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African Authenticity by Yinka Shonibare MBE

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Gift from Kwame Bakoji-Hume

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This is a video sent to me today by Kwame Bakoji-Hume on Facebook and I wanted to share this with you all. There is no need to put down you brother as the world do that for you. There are times when it becomes increasingly difficult to continue so I appreciate this thought and music to soothe my frustrated brow - Cheers Kwame, we are together!

Global Africa: Kehinde Wiley at the Smithsonian

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Zero Point in Cape Verde

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Zero Point Art Gallery                                       Contact Details Mindelo/Ilha S. Vicente, CABO VERDE Director: Alex da Silva Tel: 00238 2 312525 Email: alex@zeropointart.org Website:  http://www.zeropointart.org/ FB:  http://www.facebook.com/group. php?gid=124089520940088&ref=ts

The African Well

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Coming soon...but click on the picture to see more.

Miguel Petchovsky | Beautification en cours

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Here is some new Performance work by the video artist, Miguel Petchovsky

Prince Twins Seven-Seven | 1944 to 2011

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So how shall we remember him? Will we make for him a statue or construct a building in his honour? One of the greatest artists from Africa has died. For me, it is terribly sad. To leave this earth and not to be replaced. To exit; and with your exit leave a void. A space too big to fill. Somehow Twins made up the old skool; the bad boy made good. The school of hard knocks and with his parting he has taken with him the spirit of the age. Nigeria has dramatically changed in the past 50 years almost changing beyond recognition but with Twins Seven-Seven's departure so the country has less of an identity and maybe in jeopardy of missing a heartbeat. What sadness to hear that the Great Twins Seven-Seven is dead. It is an end of era. The first of the Contemporaries has died. He was the beginning; he was the middle and the end. Twins works included: painting, traditional Yoruba singing, acting, writing and poetry . Reports today from the Nigerian Tribune confirm the death of Nigeria's ...