Capturing a continent

Chinese amateur photographers are training their lenses on the wonder and beauty of Africa, shattering stereotypes of war and poverty to show the rich diversity of the continent. Deng Zhangyu reports.

A boxing champion, a pride of lions and a group of school children are just some of the subjects whose lives have been documented by a group of amateur Chinese photographers with a passion for Africa. Determined to portray the diverse reality of Africa, a group of Chinese who have made the continent their home are recording life there with their cameras.

An ambitious boxing champion from the biggest slum in Nairobi, talented artists in the Go Down art zone in Kenya, and people making dhows in Zanzibar, Tanzania, are among the stories captured on camera by these amateur photographers who work for Chinese companies in Africa.