African contemporary arts received a significant boost last year with the opening of a new arts space in the capital of Madagascar. Elise Morton recently returned from Antananarivo where she discovered an unusual show with lots to say to the world about African photography.
The portraits of James Barnor, Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé conjure up an image of cool modernity – but also draw on a long photographic tradition, writes Samuel Reilly