• Overview
  • Recent work
  • Clients
  • Photography
  • Articles
  • Video
  • CV
  • About
Menu

Joost Bastmeijer

Africa Correspondent & Photographer
  • Overview
  • Recent work
  • Clients
  • Photography
  • Articles
  • Video
  • CV
  • About

Hoi!

This is where I post brief updates about my recent work.


Featured post:

Recent work
The perilous migration journey through the 'Port of Tears' in Djibouti
about 11 months ago
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5422.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5437.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5429.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5435.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5448.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5443.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5464.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5474.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5426.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5465.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5482.jpg
Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5422.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5437.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5429.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5435.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5448.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5443.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5464.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5474.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5426.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5465.jpg Michael Soi | Door Joost Bastmeijer-5482.jpg

Sex work, China and Nairobi's nightlife: the art of Michael Soi

May 05, 2022

“I like to let corrupt Kenyans take a hard look in the mirror, to show them how greedy they are. I just can't stand the hypocrisy. If you like going to a prostitute, why shouldn't I make a work of art about it?”

Kenyan artist Michael Soi (1972) doesn’t shy away from controversy. His bright, colored paintings are about political sensitivities and sex work, and he finished a series of 100 artworks on the Kenyan-Chinese relations. But the Chinese are not happy with his statements about their "political interference" in Africa.

To find out more, read the full piece (in Dutch), tap on this link or get a copy of Trouw!

Tags: Trouw, Newspaper, Newspapers, Michael Soi, Artist, Art, China, Kenya, Nairobi
← Op1 interview: drought in East AfricaNew work for EenVandaag & Trouw: thousands evicted because of "Road for the rich" →
Back to Top

© 2012-2025 | Joost Bastmeijer | All rights reserved
joostbastmeijer [at] gmail.com