This is Africa is a series of ⁣visuals that explore culture & lifestyle in Africa.


Directed by Melvin Sagini
Shot by khanhhoangminh

Shot by Ikechi Ugwoeje

Shot by Taryn Elliott
Music by Melvin Sagini

⁣Mahraganat—meaning ‘festivals’ in Arabic—is a street music style which has quickly emerged from Egypt’s more deprived districts, rapidly embedding itself in Cairo’s urban culture. In this film, director and electronic musician Wael Alaa (who records under the name NEOBYRD) heads to the Egyptian capital’s Bulaq district—the epicentre of this burgeoning underground scene—to document the people and places behind this defiant new genre.

⁣Sights and Sounds is a FABA series that employs imagery and sound to capture the elements of African cities. In our fourth installment, we journeyed to Kenya, from the bustling streets of Nairobi to the tranquil beauty of Naivasha, the coastal charm of Kilifi, and the wild spirit of Turkana.

⁣Lost In Lamu

⁣Sulimani and his mother ⁣As we come to the final day of Ramadan, Let me tell you the story of Sulimani and his mother. After becoming an orphan his mother works cleaning clothes and making straw roofs. They live in a small hut and use a bucket as a toilet. She makes only £2.50 every 3 days. Due to the lack of funds it means Sulimani is unable to go to school and forced into maturing and having the weighted pressure to help support his mother. The effect of becoming an orphan lives deep within him and he don’t understand the feeling of sorrow. Yearning for the love he’d receive from his father.

There are so many cases like this all over Kenya, on this final day of Ramadan please continue to help support orphans across the world both in prayer and charity. 🙏🏽

Director: @uthman.hanif
DOP: @uthman.hanif
AD: @uks47
Location scout: @f__m.b
Assistant: @swera607

And huge thank you to @helpyateem for trusting in my vision.

⁣Sometimes I wish I could be back in Jerusalem. There was a sense of peace, a sense of high spiritual power that is imbedded into the walls, floors and every inch of the land. The contentment and peace that traverses through your being when you enter Masjid Al Aqsa is something beyond comprehension. 2021 I will see you again.

⁣“I don’t know how to get people’s attention on this app but I’m going to try. Because I believe in a world that doesn’t care but people that do. If you care about me, please read about what’s happening in Sudan. Literally just type it in google. Please share the links and resources you scroll past. I’m smiling thinking about the last time I was in Sudan. The joy on the faces of my family as I waved my camera around to document these moments. I’m hurting thinking about that joy being robbed from them and replaced with utter fear for their lives. I don’t really have the words. Or the capacity. The country will be okay, the country doesn’t even really matter, I just want my people safe.”

⁣Maasai Children

⁣Maasai Community Children

⁣Seen in Madina, Ghana by @_lloydfoster

⁣A view Of The Indian Ocean