"A picture is worth a thousand words." It's an old saw, but often quite true. Sometimes seeing is believing. Sometimes seeing helps us to understand something better by offering a different perspective. And sometimes seeing may be the only way to really experience something – beauty, justice, love or their opposites.

The image collections below come from a variety
of sources, usually through contacts made by AfricaFiles members themselves. An effort is made to include collections that complement, illustrate or visually enhance some of the important issues addressed by articles on the website (in the At Issue Ezine, Africa InfoServ and Action Focus sections), especially those with direct links to human rights, economic justice and the image of Africa. If you know of a collection that fits these criteria and can be reproduced here at little or no cost, write to info@africafiles.org. Please note that although AfricaFiles has obtained permission to display the collections found below, in most cases it does not hold the copyright. Anyone interested in permission to reproduce these images, therefore, needs to contact the original source.

	Zimbabwe Almost eight years of political, economic and social turmoil has been both a curse and for some elites, a blessing for Zimbabweans. The tragic experience has revealed a resilient nation with a strong culture of self-reliance, pride and resourcefulness. See the article The politics of exclusion and national survival" for more details.
	Luanda Flooding Unusual and torrential rains in Luanda in January of 2007 caused floods which  carried away soil, houses, and the uncollected garbage of many barrios, revealing the wide-spread lack of municipal services and creating residues which will be an ecological problem for many years to come.
	AIDS: Poster Competition Seeking a way through fear and silence, the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance designed a Global Poster Competition against HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. Here are some of the African posters with messages of hope and compassion.
	Luanda Demolitions These photographs from Jubilee 2000 Angola document the crimes of the Angolan Government against the people of Cambamba I and II in Luanda, where police destroyed many homes in November 2005.
	Stories for Trees Part of a fundraising project called "Stories for Trees", these photographs were taken by Margrit Coppé, who worked in Angola for the Canadian NGO "Development Workshop" from 2000 to 2002.
	Aftermath of War A visual representation of life in Angola today as impacted by the war, the peace declaration, the staggering humanitarian needs and peoples' efforts to help themselves. Photographs by Paul Geoffrey, courtesy of Action by Churches Together (ACT).

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