About
Kiagraphy Media is a creative studio in Dar es Salaam, founded in 2022 by siblings Joe-Francis and Josephine Kiaga.
We make film, photography, illustration and poetry, and we write and voice for brands. Our lens, your vision.
The two of us
Joe-Francis Kiaga
Director · Photographer · Illustrator · Poet
- Writes, directs and edits Kiagraphy's films, among them Ngozi Nyeusi, Once and Two Mirrors in the Sky
- Photographer, trained at the Orms Cape Town School of Photography
- Turns his photographs into illustrations by hand, including the manga covers of Akilini
- Poet, performing for Wahenga Wapya
- Degree in Advertising, Public Relations and Media, Middlesex University
Josephine Kiaga
Producer
- Produces every Kiagraphy film
- Runs Ubunifu Magazine, a Kiagraphy subsidiary, and its interview series Ubunifu Diaries
- Degree in film production, University of Salford; BTEC Student of the Year, now a BTEC Ambassador
- Production manager on Jasiri, commissioned by the US Embassy and PEPFAR
- Taught filmmaking at Braeburn International School Arusha; her students' films were selected for Lift Off London 2024
- Has made work with Girl Effect, The Nature Conservancy and AMREF Health Africa
Ubunifu Magazine
Run by Josephine Kiaga
A subsidiary of Kiagraphy Media, run independently by Josephine. Ubunifu gathers artistic opportunities from across Africa in one place, and in Ubunifu Diaries she sits down with artists from the continent and its diaspora.
Ubunifu Diaries · Interviews by Josephine Kiaga
Selected and screened
Festival selectionPoetry Africa Film FestivalDurbanFestival selectionNgalabi Short Film FestivalUgandaFestival selectionFilm Olympiad and International Video Poetry FestivalGreeceFestival selectionCine MinhocãoBrazilFestival selectionAfrican Short Film ObservatoryFestival selectionDirect Monthly Online Film Festival (DMOFF)October 2024Screened atZanzibar International Film Festival
Featured on Sinema Zetu, Azam TV.