https://oziermuhammad.com/ 2026-03-10 weekly 1.0 https://oziermuhammad.com/ozier-muhammad-on-#nytreadalong 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/background 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/awards-and-fellowships 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/sales 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/contact 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/africa-the-desperate-continent 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia8.jpg Drought Dislocation Camp KOREM ETHIOPIA An aerial view of a dislocation for Ethiopians who have been displaced by the famine of 1984. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia2.jpg Ethiopian Girl Clutches Biscuit KOREM ETHIOPIA An Ethiopian girl clutches a biscuit as she is weighed In a tent where a medical team from Doctors Without Borders were providing care. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia7.jpg Camp In Ogaden OGADEN ETHIOPIA A queue of mostly women with their children wait for food at a dislocation camp in the Ogaden region. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia3.jpg A Child In Camp ETHIOPIA A child in the shadows of others in a dislocation in northern Ethiopia. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia12.jpg A week of Provisions ETHIOPIA A man holds a week of provisions provided by one of the non govvernmental organizations that responded to the famine crisis. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia13.jpg Faces In Emergency Camp ETHIOPIA Children as they were being fed by the surviving parent, or parents in a dislocation camp. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia4.jpg Harvesting Teff ETHIOPIA A man threshes stalks of teff as it is harvested in this region of Ethiopia where this durable grain thrived in spite of the 1984 drought. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopian_soldier.jpg Government Soldier Guard Food Suppy NEAR TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA A soldier guards a food supplies provided by the government of Mengistu Haile Mariam, at a dislocation camp near Tigray, a region of Ethiopia which was in conflict with the central government over secession. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia6.jpg Child Clutches Breast ETHIOPIA An infant holds onto his mother's breast in a hospital run by Cuban doctors in Addis Ababa. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia5.jpg Child, Flies and Mother ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA A woman oblivious to the flies plaguing her child, waits to see a doctor at a hospital in Addis Ababa. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Mali1.jpg Sisters NORTHERN MALI In northern Mali, Josh Friedman (reporter with Newsday) and I traveled with Tuaregs nomads who's nomadic culture was threatened by cycllical drought. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/MALI2.jpg Woman and Sister NORTHERN MAIL A young woman looks after her younger sister at a Tuareg encampment. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia1.jpg "My Wife Is Dying" CENTRAL ETHIOPIA A man pleads to get medical help for his very sick wife at a refugee camp. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia11.jpg IN THE OGADEN Muhammad Afar, a tribal chief, worries about the fate of his people in a dislocation camp in the Ogaden. IN THE OGADEN Muhammad Afar, a tribal chief, worries about the fate of his people in a dislocation camp in the Ogaden. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/ethiopia10.jpg Looking For a Place CENTRAL ETHIOPIA A woman looks for a place to settle in a dislocation camp. https://oziermuhammad.com/after-the-earthquake-in-haiti 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/duke-ellington-in-chicago 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/portraits 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/harlem 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/035_activist.jpg Church Boy 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY June 1994 - A churching going boy on his way to the United House of Prayer, pauses before crossing 125th street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in the early morning, late June 1994. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Into_His_Thoughts.jpg Into His Thoughts 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY September, 1993 - A man was lost in his thoughts on a misty late afternoon on 125th street. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem013.jpg Leaving Harlem Line 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY January, 1993 - A man leaves the Metro North Station Harlem branch. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Kangol_and_Rain_on_125th.jpg Kangol and Rain 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY August, 2008 - A man crosses 125th street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. boulevard during a brief cloudburst. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Katirah_with_Cigar.jpg Katirah and Cigar 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY March, 1993 - Katirah Hikmah, a jewelry, incense and trinkets vendor, finishes preparing her sells display on 125th street. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem042.jpg Doors opened to talk 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY October, 1994 - A conversation underway in the front and back seats of a car parked on 125th street. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem_199.jpg Try Harder 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1994 - A man lifts weights and gets a shout of encouragement at 125th street and 5th avenue. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Man_Seating_at_Bus_Stop_01.jpg Man sitting at bustop. 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY April, 1994 - A man found a seat in a traffic signal stanchion at 125th street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Man_and_Bus_125th_Street_a_.jpg A face that Has Seen It All 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1994 - A man with a face that seems as enduring as the old steps he is seated on, chews on a bark as he whiles away his time. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/004_activist.jpg Laborers warm their hands 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY January, 1994 - Some men take a break from clearing a trash strewn lot to warm their hands In the middle of winter on Manhattan Avenue in Harlem, https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem064.jpg 125th street Vendor 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY June, 1993 - A street vendor prepares his merchandise on an early Sunday morning near the Apollo Theater in Harlem. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/hopBoyTPT-01.jpg Boy bend notes on a broken trombone. More than a hundred followers of Daddy Grace gather in Central Harlem, for an annual August street baptism, organized by the United House of Prayer in Harlem. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/hop-02.jpg Can't help but ride the Spirit 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY July, 1994 - An usher at the United House of Prayer surrenders to the sound of the gospel. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem027.jpg Min. Conrad Muhammad in White HARLEM, NEW YORK September, 1993 - Minister Conrad Muhammad of Temple #7 Nation Of Islam speaks to officers in his security corps before an event at the Harlem Armory. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem_125.jpg Dancing Harry #1 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1993 - This fellow calls himself "Dancing Harry." He can usually be found near the world famous Apollo Theater making his moves on a slick board to the sounds of Soul Brother #1 James Brown. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem_127.jpg Dancing Harry #2 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1993 - This fellow calls himself "Dancing Harry." He can usually be found near the world famous Apollo Theater making his moves on a slick board to the sounds of Soul Brother #1 James Brown. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem_138.jpg Dancing Harry #4 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1993 - This fellow calls himself "Dancing Harry." He can usually be found near the world famous Apollo Theater making his moves on a slick board to the sounds of Soul Brother #1 James Brown. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem014.jpg Sunday Ladies 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY February, 1996 - Two elderly women cross 125th on a Sunday afternoon. They were probably going home from Church. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem079.jpg A Couple's Moment CIRCA 2008 HARLEM 124TH STREET AND ST.NICHOLAS AVE A girl and boyfriend have a moment outside a bodedga, accompanied by a child. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Pugilist_at_Rest.jpg Pugilist at Rest 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY April, 1993 - An aspiring boxer takes a break during training at Connie Bryant's boxing gym in Harlem. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Conrad_Barkley_Boxing_Trainer.jpg Boxing Trainer Connie Bryant 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY April, 1993 - Connie Bryant, a boxing trainer in his gym just north of 125th street. Bryant has trained several professional boxers, including former middleweight champion Iran Barkley. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Muhammad_Speaks_After_Hours.jpg Muhammad Speaks after hours 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY November, 1994 - A member of the Nation of Islam sold the Final Call, also known in the later part of the 20th Century as Muhammad Speaks, in the late evening on 125th street in Harlem. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem071.jpg Black and White In Harlem HARLEM, NY A 125th Street Scene from a traffic https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem076.jpg Painted Harlem HARLEM, NY Summer 2017 - Street scene and grafitti. https://oziermuhammad.com/haitians-children-orphaned-after-eartrhquake 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/new-orleans-after-katrina-2005-to-2006 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/equal-justice-initiative-community-remembrance-project 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/jazz 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/south-africa's-non-racial-election 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict016.jpg Voters Education CAPE TOWN, RSA Blacks South Africans practice using voters ballot in the runup to the first non-racial election in the country's history. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/drunkenzulu.jpg A Zulu For Mandela JOHANNESBURG, RSA A man who claimed to be of Zulu ethnicity, joined a campaign rally for Nelson Mandela. Mr.Mandela is Khosa. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/trumpetsfor_Mandela.jpg African National Congress Rally OWETO, RSA A brass band marched into a football stadium in Soweto Township as a campaign rally gets underway for Nelson Mandela. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict017.jpg Women's Auxillary Listening To Mandela PRETORIA, RSA A ladies auxillary listen attentively and took notes as Nelson Mandela gave a campaign speech at this church. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict018.jpg Township Campaign Rally for Mandela PRETORIA, RSA A presidential campaign rally for Nelson Mandela. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict022.jpg Queuing Up To Vote PRETORIA, RSA This black woman appeared nervous as she queued up with white South Africans at a polling place in a mostly racially exclusive white community in South Africa during the first non-racial election ever held here. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Mandela_a__05.jpg Nelson Mandela Campaigns in Soweto OWETO, RSA Mr. Mandela campaigns for the presidency of South Africa, and a final end to Apartheid. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/newRSAarmy.jpg South Africa's New Army PRETORIA, RSA For the first time, blacks are now equals to white soldiers in the South African Defense Forces. This was a military training site. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict019.jpg Zulus Campaign for Mangosuthu Buthelezi DURBAN, RSA A rally of supporters for the presidental candidacy of Mangosuthu Buthelezi, in a Zulu township. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict023.jpg Bombing at Airport JOHANNESBURG, RSA South African police inspects a bombing near the air terminals at Jan Smuts International Airport. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict024.jpg Lining Up To Vote DURBAN, RSA Women and some men line in the waniing hours of voting in the first non-racial election in the history of South Africa. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict025.jpg Nelson Mandela Votes DURBAN, RSA Nelson Mandela made a symbolic gesture by voting in a Zulu township. Mr. Mandela's ethnic origin is Khosa, which has been an ethnic rival of the Zulu nation for decades. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict026.jpg ANC Victory Night Soweto OWETO, RSA After 2 days of counting the vote for the presidency of South Africa, blacks in Soweto Township ran out of their homes shouting and carrying the flag of a new unfied South Africa. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict028.jpg Mandela Inaugurated PRETORIA, RSA Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela and F.W. deKlerk shake hands at the preidential inauguration of Mr.Mandela. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict027.jpg Jubilation For Mandela PRETORIA, RSA A large gathering of black South Africans stood at edge of the capital grounds as the ceremony to inaugurate Nelson Mandela as the first black president of South Africa was underway. 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The APP challenger Olu Falae lost the election of the presidency of Nigeria to Olusegon Obasanjo. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/nigeria_9_a_.jpg Polling Place Marker LAGOS, NIGERIA These men are hanging a sign for voters to be informed that a polling place is here. A few days later Nigeria held it's first democratic election. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/nigeria_12.jpg Campaign Rally LAGOS, NIGERIA 1999 - An African Peoples Party loyalist elicit shouts of supports for their presidential hopefull Olu Falae in a football stadium. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/men_voting.jpg Waiting To Vote LAGOS, NIGERIA There men are lined up to vote in Nigeria's first democratic election. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/nigeria_4a.jpg A.P.P. 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