Who We Are
No! Wahala Media is a creative non-profit dedicated to championing African photography and educating photographers from the global majority across borders. We believe in the power of authentic, ethical storytelling to shape narratives, challenge stereotypes, and create lasting impact.
Founded by Anne & KC Nwakalor, we bring two decades of combined experience across documentary photography, editorial publishing, and ethical storytelling to help photographers grow, get seen, and build lasting careers. Our education programme is open to all photographers, with a particular focus on those from Africa and the global majority. Our publishing arm, No! Wahala Magazine, is dedicated exclusively to African photographers, telling African stories, on African terms.
We started in 2020 because African photographers and other underrepresented voices were being overlooked, undervalued, and too often spoken for rather than heard. That has not changed. Neither has our commitment to doing something about it.
Our vision is to equip photographers from Africa and the global majority with the skills, visibility, and access needed to build lasting careers. We aim to achieve this through affordable workshops, mentorships, portfolio reviews, and publishing opportunities that help visual storytellers grow, get seen, and build lasting careers.
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Your support helps us keep workshops affordable, mentor emerging photographers from Africa and the global majority, and publish African stories.
Anne Nwakalor
Co-founder & Editorial Director
Anne is a British-Nigerian curator and writer based in Manchester, UK. She is the founding editor of No! Wahala Magazine and is passionate about ethical storytelling.
She has facilitated workshops, curated exhibitions, reviewed portfolios, and served on photography juries for organisations and institutions, including World Press Photo, Magnum Photos, Foam Magazine, Format Festival, Paris College of Art, Photo Museum Ireland, and Manchester Metropolitan University.
Anne leads the editorial and publishing vision of No! Wahala Media. Anne oversees all publishing outputs, including the magazine and photobooks, and plays a central role in curating exhibitions, commissioning contributors, and editing features on photographers. She also co-leads portfolio reviews and workshops, guiding photographers on project editing, publishing readiness, and ethical representation.
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KC Nwakalor
Co-founder & Creative Director
KC is a Nigerian-born documentary photographer, producer and educator based in Manchester, UK. With over a decade of experience, he has worked with clients including The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, NPR, UNICEF, Oxfam, and Seplat Energy.
He has delivered talks and workshops at institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Royal Photographic Society, World Press Photo, and Magnum Foundation.
KC leads the creative and strategic direction of No! Wahala Media. He oversees programming across workshops, portfolio reviews, and the annual photography award. He is also responsible for building partnerships, designing educational offerings, and providing career-focused feedback to photographers.
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Your support helps us keep No! Wahala Media alive and growing. Every contribution goes directly into funding workshop places for emerging photographers, printing the next issue of our magazine, and sustaining the work we do to champion African photography and educate photographers from the global majority.
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