Kamajor (Hunter) Militias, Koidu, Sierra Leone, 2001
Guy Tillim
About this Item
from an edition of 5 + 1AP
Exhibited
Stevenson, Cape Town, Soldiers, 17 June to 19 July 2003, another example from the edition exhibited.
Literature
DaimlerChrysler South Africa (2004) Guy Tillim, Pretoria: DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Photography, another example from the edition illustrated in black and white, unpaginated, cat. no. 60.
Notes
Another example from the edition is currently held in the Mercedes-Benz Art Collection in Stuttgart.
"These portraits were made near Koidu in Sierra Leone of kamajoor militias in June 2001. They are traditional defense militias who responded to the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) tyranny in the area, defending their villages against annihilation. The militias fighting the RUF became collectively known as the Civil Defense Force."1
1. DaimlerChrysler South Africa (2004) Guy Tillim, Pretoria: DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Photography, unpaginated.
Provenance
Property of a Gentleman.
