Meet our Woman Crush Wednesday (WCW) for this week, trailblazing Ghanaian American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu whose latest film On Monday of Last Week based on a short story by Chimamanda Adichie has been nominated for Best Short Film from the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).
Contemporary #African Art was recently given a new lease of life by the Create Hub #Gallery in #Dubai. The gallery opened its doors to artists on the 7th of June earlier this month and will focus on promoting African #artists.
Kenyan Eugene Mbugua (26) is the founder of Young Rich Television Limited and My Yearbook Kenya Limited. Not only is he young and successful but he continues to strive to grow his entrepreneurial skills and abilities. Today he is our Man Crush Monday.
For some people art is a hobby but 25 year-old Fine Art graduate Qhama Maswana from King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, in South Africa has a much more serious approach to it. Maswana started painting in 2005, after winning a couple of art competitions and decided that he was going to be a great artist. He speaks to TIA about his wok.
Babajide Olatunji (27) is a Nigerian visual artist and autodidact who works from Ile Ife and born in Okitipupa. At a glance you would think his art is in fact photography. Olatunji spent many years of self-directed study researching art historical movements and modes of production. Speaking to This Is Africa, Olatunji said his art has always been a part of his life. His earliest influence was watching his elder brother create cartoon characters and smileys. Visualization and creating sketches were to him, the best ways he could understand the world around him.
We came across wonderful art by Sheyi Alabi, a Nigerian with remarkable artistic abilities and who works predominantly with graphite pencils and panels on chip-board works. The artists showcases most of his art on Instagram under the account @sheyi_pencilz. Today we showcase the artist’s beautiful work.
Celebrating the beauty of Blackness is what Ghanaian-British artist Neequaye Dreph Dsane is all about. He does oil portraits and contemporary murals. Dreph was born in Nottingham in the U.K in 1973 and raised in Windsor. He is extremely talented and has transformed city walls through beautiful art and recently into tributes to Black women with his latest series ‘You Are Enough’. With Africa Day fast approaching, it is only befitting to celebrate art that recognises the beauty of our continent.
23 years ago on this day, the continent celebrated the swearing in of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela in Pretoria as the first democratically elected President of South Africa. Mandela’s inauguration followed the historic first multiracial democratic elections held the previous month where about 22 million South Africans voted propelling the African National Congress (ANC) into power. As an African, how significant is this historical day to you?
After about five years in exile in Britain, Haile Selassie, Ethiopia’s 225th and last emperor returned to Ethiopia to reclaim his throne with the help of the British. Selassie returned to Ethiopia on the 5th of May in 1941. More than four decades later his legacy is strong. You may enjoy this documentary, which validates him as the pillar of Ethiopia.
Omoakhuana Anthonia once remarked that, “The greatest purpose in life, the greatest achievement one could ever have in life, the greatest satisfaction one could ever get in life can only be found in the service of others.” This is the case with our woman crush Wednesday today, Dr Helena Ndume a Namibian ophthalmologist who has dedicated her life to restoring the sight of over 35 000 people in Namibia free of charge. Let’s meet Dr Ndume.
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