Memories of Mo Amin
He criss-crossed the African continent capturing historic, breathtaking and impactful images through his camera lenses. A majority of his stories put Africa in the spotlight, and in many instances, forced the world to stop for a moment and act.
Within the media fraternity, photo and video journalist Mohamed Amin was always one step ahead of the pack covering major breaking news, and on November 23rd 1996, he died in his prime, aboard a hijacked plane off the coast the Comoros Islands in a plane crash that gripped the attention of the world.Twenty six years later, NTV’s Duncan Khaemba looks back on the life and times of a legend who was to many simply known as Mo, and whose works remain immortalised in picture and sound.
When he is not litigating in courts, then he is probably giving a public lecture or seated on a panel somewhere across the continent of Africa preaching about the elusive dream of a united Africa. Kenya’s high court advocate professor PLO Lumumba is increasingly gaining traction in the continent for his passion on pan-africanism that has seen him stand out as the latter-day Kwame Nkrumah who was the champion for pan-africanism. So what drives him to be this passionate about mama Africa? What kind of Africa is his dream about and who inspires him the most?
April 21, 2024