to assume responsibilty in the community. The event takes place every four years but will have to be postponed in 2010 because of the world cup coming to South Africa.Photo Antony Kaminju/ Reuters
  • Part of 150 new initiates of the Ndebele in Mpumalanga , South Africa.The young men aged between 18 to 34 were presented by the chief with beads after which they went back to their homes to assume responsibilty in the community. They had been in seclusion for two months.The ceremony takes place every four years although in the year 2010 it will be skipped because of world cup coming to South Africa.Photo Antony Kaminju
  • A world record marathon holder Paul Tergat from Kenya training before the olympic competion in Sydney 2005.Photo Antony Kaminju
  • Illegal Fire arms are put on fire at Uhuru gardens , Nairobi Kenya.The Goverment confiticates illegal fire arms in an effort to fight banditry in it's borders.Photo Antony Kaminju
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  • Youngster in the evening at a favourite meeting place in Soweto.Many of the black middleclass South Africans come fromm the townships such as Soweto, 050908.Photo Antony Kaminju
  • Youngster in the evening at a favourite meeting place in Soweto.Many of the black middleclass South Africans come fromm the townships such as Soweto, 050908.Photo Antony Kaminju
  • Informal gold diggers sift through sad and mud along the riverbeds in Ikolomani village in Kakamega county 500 km west of Nairobi Kenya. The then pan the sand in search of gold residues. The informal gold mining has been practiced for years in Ikolomani, sometimes leading to deaths when the mines curve in as they occasionally do. However, that has not deterred others in a county rated among the poor in the country. Over the weekend they participate in bull fighting competitions where the whole village comes together to ululate and celebrate the winner.
  • Bafana Bafana supporters show their support at a Nedbank cup final in May 2010.Photo Antony Kaminju
  • A visual journey of finding how some individuals in Johannesburg , South Africa are adapting their lives around Covid 19 Lockdown regulations. Human beings are used to routine, so what happens when that routine is suddenly disrupted? When confined at home how do you adapt to that limited space? How do you find new ways to breathe? Driven by curiosity I called on couple of people that I know, just ordinary people in Society. So this is a visual journey of selected few who were brave enough to allow me into their space exploring how they were coping with Lockdown. • Sifiso Ntuli- owner of Bantu Roving Kitchen. Since no restaurant was to be open, he opened his space as a soup kitchen area and through donations he offe Curiosity led me to Sifiso Ntuli, co-owner of Roving Bantu Kitchen in Brixton. Before lockdown, Roving Bantu was a vibrant meeting place that offered live music, great food and was a place that many people regarded as home. During lockdown, Ntuli was part of a soup kitchen started to provide those in need with a cooked lunch. After the reopening of businesses, Ntuli has had to move his restaurant from Caroline Street to his home in Brixton. He explains that Covid-19 made him reflect on a new business model. “Although I have had to close, I’m not shutting down!” he says. The venue will now accommodate small groups of about 20 people for a Roving Bantu dining experience. On the day that the image was made, Ntuli was busy planning for the soup kitchen. The city was very quiet, like a ghost city. When I went in, he was with one of his assistants, just outside at the back. He was in a meditative kind of mood. We talked quite a bit. I took some images outside, and then I asked him what his favourite spot was in the place. He pointed to where he was seated. Even without him, it is quite a space. There is a journey there; a story of a man who has accu- mulated all those experiences and tried to put them together. You can tell what kind of a business he
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  • Artist Tim Patch (L), who calls himself 'Pricasso', shows off his portrait of Olga Braude (R) which he painted with his penis at the Sexpo in Johannesburg, September 28, 2007. Patch has painted portraits of some of the worlds most famous people including George Bush and Queen of England. Antony Kaminju (SOUTH AFRICA)
  • UNDAY BEST For many immigrants who come to Johannesburg they battle to adapt to the challenges of a new life in a big city. Their cultural ways become a thing of memory than one to be lived. Many struggle to adapt to the ways of the big city. However one thing that is common to many immigrants is the specialness associated with Sundays. In many African communities Sunday is a special day, one of worship and relaxation. More to this is that it’s the day to look smart. It’s the day to wear your ‘Sunday best’ as it’s called. It’s the day to wear that jewellery that is special, or the suit, dress that arouses attention. Its perceived as family day, one to sit back and relax. The approach to the project is street photography on selected streets of Yeoville. Yeoville is inhabited by a large number of African immigrants. The participants will be photographed on Sundays when going or coming from their places of worship or just those who may fit within the theme of ‘Sunday best.’ Yeovile Landscape Yeoville is said to have been one of the best residential suburbs before 1994. The area was declared a suburb in 1890 and was advertised as a sanitarian for the rich. Set on a ridge, it was said its air was purer unlike the smoky mining city of Johannesburg below, which was fast developing at the time. Over the years, Yeoville has gone through a transformation from a mainly Jewish area to a bohemian cultural centre that attracted all kinds of burgeoning artists and activists. The main streets such as Rocky were transformed from a quiet area that catered for local residents to a host of restaurants, bars, art clubs that attracted visitors from afar. By 1990’s most of the white residents were moving to seemingly better suburbs due to great infrastructure decay and chaos including drugs and other crimes that visited Yeoville. Their place was taken mainly by hundreds of African immigrants and the area is generally perceived to be a Pan Africanist suburb. Although

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