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Ajamu X

1963–

United Kingdom

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Ajamu X (born 1963 in Huddersfield) is a British artist, curator, archivist and activist. He is best known for his fine art photography which explores same-sex desire and the black male body, and his work as an archivist and activist to document the lives and experiences of black LGBTQ people in the United Kingdom.

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