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A. Abbas MOROCCO. Tarfaya. November 1975. Green March. Aerial view of trucks bringing marchers who claim the Spanish Sahara part of the Moroccan Kingdom. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos
Ernest Cole Which black train to take is matter of guesswork. They have no destination signs and no announcement of arrivals is made. South Africa. Head car may be numbered to show its route, but number is oft (...)
Guy Le Querrec First Panafrican Cultural Festival. Poster of Al Fatah through the streets of Algiers. Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Friday July 25, 1969. © Guy Le Querrec | Magnum Photos
Kryn Taconis Two soldiers of the secret liberation army, greet one another with the traditional kiss on each cheek, as they return safely off patrol duty. Algeria. © Kryn Taconis | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry The police open fire and the crowd flees. Police can be seen in the background standing on their armoured cars continuing to fire into the crowd as they run. Sharpeville, South Africa. Monday, Marc (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography 11 novembre 1943. A contingent of Senegalese units of the Free French Forces parading through the streets of Algiers. November 11 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing General De Gaulle's first task as head of government was to defuse the situation in Algeria.In a four-day visit he tried to calm the Algerian population as well as the French "colons". Crowds line (...)
Erich Lessing General De Gaulle's first task as head of government was to defuse the situation in Algeria. In a four-day visit he tried to calm the Algerian population as well as the French "colons". On the 4th (...)
Guy Le Querrec First Panafrican Cultural festival. South African jazz singer Miriam Makeba and Stokely Carmichael (leader of the Black Power). Saint-Georges hotel. Algiers, Algeria. © Guy Le Querrec | Magnum Photos
George Rodger Field Marshall Jan Smuts, (African Boer general who fought against the British in the Boer War of 1899-1902), photographed in the garden of Groote Schuur, the official residence of th Prime Ministe (...)
Bruno Barbey Pan-African Festival. Elridge Cleaver, American leader of the Black Panthers, a militant and revolutionary Black organization in the USA with his wife, Kathleen (on his left). Algiers, Algeria. 1969. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos
A. Abbas World Heavyweight Boxing Championship between American fighters Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The referee bends over Georges Foreman who has been knocked out by Muhammad Ali. Kinshasa, Zaire. Oc (...)
Guy Le Querrec First Panafrican Cultural Festival. Concert of American singer Nina Simone. Théâtre de l'Atlas. Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Wednesday July 30, 1969. © Guy Le Querrec | Magnum Photos
A. Abbas November 1975. Green March. Prime Minister Osman leads marchers who claim the Spanish Sahara part of the Moroccan Kingdom. Taryafa, Morocco. November 1975. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos
A. Abbas World Heavyweight Boxing Championship between American fighters Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. On the right: Muhammad Ali, throwing a punch. Kinshasa, Zaire. October 30th, 1974. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos