Flickr Finds Africa: Week 04.05.10

As some of you know, Getty Images and Flickr have been partnering since 2008 to get images by Flickr members licensed and into magazines and other media outlets closest to you and me. The rise of the amateur photographer, occasionally at the displacement of the professional photographer, has been in the works for years and was recently discussed in this New York Times article. So for today's Flickr Finds Africa, I thought it would be interesting to see what images from throughout the continent had grabbed Getty editors attention. Let me tell you folks, I had to wade through a whole lot of cliches but I found these gems...

{Photos: Boaz Images, ellectric, photocillin, *betenoir*, hugh c, smac.pic, camera.rwanda}