Asle Jøssang is a social anthropologist working as an associate professor at the NLA University College in Norway. His passion for photography stands on its own, but is also brought into his profession as a tool for research and communication. Apart from Norway, his work is based on field stays in East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania), and South America (Peru and Bolivia).

Asle and his wife Marit were missionaries to South America for a number of years. Both were born and raised in Tanzania (Tanganyika). This multiple life and background has produced a variety of original, and inherited, historical material. Some of the photographic material has long since outgrown its private scope, and needs to be shared with a larger public. Young Tanzanians, for example, often ask how things looked like in the days of their grandparents, and, well; plenty of documentation is stashed away in boxes in homes around in Europe and America. This website, therefore, offers a special feature called East Africa Archive in order to make photos publicly available.

For any inquiry; a comment, a question, or for an interest in purchasing a photo, please write to: asle.jossang@nla.no. Follow ASLEJOSSANG on Instagram.