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STOCKTOWN AFRICA: DJ Gazelle and LIM POP
We have moved our base temporarily from Addis Ababa to New York City. From NY we will report on the creative forces from Ethiopia and Africa we encounter in the big city, and we hope to present you with a lot of interesting and inspiring people and projects. And everything started pretty good as we ...
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Urban Chic in South Africa
Capturing the style and fashion of people on the streets has been a trend for years. In fact loads of people are making a living out of catching tomorrow’s fashion in the streets of fashion metopoles like New York, Paris or Tokyo, and there is no end to the blogs and websites presenting cool people ...
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Photography from South Africa
Reportage and activist photography has been at the heart of photography in South Africa since the beginning of apartheid. For decades photographers in SA have shown unique talent for combining realism and humanism in a both activist and subtle manner. But more than a choice ...
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Eco-friendly design from South Africa
To be quite frank with you, I don’t’ stumble across many designers from sub-sahara Africa. Maybe its because, unlike in Europe or the US, design is not really a blossoming area of business here – yet, that is. Several African countries are renowned for their colourful dresses, textiles, pottery, masks, hairstyles, and I could go ...