Stranger's Pose

A Stranger's Pose draws readers into a world of encounters across more than a dozen African towns through stories remembered and imagined, alongside striking images by acclaimed photographers.Blending memoir, travel writing and storytelling, Emmanuel Iduma traces a journey across several African cities. Inspired by his travels with photographers between 2011 and 2015, his personal reflections are interwoven with stories of movement, estrangement and intimacy.From an arrest in a market in N'Djamena and an encounter with a gendarmes officer on a Cameroonian highway to meeting the renowned photographer Malick Sidibé in Bamako, these vivid fragments create a rich and deeply personal portrait of contemporary Africa.