Tributes to Thabiso Sekgala in Bamako and Lagos

Both the 10th Rencontres de Bamako Biennale panafricaine de Photographie and LagosPhoto festival 2015 have held to tributes to young photographer Thabiso Sekgala, who passed away in Johannesburg in 2014. “In his photographic pursuit of different places,” write the organisers of the Bamako Biennale “Thabiso Sekgala may have thought, to quote the lyrics of Gil Scott-Heron’s song Running : ‘It’s easier to run / easier than staying and finding out you’re the only one…who didn’t run.’ From Bulawayo to Berlin, Sekgala’s photography offers glimpses of movement over time, just as it forms a legacy that will endure forever.” Lagos Photo ended on 27 November and the Bamako Biennale runs until 31 December 2015.