| Interview | Oju Ona: The Story of an African Art Museum – Part 1
Produced by Dr. Jean-Marie Jullienne and compile and edited by co-authors, David Jullienne and Nozomi Kitazawa, Oju Ona: Collection of the South African Museum of African Art is the first book in the planned South African Museum of African Art series. Billed as the introduction to a much larger museum project, the 140 objects presented...
| Interview | Oju Ona: The Story of an African Art Museum – Part 2
Produced by Dr. Jean-Marie Jullienne and compile and edited by co-authors, David Jullienne and Nozomi Kitazawa, Oju Ona: Collection of the South African Museum of African Art is the first book in the planned South African Museum of African Art series. Billed as the introduction to a much larger museum project, the 140 objects presented...
Babatunde: Capulana Fever
The word Babatunde is a Yoruba (Nigerian) name and when translated it means ‘the father returns.’ Born in the heart of Johannesburg’s CBD, Babatunde has grown from a headwear experiment into a concept brand. Babatunde launched in July 2010 with a range of hats and caps but has since grown into a concept brand including...
Namsa Leuba
African-European photographer Namsa Leuba’s curiosity with African identity within the Western world has been a recurrent theme in her work stemming from her racially mixed upbringing in Switzerland. In her latest photographic series titled “YaKalaBen”, Leuba traveled to Guinea Conakry where she photographed local subjects wearing bizarre tribal artifacts and attire. In each portrait the...
ROB ONE – AFRICAN
‘Too many emcees, not enough fans’ is a phrase oft-used in hip-hop circles to describe the over-saturation of rappers in the scene, the consequence of which is a diminishing pool of people who are willing to be listeners, to ‘support the cause’ in a sense. What happens, then, when this affirmation does not hold? What...
Chic Afrique
The London-based, Japanese and Scandinavian-influenced brand Inoue jetted in to Cape Town to shoot a fine art-meets-fashion story for their Autumn/Winter 2009 collection. From the streets of Gugs to the golden sands of Clifton, the story journeys between the disparate elements of South African culture. Length 04:43 Chic Afrique from one small seed on Vimeo....
FlashBack | Shunnoz Tekasala | Issue11
‘You might want to rethink the fashion angle. There’s not a whole lot happening up here’ or something along those lines was how I broke it to the editor. After four days of walking the streets of Luanda I hadn’t exactly seen any imminent catwalk sensations. ‘Knock-off Hip-Hop Athletique’ seemed to be the prevailing mode...
