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... mostly things African, with other bits of inspiration thrown in for good measure.

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Africa | Contemporary art | African diaspora | American artist - Bisa Butler

“In my work, I am telling the story— this African American side— of the American life.

My  community has been marginalized for hundreds of years. While we have  been right beside our white counterparts experiencing and creating  history, our contributions and perspectives have been ignored,  unrecorded, and lost.

My subjects are African Americans from  ordinary walks of life who may have sat for a formal family portrait or  may have been documented by a passing photographer … they have no names  or captions to tell us who they were.”

https://www.claireoliver.com/artists/bisa-butler/

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Africa | African diaspora | American artist - Bisa Butler

“In my work, I am telling the story— this African American side— of the American life.

My community has been marginalized for hundreds of years. While we have been right beside our white counterparts experiencing and creating history, our contributions and perspectives have been ignored, unrecorded, and lost.

My subjects are African Americans from ordinary walks of life who may have sat for a formal family portrait or may have been documented by a passing photographer … they have no names or captions to tell us who they were.”

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Africa | African diaspora | American artist - Bisa Butler

“In my work, I am telling the story— this African American side— of the American life.

My community has been marginalized for hundreds of years. While we have been right beside our white counterparts experiencing and creating history, our contributions and perspectives have been ignored, unrecorded, and lost.

My subjects are African Americans from ordinary walks of life who may have sat for a formal family portrait or may have been documented by a passing photographer ... they have no names or captions to tell us who they were.”

https://www.claireoliver.com/artists/bisa-butler/

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Africa | Contemporary photography

‘Origins’ photographic project for independent online magazine - https://gaschettemagazine.com/portfolio-item/origins/

Model Thapelo Mofokeng photographed by Liezl Zwarts.

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Africa | Histroy

Eleanor Xiniwe of the African Choir, 1891. Unseen for 120 years - a series of 30 images of the African Choir, a group of South African singers that toured Britain from 1891 to 1893. Formed to raise funds for a Christian school in their home country they also performed for Queen Victoria. During their stay, they had group and individual portraits taken on plate-glass negatives. This long-lost series of photographs shows in London, September 2014. [Black Chronicles ii]

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Africa | History

Unseen for 120 years - portraits of the African Choir, a group of young South African singers that toured Britain between 1891 and 1893. They were formed to raise funds for a Christian school in their home country and performed for Queen Victoria on the Isle of Wight. At some point during their stay, they had group and individual portraits taken on plate-glass negatives. This long-lost series of photographs shows in London, September 2014. [Black Chronicles ii]

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Africa | Traditional artefacts

Aluminium motifs applied to the seat of a 1950s Kamba stool from Kenya. Colin Sayers Collection.

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Africa | History

Zulu rickshaw puller, South Africa 1949. | See interesting history here. | Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee.

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Africa | Nature

Weathered wood posts, Signal Hill, Cape Town.

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Africa | Contemporary art

Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture exhibition of works by South African artist William Kentridge. Norval Foundation, Cape Town, 2019-2020.

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Africa | Contemporary art

Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture exhibition of works by South African artist William Kentridge. Norval Foundation, Cape Town, 2019-2020.

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Africa | Contemporary artists

Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture exhibition of works by South African artist William Kentridge. Norval Foundation, Cape Town, 2019-2020.

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Africa | Photography

Photo: © Rukie Jumah. Ms Jumah hails from Nigeria and has worked worldwide as a photographer. Of her home continent she says: “When I think Africa, I think vibrant, colourful, beauty, food, rich in resources and so much more.”

Model: Judy Kinuthia from Kenya, East Africa had her debut on the international scene for SS19 Prada in Milan.

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Planet Earth | London calling!

A strong message outside the Archway Underground station, North London, UK. August 2020.

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Africa | Diaspora | Musicians

Chineke! Orchestra is based in Britain and is the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority black and minority ethnic musicians.

This video from the Chineke Orchestra's 2017 BBC Proms concert is one of the most popular Proms videos ever shared: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10158250239826265

If you want more search Chineke Orchestra for their website and full concerts on You Tube.

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Africa | South Africa | Leaders

Andrew Mlangeni (on left, with advocate George Bizos), the last surviving anti-apartheid activist convicted with Nelson Mandela at South Africa's infamous Rivonia Trial, has died at 95. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 for attempting to overthrow the South African government; he served more than 25 years, much of it on the notorious Robben Island, before being released in 1989 as the apartheid regime crumbled.

RIP Andrew Mlangeni, born June 6 1925, died July 21 2020.

Image credit: Felix Dlangamandla, Netwerk24, South Africa

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Africa | South Africa | June 16 - Youth Day.

Commemorating the day in 1976 when more than 10,000 black high school students in Soweto, South Africa, marched out of school, protesting the government mandate that they study in Afrikaans, the language of the apartheid regime. Sam Nzima poses [in 2011] with his iconic photo of Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old shot by police during the student uprising. [Photo credit: Denis Farrell/AP]