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Gallery: Three visual artists in Nigeria are turning trash into impressive valuable artworks

Gallery: Three visual artists in Nigeria are turning trash into impressive valuable artworks

GABRIELLA OPARA A typical workday in the life of Gbenga Adeku starts with sorting through materials in his studio, digitally sketching concepts, and collaborating with various contract workers to make his ideas a reality. Based in Osun State, Nigeria, this plastic artist is motivated to transform plastic waste into something valuable. Adeku didn't have this perspective on plastic art seven years ago. He had recently completed his undergraduate degree in fine and applied art at Obafemi Awolowo University but chose to concentrate on being a freelance illustrator because it paid more at the time. However, a chance encounter with Dotun…
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Is Sahara the Last Colony in Africa?

Is Sahara the Last Colony in Africa?

Embassy of Morocco in South Africa The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in South Africa is pleased to share the first piece of the 8 videos part of its communication campaign on the regional dispute over the Sahara. As we celebrate today the commemoration of the 41st anniversary of the reintegration of the province of Oued Eddahab, Ambassador Youssef Amrani reviews facts and history to deconstruct the fallacious and erroneous assumption that the Sahara is the last colony in Africa. The Ambassador explains why this allegation is without substance, derives from ignorance and lacks legal, historical and political foundations.…
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Street art illustrates the lives of inspiring black women in London

Street art illustrates the lives of inspiring black women in London

https://www.youtube.com/embed/OPr7QV2dPV4 IN a bright yellow cloth shirt, arms outstretched and adorned with bangles, the image of Shaney Blackman towering over six metres (20 ft) tall on a wall in east London is arresting. Blackman's portrait is the last in a series of 10 murals blazoned across the capital highlighting the lives of strong, black women by artist Neequaye Dreph Dsane, known as Dreph. Dreph said the portraits, far from capturing celebrity or famous faces, seek to celebrate everyday women, such as Blackman, a legal professional who quit her high-powered job to volunteer and travel the world. "I didn't ever think I'd…
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Gallery: In memory of Andrew Mlangeni

Gallery: In memory of Andrew Mlangeni

SOUTH African political stalwart Andrew Mlangeni, the last surviving Rivonia trialist,  has died.   Mlangeni, 95, passed on at the 1 Military Hospital in Thaba Tshwane, Pretoria, where he had been admitted for treatment following an abdominal pain complaint. https://youtu.be/0gFsYi7mQFEVIDEO: City of Johannesburg
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