Mohamed Amin
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Mohamed "Mo" Amin (29 August 1943 – September 29, 1996), a Kenyan photojournalist, was a Kenyan photojournalist. Amin's photographs, as well as Michael Buerk's account of the 1984 Ethiopian famine, attracted worldwide notice and led to the charity movement that culminated in Live Aid concerts. Amin died in November 1996 when his Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked and crashed into the ocean near Grande Comore.
Life and work
Amin was born in Eastleigh, Nairobi, on August 29, 1943. At school, he began to enjoy photography.
In 1963, he founded the Camerapix firm in Dar es Salaam and later moved the company to Nairobi. He became one of Africa's most reliable news photographers, reporting on wars and coups throughout the continent, and his photographs were often used by Western news media during the 1970s. Amin's most memorable moment came when he and Michael Buerk's coverage of the 1984 Ethiopian famine attracted worldwide notice, leading to the revival of Live Aid concerts.
Apart from the Ethiopian famine, he produced exclusive photos of the fall of Idi Amin and Mengistu Haile Mariam and published several books, including Journey Through Pakistan, Pilgrimage to Mecca, and many on topics such as East African Wildlife and the Uganda Railway. Selamta, the Ethiopian Airlines in-flight magazine, was also published in Amin.
Amin was not only present in Africa, but also in the Middle East. In September 1970, he covered the Palestinian Black September revolt to seize Jerusalem. He was able to travel within the Palestinian forces where Western journalists were unable to.
Amin lost his left arm during an ammunition dump explosion in Ethiopia during the Ethiopian Civil War in 1991.