Ananias Leki Dago

**Ananias Leki Dago** (born 2 November 1970) be Ivorian photographer.

## Biography
Ananias Leki Dago be graduate of de Institut National Supérieur de l'Action et de l'Animation Culturelle insyd Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

During a period of exile wey he dey live insyd Europe, wey result from political unrest insyd ein native Côte d'Ivoire, he work for magazines such as *Africultures* den *Regards*. From 1997 to 2001, he serve as de Official Photographer for de Marché des arts et du spectacle africains (MASA), base insyd Abidjan.

Na dem exhibit ein photographs insyd museums den cultural spaces such as de Centre Pompidou den de Musée de l’Histoire de l'Immigration insyd Paris, France; Fondation Donwahi insyd Abidjan; de Moderna Museet insyd Stockholm, Sweden; de Philadelphia Museum of Art insyd Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; den de Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art) insyd Dakar, Senegal, wey be part of de permanent collections of institutions such as de Fundació Vila Casas insyd Barcelona, Spain; de Fondation Sindika Dokolo insyd Luanda, Angola; de Harlem Studio Museum insyd New York, New York; de Philadelphia Museum of Art; de Musée du Quai Branly den de Galeries Photo Fnac insyd Paris, France, as well as various international private collections.

Insyd 2019, Ananias Leki Dago represent de Côte d'Ivoire at de Biennale di Venezia, insyd Venice, Italy, wey dey participate insyd de exhibit "Ivory Coast: The Open Shadows of Memory".

Founder of de first international photography festival insyd Abidjan, Les Rencontres du Sud, den restorer of de negatives of Paul Kodjo - de "Father of Ivorian photography", Ananias Leki Dago be de author of five publications wey dey feature ein photographic works: *Ananias Leki-Dago, photographe* (Les éditions de l'oeil, 2003), *Shebeen Blues* (Éditions Gang, 2010), *Mabati* (Native Intelligence den Goethe-Institut Kenia, 2013), *La Nawa* (Éditions Gang, Conseil Régional de la Nawa, 2016), den *Rainy Days Abidjan* (Éditions Éburnie, 2019). He sanso serve as a photographer insyd residence for established artistic programs insyd Europe, Africa, den de Caribbean.

## Bibliography
* ''Ananias Leki Dago, photographe'', by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs) and Yann Le Goff (text), Les éditions de l'œil, Paris, 2003(French, Monograph, Softcover, 165x120mm, full colour, 24 pgs.) 
* ''Et change de regards! : un appareil photographique pour changer de regard et vivre la solidarité'', by Ananias Leki Dago and Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Équilibres & populations, Paris, 2003 (French, 24cm, full colour, 65 pgs.) 
* ''Shebeen Blues: The Wheel is Still in Spin'', by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs) and Mongane Wally Serote (text), Éditions Gang, Ivry-sur-Seine, 2010 (French, 240x220mm, 122 pgs.) 
* ''Mabati'', by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs), Simon Njami (essays) and Billy Kahora (essays), edited by Contact Zones, Contact Zones NRB 06, Native Intelligence and Goethe-Institut Kenia, Nairobi, 2013 (English, 22&nbsp;cm, 104 pgs.) 
* ''La Nawa'', by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs) and Érika Nimis (Ed., "Devoir de mémoire" (text), by Ananias Leki Dago), Éditions Gang, Conseil Régional de la Nawa, in co-production with Emerge and See!, and in co-publication with NEI-CEDA, Côte d'Ivoire, 2016 (French, 25x35cm, limited edition of 2000 copies, 184 pgs.) 
* ''Rainy Days Abidjan'', by Ananias Leki Dago and Véronique Tadjo, Éditions Éburnie, Abidjan, 2019 (French and English, 22×29.5cm, 96 pgs.) 
## Filmography

* *Ysasu: La Mode dans la rue André del Sarte* (2007), directed by Yvonne Michele Anderson (Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham) (Still Photographer)
* *Nous sommes* (2007; dist. 2012) (Photographies / Still Photographer)
* *Ananias Léki Dago - Photographe.* (2016), directed by Sibylle Desjardins for the Fondation Zinsou (Soi-même / Himself, Photographies / Still Photographer)
* *Je reste photographe* (2022), directed by Ananias Léki Dago (Soi-même / Himself, Photographies / Still Photographer)

## Awards

* 2004 - Distinction, Kodak Prize of Critical Photography, Paris, France
* 2009 - First Prize, PhotoAfrica context, Tarifa, Spain

## References


## External links

* Ananias Leki Dago, Official Name Authority File, BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
* Ananias Leki Dago on Facebook