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://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_8001.jpg Emergency Food For Haitians CITE SOLEIL 01-26-10 Cite Soleil, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - PREVAL-FOOD - The government of Rene Preval handed out 10,000 bags of food, worth $50 each. Six thousand of those food bags were handed out here at the Cite de Soleil police headquarters. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7871.jpg Emergency Food For Haitians 01-26-10 Cite Soleil, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - PREVAL-FOOD - The government of Rene Preval handed out 10,000 bags of food, worth $50 each. Six thousand of those food bags were handed out here at the Cite de Soleil police headquarters. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_8007.jpg Emergency Food For Haitians 01-26-10 Cite Soleil, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - PREVAL-FOOD - These 2 women collapsed while struggling to reach the entrance to this police headquarters where the government of Rene Preval handed out 10,000 bags of food, worth $50 each. Six thousand of those food bags were provided for those who could bear the crush of the crowd and the high temperature. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_4931.jpg Champ de Mars becomes displacement Camp 01-17-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti, This woman sings with others from her nieghborhood during an impromptu church service the first Sunday after the earthquake. She is one of hundreds who have built tent cities in this park after the devasting earthquake on January 12th destroyed their homes. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_4789.jpg Champ de Mars becomes displacement Camp 01-17-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti, This woman hangs a clothes to dry on a line in an area of Champ de Mars park in the city center. She is one of hundreds who have built tent cities in this park after the devasting earthquake on January 12th destroyed their homes. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_5585.jpg Injured Woman In Need of Doctor 01-19-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: SCHOOL - Margarita Dayitus, 35, and her family sought refuge here on the campus of Ecole National Argentine. She was the only member of her family who was injured during the earthquake last week, when she and her family ran out of their home, only to have a portion of it fall on her when she stopped and thought she had cleared it. She has not had any medical attention. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7405.jpg Earthquake Orphans 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphan Jerry Bernard, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7464.jpg Earthquake Orphans 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of brothers Enso, 8 and Edno Edmonds, 6. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7411.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Losais Loruain, 11. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Losais Loruain, 11. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7485.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Veli, 14, and his sister Kateline Jeanphillipe, 11. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Veli, 14, and his sister Kateline Jeanphillipe, 11. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7494_a_.jpg 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans; Osnadine Pierre, 8, Gervin Pierre, 5, and Jimmy Tranquil, 7. They are siblings. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans; Osnadine Pierre, 8, Gervin Pierre, 5, and Jimmy Tranquil, 7. They are siblings. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7470_a_.jpg Earthquake Orphans 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care.Portrait of orphans Lovely, 8 and her sisiter, Mariefleur Morin, 7. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7447.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Marie Gislaine Predelis, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Marie Gislaine Predelis, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7438.jpg 01-25-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care.Daphne Joseph, 14 - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care.Daphne Joseph, 14 - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7418.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Jhon-derson Dade, 11, with his brother Judeson, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Jhon-derson Dade, 11, with his brother Judeson, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7431_a_.jpg 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans; Anite (accent aigue over the "E"), 9, Rosemita, 6 and Jhonny, 12. They are siblings and their last name is Charles.Two sisters and their brother: Anite, nine, Rosemita, six and Jhonny Charles, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans; Anite (accent aigue over the "E"), 9, Rosemita, 6 and Jhonny, 12. They are siblings and their last name is Charles.Two sisters and their brother: Anite, nine, Rosemita, six and Jhonny Charles, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7457_a_.jpg 01-25-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans Rachelle Pierre, 10, and her three-year-old brother Peter. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans Rachelle Pierre, 10, and her three-year-old brother Peter. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7496.jpg Earthquake Orphans 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphan Charlene Jean-Pierre, 10. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_5962.jpg Hundreds Lineup For Bottled Water 01-24-10 01-24-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - SCENES - Haitians line up at a food and water distribution area in the Canape (accent aigue over the "e"), Vert neighborhood. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_5841.jpg Deadline For Haiti Rescue Attempts 01-23-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - RESCUE - Today Wismond Exantis, 24, was pulled out of the rubble at the Napoli Inn Bar and Restaurant, on the same day in which the Haitian government announced the end of all rescue attempts, 11 days after the earthquake of January 12th. This man and others tried to rescue Exantis themselves, to no avail, and were able to get a hold of someone with a cellphone who called a center where all rescues were being coordinated. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_5836.jpg Deadline For Haiti Rescue Attempts 01-23-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - RESCUE - Today a greek rescue worker climbs out of the rubble as she goes to get more tools to rescue Wismond Exantis, 24, who eventually was pulled out of the rubble at the Napoli Inn Bar and Restaurant, on the same day in which the Haitian government announced the end of all rescue attempts.This was 11 days after the earthquake of January 12th. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_5897.jpg Deadline For Haiti Rescue Attempts 01-23-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - RESCUE - Today Wismond Exantis, 24, was pulled out of the rubble at the Napoli Inn Bar and Restaurant, on the same day in which the Haitian government announced the end of all rescue attempts. This was 11 days after the earthquake of January 12th. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_8335.jpg Marche Hippolyte 01-27-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - WORK - Two women were among many who passed through here late afternoon, standing on the first floor of buildings, behind store fronts which made up Marche Hypolite. Many came here to find something that they could use, such as wood for cooking, and scrape metal to help them rebuild homes. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_6817.jpg Nights In PAP After The Earthquake PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI 01-28-10 - Since the earthquake of January 12th, many Haitians in the city and surrounding areas of Port-au-Prince have been sleeping in the streets for fear of another earthquake. Stones from the earthquake damaged buildings are used here as obstructions and warnings to drivers that people are sleeping here. This was Postemarchand and Rue Lammare at 8:16 PM. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_8617.jpg Nights In PAP After The Earthquake PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI 01-28-10 - Since the earthquake of January 12th, many Haitians in the city and surrounding area of Port-au-Prince have been sleeping in the streets for fear of another earthquake. Stones from the earthquake damaged buildings are used here as obstructions and warnings to drivers that people are sleeping here. Postemarchand and Rue Lammare at 8:16 PM. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_6495.jpg Body on Poupelard Street PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI 01-21-10 - POUPELARD STREET - A corpse was pulled from the rubble in a building in the background here on Poupelard. It was put here on the sidewalk under an SOS sign, with the hope that an agency of the Haitian government will pick it up and see that it is properly buried. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://oziermuhammad.com/duke-ellington-in-chicago 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_014.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972- Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_006.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOISCITY HALL PLAZA CH Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_007.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_015.jpg Duke Ellington and Paul Gonzales CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_000.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_009.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_013.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_010.jpg Duke and Mercer Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_011.jpg Paul Gonzales takes a solo and the crowd reacts. CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_012.jpg Paul Gonsalves takes a solo and the crowd reacts. CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_001.jpg Paul Gonsalves takes a solo. CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_002.jpg Harold Carney CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_003.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_004.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_005.jpg Stepin Fetchit and Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_008.jpg Duke Ellington reacts to an excited fan CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_016.jpg Duke Ellington leading his orchestra CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near in City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_018.jpg Russell Procope CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/duke_017.jpg Duke Ellington CITY HALL PLAZA CHICAGO ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Summer 1972 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a free concert downtown near in City Hall Plaza.. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://oziermuhammad.com/portraits 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/harlem 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/haitians-children-orphaned-after-eartrhquake 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7470.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - The Morin sisters: Lovely, eight, and Mariefleur, seven. . - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - The Morin sisters: Lovely, eight, and Mariefleur, seven. . - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7496.jpg Earthquake Orphans 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphan Charlene Jean-Pierre, 10. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7494_a_.jpg 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans; Osnadine Pierre, 8, Gervin Pierre, 5, and Jimmy Tranquil, 7. They are siblings. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans; Osnadine Pierre, 8, Gervin Pierre, 5, and Jimmy Tranquil, 7. They are siblings. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7457_a_.jpg 01-25-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans Rachelle Pierre, 10, and her three-year-old brother Peter. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans Rachelle Pierre, 10, and her three-year-old brother Peter. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7454.jpg 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques. Roseberlin Gabriel, 8. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques. Roseberlin Gabriel, 8. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7469.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - The Edmonds brothers: Enso, 8 and Edno, 6. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - The Edmonds brothers: Enso, 8 and Edno, 6. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7422.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Jocelyn Jeansanon, 14. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Jocelyn Jeansanon, 14. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7485.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Veli, 14, and his sister Kateline Jeanphillipe, 11. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Veli, 14, and his sister Kateline Jeanphillipe, 11. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7411.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Losais Loruain, 11. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Losais Loruain, 11. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7438.jpg 01-25-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care.Daphne Joseph, 14 - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care.Daphne Joseph, 14 - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7418.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Jhon-derson Dade, 11, with his brother Judeson, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Jhon-derson Dade, 11, with his brother Judeson, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7431_a_.jpg 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans; Anite (accent aigue over the "E"), 9, Rosemita, 6 and Jhonny, 12. They are siblings and their last name is Charles.Two sisters and their brother: Anite, nine, Rosemita, six and Jhonny Charles, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphans; Anite (accent aigue over the "E"), 9, Rosemita, 6 and Jhonny, 12. They are siblings and their last name is Charles.Two sisters and their brother: Anite, nine, Rosemita, six and Jhonny Charles, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7447.jpg 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Marie Gislaine Predelis, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 01-25-10 Port Au Prince, Haiti - Deskl: FOR - Slug: - ORPHANS - Marie Gislaine Predelis, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IMG_7405.jpg Earthquake Orphans 01-26-10 Croix Des Bouquets, Haiti - Orphans of the January 12th earthquake are gathered in a field next to Lycee Jacques, a primary school. They are under the care of FRADES, a grass organization which is providing foster care. Portrait of orphan Jerry Bernard, 12. - Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://oziermuhammad.com/new-orleans-after-katrina-2005-to-2006 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/035.jpg Idled Fema Trailer NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA FEMA trailers in a railyard near downtown New Orleans. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Marooned-In-New-Orleans.jpg KN1I6019.JPG New Orleans - Late August 2005 - A sits on the the front porch of his home in the lower 9th ward surrounded by water from the breahced 17th Canal, after huuricane Katrina swept through this region. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/NYT https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5677_a_.jpg New Orleans After Katrina 2005 to 2006 | Ozier Muhammad Photojournalist View New Orleans After Katrina 2005 to 2006 by Ozier Muhammad Photojournalist. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I0806.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5214.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/072.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5621_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5259_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5613_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/0067.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/094_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA August Blanchard and his aunt, Shirley Blanchard, are in the living room of the house where the decomposed remains of his mother, Charlene, were found in February, on Reynes Street in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA August Blanchard and his aunt, Shirley Blanchard, are in the living room of the house where the decomposed remains of his mother, Charlene, were found in February, on Reynes Street in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5638_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5057_b_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5155.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/083_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/107.jpg At The Lower 9th Wall NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Displaced residents of the Lower 9th Ward gathered at the wall of the Industrial Canal on the first Memorial Day holiday after Hurricane Katrina came through the Gulf region. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/108.jpg Emotions Rise At Levee Wall NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA On the Memorial Day holiday scores of people came to the Industrial Canal's Levee to remember the people who died here when Hurricane Katrina's arrival cause it to breech. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1527AA.jpg Where The Levee Breeched NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA A ceremony took place here in the Lower 9th ward when a levee breeched here at the Industrial Canal killing residents when there homes were inundated. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Second-Line-Parade.jpg New Orleans - August 31, 2006 - A year after hurricane Katrina devasted this city, locals and other people from around the country and the world came here to celebrate the city's resiliance. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/NYT New Orleans - August 31, 2006 - A year after hurricane Katrina devasted this city, locals and other people from around the country and the world came here to celebrate the city's resiliance. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/NYT https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I0772.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I1646.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I0760_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K1089.jpg Indian Girl Costumed NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA A girl is dressed in a Mardi Gras Indian costume in a tent at the first Jazz and Heritage Festival since Katrina damaged the Crescent City. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I0716_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN0795.jpg Satchmo Statue NEW ORLEANS A statue of New Orleans famous native son Louis Armstrong. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1570.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1015_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1011_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1009.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1003.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I3732.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://oziermuhammad.com/equal-justice-initiative-community-remembrance-project 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_002.jpg Floyd, Alabama - 02-17-2016 - This is the site of a lynching. This was for a project undertaken by The Equal Justice Initiative. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad Floyd, Alabama - 02-17-2016 - This is the site of a lynching. This was for a project undertaken by The Equal Justice Initiative. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_soil_collect012.jpg Floyd, Alabama - 02-17-2016 - Soil collection sites in southern Alabama for a project undertaken by The Equal Justice Initiative. This patch of soil is where Berney, was hung for allegedly killing a white farmer, John Christizberg, Nov. 10, 1912. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad Floyd, Alabama - 02-17-2016 - Soil collection sites in southern Alabama for a project undertaken by The Equal Justice Initiative. This patch of soil is where Berney, was hung for allegedly killing a white farmer, John Christizberg, Nov. 10, 1912. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_020.jpg Floyd, Ala - 02-12-16 - Julia Ware, 25, collects soil at the sight where a black man named Berney was lynched, on Nov 10, 1912. Her nephew, Jai Lee, 3, tagged along. She was one of many volunteers who colleced soil collecting for the lynch site project for the Equal Justice Initiative. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Floyd, Ala - 02-12-16 - Julia Ware, 25, collects soil at the sight where a black man named Berney was lynched, on Nov 10, 1912. Her nephew, Jai Lee, 3, tagged along. She was one of many volunteers who colleced soil collecting for the lynch site project for the Equal Justice Initiative. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_018.jpg Thomaston, Ala - 02-12-16 - This is the site where Rufus Lesseur, was first detained and later lynched on August 16, 1904. He was accused of raping a white woman on Aug. 14 of that year. This is a soil collecting for the lynch site project, for The Equal Justice Initiative. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Thomaston, Ala - 02-12-16 - This is the site where Rufus Lesseur, was first detained and later lynched on August 16, 1904. He was accused of raping a white woman on Aug. 14 of that year. This is a soil collecting for the lynch site project, for The Equal Justice Initiative. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_022.jpg Thomaston, Ala - 02-12-16 - A portal inside the makeshift jail where Lesseur was detained before he was lynched. Photo by Ozier Muhammad Thomaston, Ala - 02-12-16 - A portal inside the makeshift jail where Lesseur was detained before he was lynched. Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_003.jpg Thomaston, Alabama - 02-17-2016 - The pallet, in which Lesseur might have slept on as he was detained on a rape charge.- Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Thomaston, Alabama - 02-17-2016 - The pallet, in which Lesseur might have slept on as he was detained on a rape charge.- Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_004.jpg Thomaston, Alabama - 02-17-2016 - Looking at the door from the pallet, in which Lesseur might have slept, as he was detained for on a rape charge.- Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Thomaston, Alabama - 02-17-2016 - Looking at the door from the pallet, in which Lesseur might have slept, as he was detained for on a rape charge.- Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_006.jpg Thomaston, Ala - 02-12-16 - This capped jar is the type which used and inscribed the names of lynch victims. This capped jar was later filled with soil from this site where Mr.Lesseur, was first detained and later lynched on August 16, 1904. He was accused of raping a white woman on Aug. 14 of that year. This is a soil collecting for the lynch site project, for The Equal Justice Initiative. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Thomaston, Ala - 02-12-16 - This capped jar is the type which used and inscribed the names of lynch victims. This capped jar was later filled with soil from this site where Mr.Lesseur, was first detained and later lynched on August 16, 1904. He was accused of raping a white woman on Aug. 14 of that year. This is a soil collecting for the lynch site project, for The Equal Justice Initiative. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_005.jpg Thomaston, Ala - 02-12-16 - This is the site where Rufus Lesseur, was first detained and later lynched on August 16, 1904. He was accused of raping a white woman on Aug. 14 of that year. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Thomaston, Ala - 02-12-16 - This is the site where Rufus Lesseur, was first detained and later lynched on August 16, 1904. He was accused of raping a white woman on Aug. 14 of that year. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_011.jpg Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of EJI, site in a common area in the headquarters, to view with others a video about the lynch site project. The official title of the project is The Community Remembrance Project. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of EJI, site in a common area in the headquarters, to view with others a video about the lynch site project. The official title of the project is The Community Remembrance Project. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_014.jpg Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Mr. Stevenson talks about the Community Remembrance Project to an audience of volunteers. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Mr. Stevenson talks about the Community Remembrance Project to an audience of volunteers. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_012.jpg Montgomery, Ala - 02-11-16 - Mr. Stevenson talks about the Community Remembrance Project to an audience of volunteers and supporters. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Montgomery, Ala - 02-11-16 - Mr. Stevenson talks about the Community Remembrance Project to an audience of volunteers and supporters. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_015.jpg Montgomery, Ala - 02-11-16 - Visitors to EJI, take a look at capped jars with the names of victims of lynching inscribed. This was a temporary display of what eventually will be displayed in The National Memorial For Peace and Justice, that will be located yards from the headquarters of the Equal Justice Initiative. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Montgomery, Ala - 02-11-16 - Visitors to EJI, take a look at capped jars with the names of victims of lynching inscribed. This was a temporary display of what eventually will be displayed in The National Memorial For Peace and Justice, that will be located yards from the headquarters of the Equal Justice Initiative. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_008.jpg Video Links On Assignment With Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_016.jpg Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 -Mr. Stevenson talks to an audience of supports and volunteers. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 -Mr. Stevenson talks to an audience of supports and volunteers. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_013.jpg Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Left to right: Mr. Stevenson talking to Anthony Ray Hinton, Community Educator, was falsely accused of committing two murders outside of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1985. He was wrongly convicted and spent nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row before he was exonerated and freed in April 2015, with the help of EJI. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Left to right: Mr. Stevenson talking to Anthony Ray Hinton, Community Educator, was falsely accused of committing two murders outside of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1985. He was wrongly convicted and spent nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row before he was exonerated and freed in April 2015, with the help of EJI. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_019.jpg Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Mr. Stevenson in a light moment with volunteers at EJI headquarters. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Mr. Stevenson in a light moment with volunteers at EJI headquarters. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/eji_ozier_017.jpg Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Sia Sanneh, Jennifer Taylor and Ben Howard, all lawyers, and on the staff of EJI, as they collected soil at a lynch site, near downtown, in this city. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad Montgomery, Ala - 02-12-16 - Sia Sanneh, Jennifer Taylor and Ben Howard, all lawyers, and on the staff of EJI, as they collected soil at a lynch site, near downtown, in this city. - Credit Photo by Ozier Muhammad 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. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times https://oziermuhammad.com/alex-township-sunday-worshippers-2013 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex016.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex007.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA An unidentified worshipper, standing inside St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church before the 11:30AM service began. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex021.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Rev. Joseph P. Letsholo, 53, leads the congregation in prayer before he preached the sermon of the 11:30AM service at St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex008.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Rev. Joseph P. Letsholo, 53, the pastor and leader of St. John Apostlelic Faith Mission Church. He was photographed before the 11:30AM service started. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex009.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA The cross adorn several areas in the sanctuary of St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex005.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Mitta Mabena, 54, poses in her Sunday worship dress at the door of St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex027.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Wilson Mabasa, 55, poses for a photographer. He is a member of Apostles Church. He was headed home after Sunday service ended. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex018.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Boitumelo Pila, 12, in the yard of the church before the 11:30AM service at St. John Apostolic Faith Mission. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex015.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Savious Moyo, 43, a member of The Nations 12 Apostles Nazareth Zion Church, stopped to pose for a photographer. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex025.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Sonelai Gakane, Sinazo Makunge, both 18 years old, were dancing in the street just before this photo was taken. They were still enthralled in the fervor of the church service they had attended. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex020.jpg ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Neo Nene Letsholo, 21, the daughter of the pastor of this church, St. John Apostolic Faith Mission, posed for a photographer before her father preached the 11:30AM service. ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Neo Nene Letsholo, 21, the daughter of the pastor of this church, St. John Apostolic Faith Mission, posed for a photographer before her father preached the 11:30AM service. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex019.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Tumelo Mokhachane, 30, posed in the yard of St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church, before the 11:30AM service started. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex004.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Ntsoaki Pila, 37, in the church yard of St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church. The service hadn't started, and she stopped washing church garments in a shed in the back to pose for this picture. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex010.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Annah Zisongo, 43, with her child, Snethemba Zisongo, 4 and friend Grace Isikhalanga, 28. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex006.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Ntsoaki Pila, 37, poses for a photographer in the yard of St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex017.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA These women are a part of the congregation at St. John Apostolic Faith Mission Church. They are from left to right: Annah Tjale, 49, Elizabeth, Phetsheni, 33, Mitta Mabena, 54, Boitumelo Pila, 12 and her mother Ntsoaki Pila, 27. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex013.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Rev. Frans Kgolane, 61, who leads a congregation at The Baptist Apostolic Church. He was on his way home after service. The long cross is very common among the men, whether they are the ministers or simply a part of the congregation. The staff conveys that Jesus was a shepherd. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex026.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Church goers heading home after service. The men often are seen with staffs and banners. The idea of the dress, especially with the men is to depict the worshippers as shepherds, like Jesus Christ. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex003.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA A group of people walking in the streets are most likely headed home, because most churches here had finished their worship services for the day. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex024.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA A group of worshippers head home (most church services are over at this time - it was near dusk and there is a little to no electricity in Alexandra Township) from a service. Their garments indicate the congregation or christian association they are a part of. The man in the middle is holding a very beautifully carved staff. The kind one would see in common biblical illustrations. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex022.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA A woman heads for church mid-morning. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex011.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA A Scene behind a church. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex002.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Sinazo Makunge, 18, was still enthralled in the sermon and gospel music she had heard today, as she dances in the streets on her way home. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex023.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA A woman carried the ecstasy of a sermon home with her through the streets of Alexandra (as she headed home the photographer tried to get her name and few words from her to no avail, she was in a moment that she would not let go). https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex014.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA The woman in white was so carried away in moments of what appeared to be ecstasy, from a sermon she had just heard, danced in the street on her home with her friend Sinazo Makunge, in Alexandra Township (as they headed home the photographer tried to get her name and few words from her to no avail, she was in a moment that she would not let go). Ms. Makunge, was able to engage others: not so with the woman in white. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Alex028.jpg Sunday Worshippers ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA Bishop Wilson Masivo, 75, escorts Melitta Ngwepe, 62, home after service. They are not married. https://oziermuhammad.com/nelson-mandela's-95th-birthday 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/nelson-mandela's-death-celebrated-and-mourned 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/South_Africa_Abstracts005.jpg Trained to box here. OWETO, SOUTH AFRICA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/South_Africa_Abstracts004.jpg Trained to box here. 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WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA Jubilition after the Southwest Peoples Organization was declared the winner of the first non-racial election here. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Polling_Cop_03.jpg Poll Watcher BUSHMANLAND, NAMIBIA A poll watcher for the Democratic Turnhall Coalition, the white party that has held on to political power since this part of southern Africa became a proxy region for the apartheid South African government. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Gautcha_Woman_06.jpg A Woman Looks Out Early Morning Before The Vote BUSHMANLAND, NAMIBIA A Bush woman wakes on the morning of the date, which her homeland will be significantly transformed from a nation, which, later that same day, will no longer be divided along racial lines. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Klein_Dobe_Sunrise_017.jpg Early Morning Before The Vote BUSHMANLAND, NAMIBIA A boy sips water from a cup in a tiny village on the morning of his nation's first non-racial elections. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/gautcha_BML_007.jpg A Married Couple Get Ready For The Day BUSHMANLAND, NAMIBIA This couple woke at daybreak and prepared themselves for the day's tasks ahead, which included voting in the first non-racial election in their nation's history. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Klein_Dobe_Sunrise_010.jpg Mother And Child On The Day of The Vote BUSHMANLAND, NAMIBIA A bush woman smokes and breast feeds her child on the morning of the first day of balloting in the first non-racial election in SW Africa's history. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Tsumkwe_Boy_BML_004_a_.jpg Portrait of Bushman Youth BUSHMANLAND, NAMIBIA 1989 -Tsumnkwe Boy of Bushmanland, near a polling place during a week of voting in the first non-racial election in his country's history. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/swapo_win013.jpg Celebrating SWAPO Victory WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA 1989 - These men provided syncopated clapping as a man danced and jumped after the United Naiton declared that SWAPO, the Southwest African Peoples Party had defeated the Democratic Turnhall Coalition, a satelite political organization which was endorsed by the Nartional Party of South Africa. https://oziermuhammad.com/known-as-bushmenland-within-namibia 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/chicago 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/nato-protest-chicago 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/elections-in-nigeria-1999 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/abstracts-abroad 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/RSA_082_a_.jpg Walter Sisulu and his Wife Albertina THE TRANSKEI, SOUTH AFRICA Walter and Albertina Sisulu visits Transkei just weeks after his release from Robben Island. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict033.jpg Praying for Amadou Diallo CONAKRY, GUINEA 02-14-1999 - Amadou Diallo, who was killed on February 4th 1999 in Bronx, NY when 4 undercover police officers opened fire on Mr.Diallo when he reached for his wallet. Guineans pray over his remains inside this coffin at mosque in the central area of Conakry. He was 23 years old when he was killed. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict034.jpg Diallo's Final Resting Place LELOUMA, GUINEA 02-16-1999 - Amadou Diallo, who was killed on February 4th 1999 in Bronx, NY when 4 undercover police officers opened fire on Mr.Diallo when he reached for his wallet. He was buried here in this town, near Labe, Conakry, February 16th. He was 23 years old. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict036.jpg Saying Goodbye to Amadou Diallo LELOUMA, GUINEA 02-16-1999 - Amadou Diallo, who was killed on February 4th 1999 in Bronx, NY when 4 undercover police officers opened fire on Mr.Diallo when he reached for his wallet. He was buried here in this town, near Labe, Conakry, February 16th. He was 23 years old. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/bus_and_men_Transkei_1989.jpg Bus Depot BUTTERWORTH, RSA December 1989 - Mostly men waiting to board a bus in this town, where Nelson Mandela was born. This is the Transkei region.