Business Meeting - Photographer Antonio Cossa

Dear Rotarians and Friends,

We are delighted to invite you to a very special evening with Antonio Cossa, an internationally experienced Mozambican photojournalist based in Prague and friend of our Club, who will introduce us to his powerful project "Born Different" - People with Albinism in Africa.

Born Different is a unique research and documentary project combining photography and cultural anthropology, developed in collaboration with Palacký University Olomouc and cultural anthropologist Kateřina Mildnerová. Together, they have documented the lives and experiences of people with albinism in different parts of Africa, bringing together rigorous field research with Antonio’s extraordinary visual storytelling.

Through Antonio’s remarkable photographs and first-hand experiences, the project takes us into two strikingly different realities: Zambia, where people with albinism face severe discrimination, social exclusion and even ritual violence, and Benin, where traditional Vodun (often known in the West as Voodoo) beliefs can give people with albinism a very different social and spiritual status.

Beyond documenting these realities, Born Different seeks to raise awareness of human rights violations and provide practical support to vulnerable people with albinism, particularly children, single mothers and survivors of ritual attacks.

Antonio will share with us the stories behind his photographs, his experiences in the field, and the people he has met along the way. His images offer not only a record of hardship and discrimination, but also powerful portraits of dignity, resilience and humanity.

Please join us for what promises to be a thought-provoking evening.