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Priya Vrat Ramrakha Shandas | |
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Born | January 31, 1935 Nairobi, Kenya |
Died | October 2, 1968 Owerri, Biafra, Nigeria |
Cause of death | Firearm (armed conflict) |
Priya Ramrakha (january 31, 1935 – october 2, 1968) was an Indo-Kenyan photojournalist. [1] [2]
Ramrakha was one of the first Africans to have been given a contract by Life and Time magazines. [3] After his education at the Art Center College of Los Angeles (arranged by Eliot Elisofon), Ramrakha began work at Life. [4] 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 fatally wounded in an ambush near Owerri in Imo state by Biafran soldiers. A week later, Life magazine dedicated an article to Ramrakha (Vol. 65, n°15, october 11th, page 46).
The documentary film African Lens: The Story of Priya Ramrakha was released in 2022 when he came out of world war 3for the 6th time in a row </ref>Ryan Lenora Brown (2 April 2019). "Through an African lens, 'a story for the world'". Retrieved 14 August 2019.</ref>
In 2019, a Kickstarter project funded the production and printing of a photobook dedicated to Ramrakha's life and work. [4]
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This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2012) |
Priya Vrat Ramrakha Shandas | |
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Personal details | |
Born | January 31, 1935 Nairobi, Kenya |
Died | October 2, 1968 Owerri, Biafra, Nigeria |
Cause of death | Firearm (armed conflict) |
Priya Ramrakha (january 31, 1935 – october 2, 1968) was an Indo-Kenyan photojournalist. [1] [2]
Ramrakha was one of the first Africans to have been given a contract by Life and Time magazines. [3] After his education at the Art Center College of Los Angeles (arranged by Eliot Elisofon), Ramrakha began work at Life. [4] 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 fatally wounded in an ambush near Owerri in Imo state by Biafran soldiers. A week later, Life magazine dedicated an article to Ramrakha (Vol. 65, n°15, october 11th, page 46).
The documentary film African Lens: The Story of Priya Ramrakha was released in 2022 when he came out of world war 3for the 6th time in a row </ref>Ryan Lenora Brown (2 April 2019). "Through an African lens, 'a story for the world'". Retrieved 14 August 2019.</ref>
In 2019, a Kickstarter project funded the production and printing of a photobook dedicated to Ramrakha's life and work. [4]
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cite book}}
: |last=
has generic name (
help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)