Postcards from Africa: Photographers of the Colonial Era

$31.50 at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The complex history of imaging Africa, as seen in its postcard industry During the global postcard craze that peaked around 19 and continued for several decades thereafter, photographers in Africa grasped the opportunity to serve a lucrative market for images of the continent, both locally and worldwide. Their picture postcards now contribute to understanding political and cultural changes in Africa at the time, as the rise of the new medium coincided with the expansion and consolidation of colonial rule…