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Design For the Other 90% - Review

30th June 2008 by Luke Crossley

People are dying everywhere because they do not have access to such basic things as food, water and electricity. At the same time, those with the experience and knowledge to redress this balance design wine labels and Maserati billboards. Design For the Other 90% gathers together the work of designers who are seeking to alleviate [...]

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Hold Up the Sun (episode 5): Not the Kings and Generals (1983 - 1990)

The second part of the 1980s is a decisive one in the ANC’s struggle. The episode starts with the mass uprising beginning in the Vaal Triangle and the invasion of the townships by SADF. the ANC’s call is to make yourselves ungovernable and to progress to people’s power. The film explores this development and the [...]

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Hold up the Sun (episode 4): The New Generation (1968-1983)

In this period, the role of students and the youth come to the fore and continues through the 1980s. Anew ideological movement emerges from the split within the white-dominated university student movement. Led by the legendary Steve Biko, SASO and the Black Consciousness Movement take a key role in rallying black intellectuals and students. At [...]

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Hold Up the Sun (episode 3) - Submit or Fight (1958-1969)

This period of 1960s is one of repeated setbacks for the ANC. The Organisation’s political heyday rapidly ended when it was banned; its leadership jailed and its underground structures smashed. Its policy of unity in action with organisations such as the white Congress of Democrats and the communist party, led to a split in the [...]

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Hold Up the Sun (episode 2): Enter the Masses (1949-1958)

The theme of militance and united action are central to this episode, the main focus of which is the tumultuous events of the 1950s and with these, the transformation of the ANC into a mass-based and militant movement. Women take their rightful place in the foreground, as a militant and determined force in the struggle [...]

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Hold Up the Sun (episode 1): Roots of Struggle (1912-1948)

Ulibambe Lingashoni (Hold up the Sun) took years to research and produce. The series is a record of the resistance against apartheid by the masses of South Africans. It reveals , through interviews and archive materials, the rich tapestry of South African history.
This episode acts as a general introduction to the series, focusing on the [...]

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A Life Lived Through Art

16th April 2008 by Luke Crossley

A Life Lived Through Art: Vittorio Meneghelli’s La Mia Vita, La Mia Collezione now available at David Krut Bookstores

La Mia Vita, La Mia Collezione (My Life, My Collection) by Vittorio Meneghelli is the record of a life lived through art. Meneghelli’s collection – possibly one of the largest private collections of African and Italian art [...]

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Guy Tillim, Congo Democratic

Successive wars in the Congo, one beginning in 1996 and the other in 1998, have left the country devastated. After five years of combat, and an estimated 3.5 million mainly civilian deaths, an agreement was reached in 2003 that called for general elections and a new constitution by 2005.

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Africa Is In Style

It is not unusual to see the colors and hear the rhythms of Africa at runway shows in Paris, New York, or Milan. But despite its influence on Western designers, African fashion is still struggling to make itself known.

Africa Is In Style

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Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent


Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent features the work of 85 artists from across Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town. This catalogue published on the occasion of the largest exhibition of Contemporary African art ever seen in Europe and Africa includes the reproduction of painting, sculpture, installation art, video, drawings, photography and design. Artists from 25 countries are represented, including African artists now living in Europe and North America.

Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent

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Price (ZA) R250.00


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