| | Although these two books address somewhat different issues, and were written out of different experiences, they have a number of striking similarities. They are books that are built around powerful and telling photographs; the pictures tell the story. The photos and the text in both of these volumes stand as a tribute to the peasants in Africa involved in struggle, and as such serve a very valuable purpose in breaking the visual images that dominated reporting on Africa throughout 1985, of a depressed, dependent, pathetic and helpless peasantry unable or, unwilling to take any control over their own lives. |
