Fazal Sheikh
Wezemana (God is great) and Mitonze, Rwandan Refugee Camp, Lamasi, Tanzania

Wezemana (God is great) and Mitonze, Rwandan Refugee Camp, Lamasi, Tanzania

© Fazal Sheikh

Wezemana (God is great) and Mitonze, Rwandan Refugee Camp, Lamasi, Tanzania
Wezemana (God is great) and Mitonze, Rwandan Refugee Camp, Lamasi, Tanzania
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wezemana (God is great) and Mitonze, Rwandan Refugee Camp, Lamasi, Tanzania
Date1994
PlaceTanzania
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 21 1/4 × 17 3/8 in. (54 × 44.2 cm)
 Sheet: 23 3/4 × 19 13/16 in. (60.3 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist and Pace Wildenstein MacGill
Object number97.185
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The photograph is signed in pencil, verso: "Wezemana (God is Great) with her brother Mitonze, Rwandan Refugee Camp, Lamasi, Tanzania, 1994 copyright Fazal Sheikh 1996."

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Traditional birthing attendant, Nyirabahire Esteri, holding newborns Nsabimana (“I beg something from God”) and Mukanzabonimpa (“God will grant me, but I don’t know when”), flanked by mothers Kanyange, Mukabatazi, and Mukabatazi’s mother, Rwandan refugee camp, Lumasi, Tanzania
Fazal Sheikh
Traditional birthing attendant, Nyirabahire Esteri, holding newborns Nsabimana (“I beg something from God”) and Mukanzabonimpa (“God will grant me, but I don’t know when”), flanked by mothers Kanyange, Mukabatazi, and Mukabatazi’s mother, Rwandan refugee camp, Lumasi, Tanzania
1994
Inkjet print
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1994–95
Gelatin silver print with toning
96.1812
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1993
Gelatin silver print triptych
2002.2241.A-.C
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Fatuma Adan and Abiba, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya
1993
Gelatin silver print
2002.2239
Mariam Mac and Agot Anyang Playing 'Bao', Family Section, Sudanese Refugee Camp, Kahuma, Kenya
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Mariam Mac and Agot Anyang Playing 'Bao', Family Section, Sudanese Refugee Camp, Kahuma, Kenya
1993
Gelatin silver print with toning
2002.2248
Rachel and Ochol, Family section, Sudanese Refugee Camp, Lokichoggio, Kenya
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Rachel and Ochol, Family section, Sudanese Refugee Camp, Lokichoggio, Kenya
1992–1993
Gelatin silver print with toning
2002.2242
Kulaso Whiskey's Three Wives, Maria Vinti, Sarah January and Shika Francisco, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyanuthuthu, Malawi
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Kulaso Whiskey's Three Wives, Maria Vinti, Sarah January and Shika Francisco, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyanuthuthu, Malawi
1994
Gelatin silver print with toning
2002.2250
Fatuma Abdi Hussein and her Son Abdulla, Somali Refugee Camp
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Fatuma Abdi Hussein and her Son Abdulla, Somali Refugee Camp
1993
Gelatin silver print
2002.2249
Abshiro Aden Mohammed, Women’s Leader, Somali Refugee Camp, Dagahaley, Kenya
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Abshiro Aden Mohammed, Women’s Leader, Somali Refugee Camp, Dagahaley, Kenya
2000, printed 2016
Inkjet print
2017.42
Hadija and Her Father, Badel Addan Gadel, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya
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Hadija and Her Father, Badel Addan Gadel, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya
1993, printed 2016
Inkjet print
2017.39
Jamaa Abdullai and Her Brother Adan, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya
Fazal Sheikh
Jamaa Abdullai and Her Brother Adan, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya
1993, printed 2016
Inkjet print
2017.40
Mozambican Elder, Dotizhi Tenfar, with Section Leader, Abiri Bande, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyamithuthu, Malawi
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Mozambican Elder, Dotizhi Tenfar, with Section Leader, Abiri Bande, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyamithuthu, Malawi
1994, printed 2016
Inkjet print
2017.37