What is the problem with photography of Africa?

Africa has long been irresistible to art photographers. The problem is that these photographs have, until recently, been taken by non-African photographers. Through their lenses, we have seen the continent’s beauty and its rawness, the savannahs and the cities — but rarely have we seen this through the eyes of those who actually call Africa home.

The number of people sickened by malaria has fallen by 18 percent over the past 15 years, and the number of deaths due to the mosquito-borne illness has almost been cut in half, the World Health Organization estimates. These gains are largely credited to efforts to reduce malaria transmission indoors, using insecticide-treated bed nets and residual spraying. Yet the number of new malaria cases remains high — because mosquitoes also bite outside.