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BBC News Online has been running a series on the daily lives of people in Africa.
We have heard from a landlady in a South African township, a dancer from Cameroon and a water seller from Dar es Salaam - to name just a few.
But if you have an interesting story to tell - now is your chance.
We want African readers to tell us about their stresses and strains, dreams and hopes for the future using pictures of their life.
We will publish the best photo essays on the web site and the winning entry will receive a digital camera worth about $300.
Photos:
Ideally you should aim to take a variety of photographs - it's a good idea to plan the story before you start. A good first photo would be one that introduces the subject to the readers.
Makes sure you take some close-up photos as well as some wider pictures to show the subject's environment but remember to include something in the foreground to add impact. When you take the picture, remember to look up or down to see what's around you. You might get a better shot if you kneel, or find a position to look down from.
The completed photo essay will have no more than 10 photographs, but you can send us more to choose from.
Make sure you have permission from anyone pictured before submitting the photographs and for pictures of children under 16, the permission of a parent or guardian is required.
Words:
Each picture will need a caption.
Who, what, why, where and when is a good place to start when gathering information for the caption, but where possible quotes from those pictured and a description of how you are feeling will help bring the essay to life.
We don't need many words - no more than 80 per picture.
Ways to submit a photo essay
By email:
Please e-mail your completed photo essays, or any questions you may have, to our Picture Editor with the subject "African photo assignment", to
yourpics@bbc.co.uk
Or by post to:
Picture Editor, BBC News Online, Rm7540, TV Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ.
Closing date:
30 September 2004
Good luck.
If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions. In contributing to BBC News Online you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media. (See the Terms and Conditions for the full terms of our rights.)
It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News Online. This means you are perfectly free to take what you have produced and re-publish it somewhere else. Please note that if your image is accepted, we will publish your name alongside it on the BBC News website. The BBC cannot guarantee that all pictures will be published and we reserve the right to edit your comments.
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