Afrodizziak
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Afrodizziak
Contemporary African design
Curated by Susan Myburgh
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Conversations with writers on peace in Africa - Daily Nation

Conversations with writers on peace in Africa - Daily Nation | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
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Conversations with writers on peace in Africa
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The purpose of the event was to bring together Africa's best and emerging writers together to explore and celebrate literature and its role in the continent.
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December 20, 2012 3:02 AM
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Lisa Binder on Cosmopolitanism, Trends to Watch ... - Art van Africa

Lisa Binder on Cosmopolitanism, Trends to Watch ... - Art van Africa | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
In the span of several years, awareness of contemporary African art has dramatically risen throughout the world. This is at what Lisa Binder has personally seen as the curator of contemporary art at the Museum for African Art ...
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December 20, 2012 2:57 AM
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African Art: Google to take African art online to reach out to many ...

African Art: Google to take African art online to reach out to many ... | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
Google Art Project is partnering with South African National Gallery and Wit Rock Art Research Institute to launch an online art museum for the people around the world.
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December 20, 2012 2:47 AM
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Upwardly mobile Africa - The Economist

Upwardly mobile Africa - The Economist | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
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Upwardly mobile Africa
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Often, and probably rightly, described as Africa's biggest slum, it is home to perhaps a million people. Nobody knows for sure, since Kibera is left to its own devices.
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In Africa, the Sky's Now the Limit - Wall Street Journal

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In Africa, the Sky's Now the Limit
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NKUNTESE, Ghana—Beside a coconut farm in this lush mountain town squats the signature endeavor of Ghana's Space Science and Technology Center.
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December 20, 2012 2:45 AM
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Art of Nature: African wildlife photographed by Heinrich van den Berg - Telegraph

Art of Nature: African wildlife photographed by Heinrich van den Berg - Telegraph | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
Wildlife photographer Heinrich van den Berg travelled through his native South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Rwanda and Madagascar for his book Art of Nature. (RT @TelegraphPics: Art of Nature: African wildlife photographed by Heinrich van den Berg.
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African fashion designers go global

Africa Fashion Week opens in Johannesburg, with many of the continent's top designers questioning the bright colours and bold patterns that symbolise African...
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December 20, 2012 3:03 AM
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African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde - Flavorpill New York

African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde - Flavorpill New York | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
This exhibition highlights specific African artifacts acquired by the New York avant-garde and its most influential patrons during the 1910s and 1920s. Reflecting on the dynamism of New York's art scene during the years that ...
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December 20, 2012 3:01 AM
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The African Fashion Design Week - ModernGhana.com

The African Fashion Design Week - ModernGhana.com | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
The African Fashion Design Week is a bold advance for African fashion in its strive for global recognition with an aim to promote the business of fashion in Africa, nurture emerging talent and to take local talent global and bring ...
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December 20, 2012 2:48 AM
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Wanted Congo Nsiba – Congo-Woyo-Vili-Sundi - African Art Club

Wanted Congo Nsiba – Congo-Woyo-Vili-Sundi - African Art Club | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
For one of my African Art collectors I am looking to buy Congo NSIBA. They always have a small horn below and a figure (abstract or figurative ) above. If you have one and want to sell it, please send me an email with an ...
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December 20, 2012 2:47 AM
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Daily Maverick - The South African arts conundrum: No one cares

Daily Maverick - The South African arts conundrum: No one cares | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
One of my favourite artworks is a commercially valueless piece created by an unknown miner. It underlines the total indifference to the plight of our country's most vulnerable. But the trouble, as the painting itself articulates, ...
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VIJIMAMBO: AFRICA ON THE RISE FIVE COUNTIES TO WATCH

VIJIMAMBO: AFRICA ON THE RISE FIVE COUNTIES TO WATCH | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
Move over, Asia: One of the world's fastest growing regions is actually Africa, where greater stability, growing foreign investment, and new consumer spending power are fueling an economic boom.By Francis Njubi Nesbitt ...
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December 20, 2012 2:42 AM
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art - African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde | Afro design and contemporary arts

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde | Afro design and contemporary arts | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
African, New York, avant-garde, Armory, modern, modernity...
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Oprah Winfrey Loses 'Richest Black Woman' Title to African Fashion Designer - Fashion & Style

Oprah Winfrey Loses 'Richest Black Woman' Title to African Fashion Designer - Fashion & Style | Afrodizziak | Scoop.it
Fashion & StyleOprah Winfrey Loses 'Richest Black Woman' Title to African Fashion DesignerFashion & StyleAfter years in banking, the young and ambitious Alakija moved to England to study fashion design in the 1980s.
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