Mohamed Amin

Mohamed Amin
This article is about the Kenyan photojournalist. For other people, see Mohammed Amin (disambiguation).
Mohamed Amin

Mohamed "Mo" Amin (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist noted for his pictures and videotapes of the Ethiopian famine.

Mohamed Amin was born on 29 August 1943 in Eastleigh, Nairobi and developed an interest in photography at school.[1] He founded Camerapix company in 1963 in Dar es Salaam and moved the company to Nairobi three years later. During the 1970s he became one of the most relied-upon African news photographers,[1] reporting on wars and coups all through the continent, and his pictures were often used by Western news media. Amin's most influential moment came when his photos, along with Michael Buerk's reporting of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that resulted in Live Aid concerts.

Apart from Ethiopian famine, he contributed exclusive photos of the fall of Idi Amin and of Mengistu Haile Mariam, and was author of numerous books, including Journey Through Pakistan, and covered various themes like East African Wildlife and the Uganda Railway.

In 1991 Amin lost his left arm during an ammunition dump explosion in Ethiopia during the Ethiopian Civil War.[2]

Amin published issues of Selamta, the Ethiopian Airlines in-flight magazine.[3]

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Death

Amin boarded Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 on November 23, 1996 with 61-year old Brian Tetley, a colleague who wrote text for Amin's photography books, to travel to Nairobi after a business trip to Ethiopia. Hijackers stormed the cockpit of ET-AIZ, the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B767-260ER used for the flight, and forced the pilot, Leul Abate, to fly east over the Indian Ocean. Amin attempted to rally the passengers to attack the hijackers and confronted the hijackers, trying to stop the scenario. ET-AIZ ran out of fuel and Abate ditched the aircraft off the coast of the Comoros Islands. Amin died at age 53 [2] as he stood as ET-AIZ broke to pieces; his body hit the airplane wall, causing his death.[4] Tetley also died.[2][5]

Legacy

In June 2006, Mo and Me (see External Links), a documentary film about him was premiered. It won Best International Documentary at the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Al Jazeera media company and Camerapix funded the film. Amin's son, Salim Amin, runs the Camerapix company as of 2008. Mo Amin is the inspiration for the A24 news channel, a proposed independent pan-African 24-hour 'African voice for Africa' which commenced broadcasting from Nairobi on 19 September 2008.

Mohamed Amin worked with numerous journalists and writers, including Tahir Shah, Colin Blane and Michael Buerk.

References

  1. ^ a b Episode One, Mo & Me
  2. ^ a b c "Mohamed Amin, 53, Camera Eye During the Famine in Ethiopia." The New York Times. November 26, 1996.
  3. ^ Episode Seven, Mo & Me
  4. ^ "Ocean Landing" or "African Hijack," Mayday
  5. ^ "Milestones." Time. Monday 9 December 1996. Retrieved on 15 February 2010.

External links

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