HOWARD T. CASH

Born in Harlem, New York in 1953, he attended Holy Name School and moved to The Bronx in 1967. He graduated from Laurinburg Prep in N.C. in 1971 and attended Los Angeles City College in California where he studied photography and graduated in 1979.

His focusing on Africa and the African Diaspora began with a visit to Ghana in ’78 through Operation Crossroads Africa. He later freelanced in Nigeria from ’79-84 and upon his return to New York became a recipient of many awards garnering almost 400 collectors. Some of his work resides in the Permanent Collection of the Schomburg Library for Research in Black Culture.