Translated from the Italian by Prince Ofori-Atta
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Nicola Lo Calzo
Nicola Lo Calzo
Nicola Lo Calzo is an Italian photographer based in Paris. He has published three books: Inside Niger, Obia and Regla, and his work regularly appears in Le Monde, the New Yorker and the New York Times.
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When Fidel Castro died, his funeral procession was called a ‘Caravan of Freedom’, and extended 900km, from Santiago to Havana.
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