Joe Penney is a director/DOP, photographer, and journalist based in NYC and Lagos, Nigeria. He directed a documentary, "Sun of the Soil: The Story of Mansa Musa," about the reign of Mali's 14th-century king. Penney's articles and essays have been published by The Intercept, The New York Times, Quartz, Reuters and Paris journals. He was West Africa photo bureau chief for Reuters, and his pictures have appeared in Geo, Jeune Afrique, Le Monde, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Time, among others.  Penney co-founded Sahelien.com, a news company covering the Sahel region, in 2013. 

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