Paris Photo will celebrate its 15th anniversary at the Grand Palais this year. With a “Place of honour for Africa (…) From Bamako to Cape Town.”  This focus on Africa follows focuses on “Germany, the Netherlands, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, the Nordic Countries, Italy, Japan, the Middle East and central Europe.”

Les Rencontres de Bamako exhibits the work of Abdoulaye Barry (Chad), Mohamed Camara (that’s a photo from his Souvenirs series above), Fatoumata Diabate (Mali), Husain and Hasan Essop and Zanele Muholi (South Africa), Uche Okpa-Iroha (Nigeria), Jehad Nga (Kenya/Libya), Nyani Quarmyne (Ghana), Arturo Bibang (Equatorial Guinea), Baudouin Mouanda (Congo-Brazzaville), Nyaba Ouedraogo and Nestor Da (Burkina Faso). Because there’s only so many African photographers to choose from these days all of them seemingly caught in a perpetual state of “emergence” –even if they’ve been around for years.

Les Rencontres de Bamako runs from 1 November 2011 to 1 January 2012.