The restitution of dignity: Photography, resistance and her-stories in Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King’, in: Philosophy of Photography, 17.1 (2026) online first: doi.org/10.1386/pop_...
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Hirut stares at the sunlit vista
pressing itself
through the swinging doors.
As they start to close,
she holds her breath.
Addis Ababa shrinks to a sliver
and slips out of the room.
- The Shadow King,
Maaza Mengiste
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It's somehow darker at the peak than below...
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Went to Benyam Ethiopian restaurant in ሐarleም this evening. Their food is really good. But then I saw a book by @maazamengiste.bsky.social on the counter. Didn’t buy it today, but I will order it soon. #TheShadowKing
Witching hour has come for The Shadow King, a dark entity who is born from the nothingness, but he is the ruler of fear, and eternal madness, he brings about into a living nightmare, taking out every light itself #originalcharacterart #illustration #TheShadowKing #Halloween #characterart #digitalart
