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AFD Magnum exhibition in DAKAR 

December 11, 2012 
by Bruno Barbey 
Inauguration of the Magnum exhibition for AFD in DAKAR

On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, in 2011 the French Development Agency (AFD) commissioned 7 Magnum photographers to document its actions:
Agriculture in Guinea / Jonas Bendiksen • Growth in Cambodia / John Vink • Supply of drinking-water in the Palestinian Territories / Paolo Pellegrin • Education in Burkina Faso / Bruno Barbey • Urban development in Colombia /Thomas Dworzak • Maternal and Child Health in Mauritania / Olivia Arthur.
After a tour in France, the exhibition is shown in Dakar at the occasion of the summit “Africities 2012”, at the presence of Bruno Barbey who makes a lecture on December, Thursday 6th.