Gallery ILÉ is delighted to offer several of the truly remarkable books published by the critically acclaimed photographer and PhD researcher, Nicola Lo Calzo, in the course of his prolific career, encompassing a total of 17 volumes no less, within a mere decade.

Dedicated to knowledge, reading, and encounter, each of the rare gems comprised within our carefully curated selection, extends ILÉ’s postulate, in celebrating Afro-descendant and diasporic voices. 

• INSIDE NIGER | WATER & WORK IN THE SAHEL 

• OBIA | MAROONS OF THE GUIANAS | FROM ANTISLAVERY STRUGGLES TO MASS SOCIETY

• REGLA | AFRO-CUBAN HERITAGE | CAUGHT BETWEEN EMANCIPATORY PRACTICES AND COLONIAL MEMORY

• BINIDITTU | OR THE INVISIBLE MAN

• TCHAMBA | VODUN | IN REMEMBRANCE OF SLAVERY 

• CASTA | RACE. MEMORY AND COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN UNITED STATES 

• AGOUDAS | AFRICAN MEMORIES | BETWEEN PRIVATE TRANSMISSION AND PUBLIC APPROPRIATION 

• BUNDLES OF WOOD | THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD LEGACY IN NEW YORK STATE