James Akena

Profession:	Photographer
Location:	Kampala , Uganda
Home base:	Kampala, Uganda
Email:	•••••••• (private)
Mobile email:	•••••••• (private)
Languages spoken:	English, Swahili, Luganda, Acholi
Organization:	Reuters, Independent Magazine
AIM/iChat:	Jmspix
Yahoo! Messenger:	j_akena2003
Skype:	Jmspix
Mobile phone (while in Kampala):	•••••••• (private)
Emergency notes:	Contact +256712410833.
Last login:	over 3 years ago
Member since:	30 Dec 2008 10:12

About

I self learnt photography using very basic books and camera. Worked for leading daily newspapers in Uganda and eventually picked to string with Reuters in 2004. I put up two photo exhibition about the conflict in northern Uganda that was showed in Uganda and travelled widely: UN headquarters, Germany, UK, Belgium, Sweden, Japan and Norway.

I do travel frequent to photograph in Rwanda, Eatern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, Southern Sudan and Uganda my base.