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“music preserves the soul of a people”

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#music, #Africa, #Xalam

Ben Aylon unterhält sich mit für einmal nicht mit seinen Trommeln, sondern mit einer Xalam - ruhige Melodien, begleitet von vorsichtigen Keyboard-Klängen - keine Trommeln!

https://www.globalsounds.info/ben-aylon-small-room-in-dakar/

#xalam #globalsounds #neuerscheinung2025 #worldmusic

#UNESCO introduces #AfricanFashion Report

"...There is a growing consumer trend on the continent for fashion Made-in-Africa, particularly among young people... #Africa is also experiencing rapid growth in the digital sector, which is facilitating intra-African trade and the emergence of young talent.

32 #FashionWeeks are held each year, #Africa is also brimming with talent in the fields of #HauteCouture, #crafts and #clothing..."

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-report-africa-new-global-fashion-leader

#WorldCulture, #Xalam, #FashionWeek

UNESCO Report: Africa, a new global fashion leader

Today Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s Director-General, unveiled a report arguing that the continent has all it takes to become one of the next global fashion leaders, if public decision-makers offer greater support to all those who work in the sector and play a role in the fashion ecosystem.

"...the exhibition includes a selection of Muriu’s striking portraits that camouflage her body amongst vivid, kaleidoscopic backdrops. Vibrant and disorienting, the photos emphasize the artist’s limbs, hair, and eyewear made of everyday materials..."

The exhibition of #ThandiweMuriu art #photography runs from October until the end of December at the #193gallery in #Paris

#Kenya, #ContemporaryAfricanArt, #AfricanArtists, #WorldCulture, #Xalam, #ModernArt, #art,

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/10/thandiwe-muriu-portraits/

Thandiwe Muriu Confronts Notions of Value in Her Vividly Disguised Portraits — Colossal

Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu questions conceptions of disposability in 'You Thought You Could Throw Me Away.'

Colossal