Priya Ramrakha

Priya Ramrakha (1935 – 2 October 1968) was a Indo-Kenyan photojournalist.[1][2] Ramrakha was one of the first Africans to be have given a contract by Life and Time magazines. After his education at the Art Center College of Los Angeles (arranged by Eliot Elisofon), Ramrakha began work at Life. In 1963, Ramrakha returned to Africa to cover the independence movement in his native Kenya as one of East Africa's first indigenous photojournalists. Ramrakha then went on to cover political and military movements across Africa.

In 1968, while covering the Nigerian Civil War with CBS correspondent Morley Safer, Ramrakha was killed in an ambush near Owerri in Imo state by Biafran soldiers.

An independent documentary film about Ramrakha is in production.

References

  1. ↑ Vidyarthi, Shravan. The Man Behind the Picture; The Sunday Standard, Nairobi, Kenya, 17 October 2004. Accessed 29 January 2007.
  2. ↑ https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/showcase-finding-priya-ramrakha Showcase: Finding Priya Ramrakha The New York Times



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