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February 2012
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Awesome Black and White Photography by Charles...
Loving these black and white pictures by Nigerian photographer Charles Ijiomah. Enjoy.
Watch“Fashion in Motion”, a photo essay by Sunday Times Senior Photographer Moeketsi Moticoe, fuses fashion with dance. Inspired by observing the soul in dance and movement, Moticoe breaks from the norm and asks performers from the Jazzart Dance Theatre to freeze while he captures the essence of a dancer and showcases the aesthetics of fashion.
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The African Spring: Senegal by Dominic Nahr
Photography by Dominic Nahr, a TIME Magazine contract photographer.
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Short Story Series: Memoirs of a Generation
AJORO JARA JORO
I thought this was how everyone else’s life was. And to an extent I was right. Everyone else around me had had similar experiences- everyone. I suppose this is why when we leave and go elsewhere, the people at our destinations remark at how we carry ourselves with an air of certainty. Other times, they complain. They use words like arrogance and misguided self-importance. For...
Works by Yoruba Oshogbo Artist Yinka Adeyemi
Adeyemi was one of the original artists of the famed Oshogbo School (named for the city of that name), which arose in the newly independent Nigeria of the early 1960’s.
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WatchTrailer: Havana Rumbera- Feature documentary that follows five Cubans as they improvise their way through life leading up to a Rumba dance competition in modern Havana. Directed by Jesse Acevedo and shot by Ernesto Granado.
Cuba and Brazil have long standing links with Africa, and some of these are explored in this documentary.
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WatchThe Afroklectic Project- What’s it like being an African creative living in Australia? This project provides interesting and insightful answers through personal interviews with several young Afro Aussies!
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WatchWatch as Zambian born Italian filmmaker Franco Sacchi speaks about and shows clips of his experience making This is Nollywood- a documentary about Nigeria’s booming Nollywood film industry.
Africa Business Conference: Harvard, Kellog & more
Every year the top business schools in the world host an ‘Africa Business Conference’, which is billed as the ultimate networking experience for students, sponsors and businesses interested in investing in and developing Africa.
This year’s Kellog Africa Business Conference has the following keynote speakers:
H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, Former President of Nigeria
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