Africa is a Great Country
Exhibition and book, 2013
With his Africa is a Great Country project, Jens Assur challenged the stereotype of Africa as a homogeneous disaster zone defined by war, famine and HIV. In a one-man exhibition at the prestigious Liljevalchs art gallery in Stockholm in spring 2013, he highlighted a hyper-urbanised and dynamic Africa.
“I think for many people Jens’ pictures will be truly chocking. They show a dynamic, ambitious, thriving, ordinary Africa.”
Richard Dowden
Executive Director, Royal African Society
Executive Director, Royal African Society
Africa is a Great Country opened at Liljevalchs on 11 April 2013 with a speech by Richard Dowden, Executive Director of the Royal African Society, and Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health and founder of the Gapminder Foundation. The guests included Nkozasana Dlamini-Zuma, Chair of the African Union Commission, authors and opinion formers Minna Salami and Tolu Ogunlesi, and a number of prominent Swedish politicians.
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“His fantastic pictures showed the emerging modern Africa from new and surprising angles.”
Hans Rosling
Professor of International Health and founder of the Gapminder Foundation
Professor of International Health and founder of the Gapminder Foundation