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By Phendu Kuta, bird story agency For an artist with deep Congolese roots and proud cultural immersion, the inspiration of Rumba in an art show is not - bird.August 5, 2022...

Thabo Jacob Modise, popularly known as Thabo the Tourist, is an award-winning, emerging entrepreneur and accredited tour operator. He was born in Zeerust, North West and grew up in Soweto, a cosmopolitan township situated in Johannesburg, arguably the art capital of South Africa.

Over the past three decades, Singita has forged deep and enduring relationships with the communities surrounding our properties, and the vibrant cultures that define each region are integral to each lodge and camp's design, food journey and more.

Designer and Neimil Co-Founder Keneilwe Mothoa wins the Decorex ‘Best New Talent’ award for The Hut chair collection, a collaboration between South African design and lifestyle brand Neimil and beer giant Stella Artois inspired by the architectural, spiritual and heritage elements of the hut.

After hundreds of sketches and several months of painting, Picasso changed the face of the Western art world by producing Les Demoiselles d'Avignon...

*He is the author of a new academic publication, Indigenous Knowledge: An Alternative for Food Security and wellness in Africa. Of Nigerian heritage, Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor whose high school education was at Lagos Baptist Academy, Nigeria, received his M.A and Ph.D.

The architects were faced with the challenge of building a livable home in a seemingly hostile environment.

Africa’s vibrant and diverse fashion world is quickly gaining recognition. An exhibition at London’s V&A shines an overdue spotlight on its post-colonial history and contemporary stars.TEXT: Herbert Wright IMAGES: Courtesy of various     The Fashion Gallery in London’s Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A)...

Lauren Gericke thrives on creative problem-solving and efficient design...

Learn how to decorate with African art pieces in your home. These African Art In Interior Design Ideas will help you make the right choice.

| 2022-07-03 11:43:59 COURTESY CAL GANDA Zimbabwe native Cal Ganda is founder...

Photographer Hassan Hajjaj collaborates with Marjana Jaidi’s Mbari House to forge the Red City’s creative future...

The work tool most used by the designer and businessman Peter Mabeo (Gaborone, Botswana, 51 years old) to create Kompa, his first collection of furniture for...

Share The African Artists’ Foundation (AAF) is a non-profit organization, based in Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded in 2007 by Azu Nwagbogu to promote Nigerian and other African art & artists. African Artists’ Foundation has now joined forces with Alliance Française – a worldwide non-profit, apolitical and non-religious network devoted to promoting the French language and Francophone cultures to bring us the “Shout Plenty” group exhibition. The exhibition “Shout Plenty” features 31 contemporary artists across Africa exploring the role of art as a powerful and revolutionary instrument to reconstruct the dominating institutions. The title “Shout Plenty” is coined from Fela Kuti’s 1986 LP “I Go Shout Plenty” through which he laid bare the ambitions and need for liberation of his generation. “Shout Plenty” is said to encourages dialogue between individual experience and collective memory. The curators seek to assemble artists working across mediums, and that deliver their intended message with varying tones and degrees of abstraction. A murmur that slowly spreads can, too, be a powerful means of protest. Regardless of subject matter or content, imaginative art practice is a site of freedom. Shout Plenty is curated by Princess Ayoola and Jana Terblanche with a curatorial advisory from Azu Nwagbogu. The opening is at 1 PM on Saturday, August 13th at Alliance Francaise and 4 PM at African Artists’ Foundation. View this post on Instagram A post shared by aaf_lagos (@aaf_lagos) 🔥 0 Fire 🧢 0 Cap Mukondelelicreate and explore.

Always Welcome is a multi-brand cooperative retailer of Southern Africa’s leading designer homeware with a flagship store in Hyde Park, Johannesburg.

By Editor In recognition of their work and impact on the humanities, Kenyan Simon Gikandi, and Chika Okeke-Agulu from Nigeria have been honoured as fellows of the British Academy. Gikandi is the Robert Schirmer Professor of English, and Okeke-Agulu is Professor of Art and Archaeology and African...

Decorex Africa was hosted last week at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, Gauteng, from July 28 to July 31, 2022.The event brought together...

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Excitement is building up ahead of this year’s Joburg art fair. Art connoisseurs will be treated to three days of the best in Contemporary African Art. After two years without a physical fair, FNB Art Joburg is returning to the Sandton Convention Centre.

Nmadili Okwumabua: “Africa Defines Architecture: The Quest for Defining New African Inspired Design Languages” Mar 15 March 15, 2021 Monday, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Register in advance Nmadili Okwumabua Africa Defines Architecture: The Quest for Defining New African Inspired Design Languages Nmadili Okwumabua Believing that the development of our built environment should be as it has always been, a collaborative effort between the community members and designated master builders, Nmadili Okwumabua will deliver a ground breaking online lecture on the evolution and transformation of African culture, aesthetics, spirituality, materials, design philosophies, and the contemporary translation of these elements in today’s built environment. Creating a new pedagogy for teaching African centred architecture in the process, the lecture will chronicle emerging CPDI Africa narratives for development, supplicating collaboration from the design community at large for the accomplishment of its vision – to source tried and true African design philosophies and practices in sustainable design, science and technology, for the development of a holistic and eco friendly global built environment. For more information, visit www.cpdiafrica.org Nmadili Okwumabua is a Professor of African Architecture and Urban Design and the founder of the Community Planning and Design Initiative Africa (CPDI Africa). Her passion for design is rooted in a vision where communities in Africa and the Diaspora are developed with new architectural languages that are culturally and are environmentally Sustainable. Nmadili attended the University of Tennessee and Georgia State University, where she pursued her undergraduate studies in architecture and urban studies. She holds a Masters degree in African Studies from Clark Atlanta University, where her research centred on the evolution of Nigerian modern vernacular architecture in the works of Master builder Demas Nwoko. She is a licensed Realtor in the state of Georgia and Certified Property Manager with Broll CBRE South Africa. In 1999, she founded Southern Sahara USA, a design consultancy service specializing in the research and development of this new architecture. In 2013, she launched CPDI Africa, the culture-inspired initiative that promotes these new architectural languages though design competitions, lecture series, workshops, architecture exhibitions and international global studios for teaching African centred architecture. Cultivating a built environment career that has spanned over 25 years, Nmadili Okwumabua lives in Atlanta Georgia and Abuja Nigeria, where she continues to offer international consultancy services in urban design and real estate asset management. Additional Information Blog: cpdiafrica.blogspot.com IG: cpdi_africa FB: facebook.com/cpdiafrica YouTube: CPDI Africa Twitter: cpdi_africa Pinterest: cpdiafrica LinkedIn: CPDI Africa Global Studio Email: design@cpdiafrica.org Lecture Share this event Facebook Twitter Link

Apply for Edo Museum of West African Art Massive Job Recruitment .The Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) is an independent non-profit organisation...

African Arts meets Technology is a project that aims to share the knowledge and experience of arts and technology in the African continent.

Luangisa African Gallery carries Fair Trade Authentic Modern African Art, Crafts, Fashion, Home Décor and Jewelry from African artisans. Each product we sell is handmade of high quality wood, fabrics and materials.

Share I remember when I made my way to Goethe Institut to meet Isaac Zavale known in the arts industry as Zacatwork and had a conversation with him about the South African art industry. He said something profound, “I think the art industry in South Africa is growing and allowing more black communities to familiarize themselves with visual arts which is an amazing thing because black kids won’t have to feel discouraged from pursuing art careers.” The art industry can be said to be one of the few industries that have been thriving for decades here in South Africa and it is quite enlightening seeing the young women that are emerging and navigating the art industry being allowed the opportunities to grow and reach bigger and larger audiences in different parts of the world. With that said, Nomaza Nongqunga Coupez has taken it a step further by founding the Makwande Art Residency, a non-profit contemporary visual art organisation that fosters creativity, research, and experimentation through its international residency program for emerging African Female artists. Nomaza is a South African-born and now France-based curator, creative director and founder of Makwande Art Residence and Undiscovered Canvas, an Art Agency based in the South of France specialising in Contemporary African Art. Located in the South of France, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, Makwande Art Residency offers time and space in a contemplative and supportive environment, giving residents the freedom to think, create, and connect. The artist in the art residency right now is Lesego Seoketsa, a multidisciplinary artist, self-taught photographer, and fashion designer who defines herself as a visual storyteller. “Lesego produced an exquisite series inspired by her environment in the South of France and the notion of time. We are so honoured to have been able to provide this rare opportunity to Lesego and we thank our sponsors Flight Logistics – ShipArt for their support. 🔥 1 Fire 🧢 0 Cap MukondeleliMy motto in life is to, create and explore.

Save Freehaus celebrates Africa’s heritage and diversity at The Africa Centre’s new home A tired 1960s building in Southwark has been transformed into ‘the most welcoming cultural space in London’ and The Africa Centre’s new HQ. 06/07/2022 3 min read Photography: Taran Wilkhu Sixty years after it was first established in Covent Garden as a ‘home from home’ for Africans in London, Freehaus has taken a nondescript 1960s office building and guided its transformation into ‘the most welcoming cultural space in London’ – a 21st-century institution that reflects the rich heritage and diversity of the African continent and diaspora. Freehaus took on the multi-faceted challenge of intelligently representing the diverse cultures and heritages that make up modern Africa, while also creating a forward-looking space that maintained a connection to The Africa Centre’s six-decade history. Rather than focusing on particular motifs or patterns, Freehaus identified specific areas and themes, encompassing expressed thresholds, tactile surfaces, quality of light and practices of reuse and appropriation, collaborating with interior designer Tola Ojuolape and brand designer, Mam’gobozi Design Factory. The first four of the building’s six floors are now open, comprising a reception and pan-African restaurant Tatale on the ground floor, a bar lounge on the first, a multifunctional gallery and event space on the second, and kitchen storage in the basement. Key references included the work of David Adjaye, Chris Spring’s book African Art Close-up and African Architecture Evolution and Transformation by Nnamdi Elleh. In addition, the work of Burkinabé architect Francis Kére and Atelier Masōmī’s Hikma religious and secular complex in Dandaji, Niger, both served as strong departure points for Freehaus’s architectural approach. “The key to the brief was for The Africa Centre’s new headquarters to be unmistakably African,” says Jonathan Hagos, co-director at Freehaus. “Given the breadth of diversity on the continent and among the diaspora, we were keen to avoid stereotypes and well-trodden aesthetic tropes. At the same time, we wanted to avoid continent-sweeping generalisations. “‘Africa isn’t a country’ is a familiar response, often born of frustration at the dismissal understanding of the breadth in peoples, cultures and traditions that span the African continent. We wanted to turn this misnomer into a strength and envisage what an embassy for a continent might look like in the 21st century; a space that demonstrates what connects us and binds us to one another, while celebrating the dynamism of the continent.” The interiors are enriched by natural clay plaster finishes, bespoke furniture and curated art – celebrating African craft and championing contemporary talents. The development of the building design was highly collaborative, speaking to the desire of both architect and client for the new headquarters to be informed by multiple voices and perspectives. The developing design was informed throughout by a programme of public conversations and events, including a London Design Festival discussion, and steered by an advisory group created by Freehaus to include staff, board members, young Africa Centre trustees, and users of The Africa Centre. Visits to comparable institutions, including cultural and arts spaces as well as members’ clubs, helped to underpin their approach to core elements such as ethos, function and approach to welcome. Environmental impact has been a priority area for all stakeholders in the project. As a retrofit, The Africa Centre is inherently more carbon-efficient than a new build, and a raft of additional measures have been integrated into the fabric of the building to minimise impact and maximise energy performance. Measures include extended glazing to optimise light, passive ventilation thanks to the co-opting of the central staircase as a thermal chimney, CO2 heat-recovery ventilation systems, and heat pumps to recover waste heat from kitchens and server rooms in order to provide hot water. “As an industry we have a collective duty to chase every kg of carbon reduction we can because, collectively, the impact on us all will be significant,” says Tom Bell, co-founder at Freehaus. “We must also recognise that sustainability isn’t just carbon related. Building sustainable communities and promoting social value are equally important to society. The Africa Centre project has empowered Freehaus to provoke environment change, raise industry awareness and galvanise community values.” Project Gallery Load more