Under African Skies, a superb selection of photographs taken by David Tunnicliffe will be hung for view at The Community Foundation base, Acorn House, from Tuesday (Sept 1).
“Having spent so many of my own days Under African Skies, I was drawn to the idea of depicting, through my photography, life in the Horn of Africa, from its earliest beginnings with neolithic man in the Cave of the Poisoned Arrow, at Buur Heybe, Somalia to across the border into Ethiopia with the peoples of the Abidjatta, Shalla and Awasso, in Sidamo as well as people around Debra Lebanos in Welo Province,” David explained.
“I also wanted to include a hint of the rich wildlife for which Africa is famed.”
And this show of work also includes the chance to see a series of Mussolini era Italian images depicting the 48 Somali clans suppressed by the Barre regime.
“I was entrusted with their duplication in 1983 prior to their physical destruction at the Museum of Culture and Heritage in Mogadishu,” David explained.
“The 'master' duplicates are now held by the British museum for safe keeping.”
The collection will be available to view for two months at the hub in the heart of town.
Entry is free.
