A piece titled Alongside the Railway by Lucas Oyugi [Courtesy/Lucas Oyugi]
Self-taught documentary photographer and visual storyteller Lucas Oyugi is showing Who Gets to Create the Archive?, a photo slideshow that is a visual archive examining themes of community, memory, identity and everyday life in Kibera, where he was born and raised.
The slideshow was presented at the Contemporary Image Centre (CIC) Africa on August 29 in Westlands and is curated by CIC Africa founder Adam Ibrahim.
The title Who Gets to Create the Archive? depicts his belief that the person creating an archive controls how a community is remembered.
The slideshow will feature 15 coloured and black-and-white photographs selected from an initial pool of 40. Oyugi is working with Adam Ibrahim, founder and curator of CIC Africa, to determine the final selection and sequence of the images.
