Nigerians have been urged to intensify indigenous weaving heritage on the global stage, using culture as a tool for diplomacy, unity, and economic transformation. The organisers of the 3rd African ...
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“Weaving Meanings” spins stories of fighting clubs, apartheid and the dazzling artworks wire weavers create today. Open at Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art, this exhibition of a South ...
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Weaving Mats for Survival in Rural Kwazulu-Natal
The Zikhali family have always made traditional mats, but hope their youngest daughter will have other options Sibonga Zikhali sits on the floor of her rondavel in KwaNibela, northern KwaZulu-Natal, ...
The work of West African artist El Anatsui, who has said artists based in Africa suffer from an “invisibility syndrome,” may now be seen in St. Louis. On Tuesday the Saint Louis Art Museum announced ...
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- More than 300 years ago, enslaved Africans had an understanding of rice cultivation that helped change the landscape and economy of South Carolina.While working under the brutal ...
QALINBAFAN, Afghanistan, January 2 (UNHCR) - There's an old saying in Central Asia: "Water is a Turkmen's life, a horse is his wings, and a carpet is his soul." Historically a nomadic, desert-dwelling ...
ETSHA, Botswana, April 25 (UNHCR) - Tourists visiting Botswana invariably buy some of the colourful baskets on offer in crafts shops to take home as souvenirs. Little do they know that these baskets ...
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