Sissy Helff teaches at the Goethe-University Frankfurt/M. in the department of New English Literatures. Her most recent publications include her monograph "Unreliable Truths: Transcultural Homeworlds in Indian Women's Fiction of the Diaspora" (2012). She has been working as a journalist for development matters and cultural diplomacy and is one of the founding members of the cultural project "Migration & Media".
Stefanie Michels is currently visiting professor for global history (focus on Africa) at the University of Hamburg. Her research focuses on German colonial history and the global history of photography.

Frontmatter 1
Table of Contents 5
Preface 7
Re-framing Photography - Some Thoughts 9
African Photography in the Atlantic Visualscape 19
Elective Affinities? 39
How to use Colonial Photography in Sub-Saharan Africa for Educational and Academic Purposes 57
Presentness, Memory and History: Thabiso Sekgala, "Homeland" 69
On the Circulation of Colonial Pictures 89
Portraits of Distant Worlds 109
Reflexions on the Photographic Archive in the Humanities 133
Re-imagining the Family Album through Literary Adaptation 155
Public Rites/Private Memories 177
Contributors 205