Share The matatus are famous for their vibrant graffiti which often transcend mere entertainment in deliberate conscious, silent conversation on topics ranging from ethics to politics. The Matatu graffiti has a language of its own. It is often satirical and engaging in an illustrative vocabulary. Topical issues on the Kenyan mass psyche are replayed across the windows »
Share As part of the Kenya Series, we met up with Cyrus Kabiru, a young artist who takes his art very seriously. He started making wire goggles when he was three years old, because they were too poor to afford a pair. Today he is an up and coming visual artist, and the wire goggles still »
Share As part of the Kenya Series, we took a trip to the jua kali in Gikomba market is not one for the mean spirited. It takes you right through Machakos, the busiest bus terminus in the country, and into Nairobi East lands. During the colonial period, the East-lands were the African quarters, hence social amenities and »
Share This series is a voyeuristic compilation exploring innovation and creativity at the ‘margins’ of the contemporary African society. Africa has long been known as the continent of 4Ds- Disease, Despair, Destruction and Death. Nevertheless, Myweku set out to explore how ordinary individuals in the backstreets of East Africa are solving modern problems by means of »
Share Archaeological sites can be important for very different reasons. Sites with the oldest evidence for some aspect of human behaviour are obviously important. Some sites are celebrated because of their visual splendour and evocative impact, others for the role they have played in public consciousness and popular culture. This list cites 10 of the most »
Share During summer (4th June -26th September 2010), five internationally renowned artists of African descent will show their art on the grounds of the Nationalgalerie Berlin. El Anatsui, Zarina Bhimji, António Ole, Yinka Shonibare, and Pascale Marthine Tayou have been invited to present themselves in the various, architecturally significant buildings in which the Nationalgalerie accommodates its »
Share This is a single 30 metre long African painting (yes 30 metres) adorning the Center-Kita station on the Yokohama subway line in Tokyo, Japan. These photographs were taken by a resident of Tokyo who also happens to be the Art Director in advertising and stand arrangement/space planning at http://www.lifeyou.tv »
Share Yinka Shonibare’s latest work – is a huge replica ship in a bottle. The ship is currently on display at Trafalgar Square (London), named after the naval battle of 1805,Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle is a 1:30 scale replica of HMS Victory, the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson who at Trafalgar defeated the combined fleets of »
Share Even excluding the wonders of Egypt, the African continent is a treasure trove of archaeology, with sites dating from millions of years until a few centuries ago. In chronological order, some of the most important are: Laetoli A trail of fossil footprints made by a pair of early hominids (Australopithecus afarensis), around 3.6 million years old. The »
Share Columnist: Gor Soudan “Something is happening in Nairobi” Series Examining Contemporary Art Institutions in Nairobi Hurlinghum’s green and bloom somehow manages to conceal the hustle of diplomatic missions, international NGOs, a media house, and a heap of other enterprises. These have found the relative calm of this Nairobi suburb invaluable, bearing in mind that a 10 minute »
