National Geographic’s Photography Erased People. It’s Too Late For An Apology. by Ng’endo Mukii, on 28th of March 2018
▻https://brightthemag.com/national-geographic-apology-too-late-ngendo-mukii-indigenous-taxidermy
For over a century, photographers reinforced the idea that black and brown people are sub-human. This has fed into science, politics, and the global distribution of wealth.
The repercussions of being objectified as precious things to collect, or the monster ‘other’ to fear, has affected the way that we Africans look at ourselves.