Dynamic Africa
Formerly, "This is Africa/fyeahAfrica".
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A LITTLE ABOUT ME:
Student, 24
Based in Cape Town, South Africa
From Lagos, Nigeria
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(since Oct. 21th 2012)
Elle SA | “Jozi Maboneng” (January 2013)
“Design from across the continent meets in Soweto, the melting pot that is a snapshot of Joburg life, to celebrate the true spirit of African fashion.”
Styling: Poppy Evans
Hair: Lesley Whitby
Photography: Ross Garrett
Make-Up: Kevin Epstein
Filmmaker Philip Bloom’s mini documentary on the history and cultural significance of Johannesburg iconic building, Ponte Tower, from two different perspectives.
This is the first of four videos in his series of films made in South Africa.
TW: Mention of accidental death.
Photographs taken by street style photographer Scott Schuman, better known as “The Sartorialist”, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
VIDEO: STR.CRD 2012 | AREA3 Maboneng Precinct
STR CRD is the largest annual youth culture event in South Africa, focusing on fashion, art, music and street culture as a whole. This year was the third year of the event, held in The Maboneng Precinct, a new and exciting part of Johannesburg. This video shows of AREA3, adidas’ year long activation which you will be hearing about lots in the near future.
Brands that exhibited at the festival include: adidas, Nike, Two Bop, Super, Unknown Union, Converse, and many more. The Fesitival also included talks from some of the big names in street culture both locally and internationally, such as King Adz, Martha Cooper, Falko, and Ricky Lee Gordon.
I was in Johannesburg a few weeks ago for an incredibly short visit and on my way back to catch my flight, I decided to take the Gautrain from it’s Sandton stop to the O.R. Tambo Airport.
All in all, it was an incredibly smooth ride and wonderful experience. The station looks incredible, the train came on time and the ride was nothing short of pleasant. Highly recommended!
Hopefully Cape Town will be next!
Learn more about the Gautrain.
ROA has been busy working on his wall non-stop since being in the Maboneng Precinct for I ART JOBURG.
With six massive African animals completed in a short amount of time, we’d say he’s done a brilliant job of bringing some wildlife back into the city.
Martha Cooper snapped the below pictures of the mysterious street artist in action.
(via africaisdonesuffering)
EVENT: The Out in Africa South African Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is back in Jozi and Cape Town, happening from 19-28th October, 2012.
Images from the series “May Johannesburg Bless You” photo series by Banele Rewo
JOZI EVENT: THEME ANNOUNCED FOR JOBURG PRIDE 2012
Joburg Pride has recognised the recent attacks on the constitutional right to equality of LGBT South Africans in its newly-announced theme for 2012.
The theme for this year’s event, taking place at the Zoo Lake Sports Club on Saturday 6 October, is “Protect Our Rights”.
The organisation said in a statement that the theme underscores Joburg Pride’s ongoing support of basic human rights, as highlighted in South Africa’s Constitution.
JOZI EVENT: GOLD aka CITY OF GOLD DIGGERS
Gold is a collaborative multimedia exhibition as inspired by Johannesburg by design and concept agencies JANA + KOOS and PRINS.
The exhibition is taking place in Joburg from the 14th June to the 14th July at ROOM (70 Juta Street).
Random Acts - Karl Sadler & Chris Saunders present: Process V3
‘Process V3’ is a Dazed & Confused-commissioned short film and a collaboration between musician Karl Sadler and South African filmmaker Chris Saunders.
The footage of pantsula dancers consisting of members of Johannesburg’s Real Action Pantsula Dance crew was captured by Saunders without any musical accompaniment. Karl was then sent the edited footage to put a soundtrack to.
‘Process V3’ was eventually screened on Channel 4 as part of Random Acts, a series of new three-minute shorts by established and upcoming artists. Dazed Digital spoke with sound artist Karl Sadler about the process of gathering the music for the film.
- DynamicAfrica
