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African + cosmopolitan --- 1. An African from the continent of dual nationality --- 2. An African born in the Diaspora --- 3. An African who identifies with their African and European heritage and mixed culture.
Kwame Nkrumah with WEB Dubois and Shirley Graham Dubois in Ghana at Republic Day ceremony, July 1, 1960.
by Pan-African News Wire Photo File
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1960's Nigeria - Photography by J.D. Okhai Ojeikere
Dope Waxprint-esque glasses Nena Soul Fly in 2005 www.hautefashiona...
Europe's secondhand clothes brings mixed blessings to Africa Roaring trade in often smuggled charity castoffs in African street markets risks ruining domestic textile industries.
Afrographique - A fresh and modern typeface inspired by dynamic #Africa. #typography #font
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hand-loomed vintage blankets from Mali and Morocco.
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Palais des Sentiments - Guaranteed Real Dutch Wax Block Print 100% cotton
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Al-Fatihah :In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficial.. Reciting Suratul-Faatihah as we all know, is an essential part of our daily prayers. It was narrated by Ubada bin As-Samit that Allah’s Messenger (salla llaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “Whoever does not recite Surat Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid”. #childhood
Africa states of independence tells the story of some of those countries - stories of mass exploitation, of the ecstasy of independence and of how - with liberation - a new, covert scramble for resources was born.
When you get a dress made in Ghana, you point to the style you want.
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An Ethiopian fresco of the Queen of Sheba travelling to Solomon.
“Educate a boy and you educate an individual. Educate a girl and you educate a community”
The African Knight Saint Maurice - 16th century German painting showing a black African in European Armour that served as a model for the painting of Saint Maurice. He was the patron saint of several professions, cities, and kingdoms in Europe.
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The coat of arms of Burkina Faso under Sankara from 1984-87, featuring a crossed mattock and AK-47 (an allusion to the Hammer and Sickle) with the motto “La Patrie ou la Mort, nous vaincrons” (English: “Fatherland or death, we will win”).
It's no secret that the African fashion industry is on the rise. Which makes it interesting to ask: "Will Africa be the new Italy or the new China?".
“We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same.” — Anne Frank
Cornelius Augustt Yao Azaglo Photographies Côte d'Ivoire 1950-75 #IvoryCoast #Korhogo
Cornelius Augustt Yao Azaglo Photographies Côte d'Ivoire 1950-75 #IvoryCoast #Korhogo
Africa on Youtube - Though YouTube is allowing everyday Africans to construct their own representations, a bulk of the videos are more likely to come from westerners. Although these African countries are not represented as chaotic and violent as has often been the case in the past, they continue to be stereotyped.
Music from Saharan Cellphones #Algeria, #IvoryCoast #Mali #Music #NorthAfrica #Africa A refreshing digital project that experiments with digital sounds from around the Sahara.
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Everyone in Chains is an incredible graphic design series of posters by Jonathan Schubert. The poster series is inspired by the quote “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” -Rousseau. The series of posters has been inspired by many parts of Africa including Tunisia, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Congo and Sudan. #tribalism
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Aya de Youpougon is a critically acclaimed graphic novel series by Marguerite Abouet. Abouet was born in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, many of the themes in Aya chronicle her childhood memories of a proposers and promising Ivory Coast in the 1970′s.
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“Welcome to Yopougon, a working-class neighborhood of Abidjan in the late 70s, renamed Yop City – to sound like an American movie ! This is home to Aya and her two friends, Adjoua and Bintou. The’re 19-years-old, a time in your life when everything seems possible. But while Aya would like to become a doctor one day, her friends are more into nightclubbing at the local “maquis” and hunting for a husband. Around this dynamic trio, we cross characters with diverse destinies like Ignace, Aya’s runar
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Akoko nan tia 'ba, na nkum 'ba, 'A hen treads upon chickens but does not kill them.' African Fabrics have long been used to not only convey a sense of style and flair but to communicate age old moral teachings through proverbs.
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