Originally a graduate with a Civil Engineering Degree, Ken Nwadiogbu managed to worry his parents when he explained his plans to move from a career as a professional engineer, to being a professional artist. However, one look at his work and you’re immediately drawn to the conclusion that he’s taken the …
Read More »The stunning portraits of Dagmar Van Weeghel
If you were lucky enough to get a ticket for the Kunst Rai Art exhibition in the Amstelhal venue, Amsterdam at the start of April, then you could have seen Dagmar Van Weeghel's stunning art, close up, in the Rademaker Gallery.
Read More »Midas Monkee Publishes Authentic African Sci-Fi & Fantasy with a Kickstart
With talents spanning across a spectrum of creative disciplines, including, fineart, writing, lettering and a colourist, Paul Louise-Julie is the creator behind the digitally published African Fantasy & Sci Fi books ‘The Pack’ and ‘Yohance’ the African space Opera. With 5 years of extensive research of Ancient Africa, Egypt & Nubia, …
Read More »Robbie Spotswood – Profile of an aspiring photographer
During a recent project at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, London, we had the pleasure of working with a young photographer called Robbie Spotswood. He told us that he has an exhibition in Portsmouth until 7th December, so we decided to find out more about what sparked his passion for …
Read More »KickStart The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
At some point or another, every publication with an interest in Africa has written a story about the lack of support and opportunities in theatres and cinema. Many argue that a change in the landscape will only happen when talented people from within the community step forward and energise the rest of …
Read More »Handcrafted art from Gabon – presented by Lisiane Ndong
At the recent Africa Utopia event at Festival Hall on London’s South Bank, we were really impressed by the broad range of African artisans that came to present their creations. One stall really grabbed our attention and we soon found ourselves in conversation with Nilare founder, Lisiane Ndong from Gabon. …
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