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Curator Statement by Diederik Meijer
Senior AP photographer Karel Prinsloo suggested we feature Boniface Mwangi as part of this second week dedicated to African photographers. Just before his scheduled submission deadline, Boniface was injured photographing in the streets of Nairobi. As the incident and its immediate follow up was photographed, I decided to feature these photographs, instead of replacing Boniface. In the wake of the incident, that happened two weeks ago, Boniface was hospitalized, he had various blood cloths in his head.
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I was covering a demonstration by Kenyan Muslims on January 15, 2010. After Friday prayer, the demonstrators demanded the release of the Jamaican cleric sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal.
The demonstration turned into a riot after riot police threw teargas to disperse the crowd. Shortly after, l was hit with a stone at the back of my head.
Abdullah al-Faisal, who is on a global terror watch list and served four years in a British jail for inciting racial hatred, has been in Kenyan custody since 1st January after Kenyan authorities tried and failed to deport him. He was finally deported on January 22nd.
Two people died and one policeman and four demonstrators were injured in the running battles blocking several main streets in Nairobi's central business district on January 15.
Boniface Mwangi (1983) lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya. Click weblink bonifacemwangi.com or browse our archives
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