There’s no such thing as waste without value, not for Noluthando Lobese. The visual artist and set and costume designer sees “waste” materials as toys and as invitations to play and create. Noluthando, also known as “Texture”, is an acclaimed creative who has worked...
Some deep breaths you take change you forever. For Charles Oyamo it was inhaling the scent of fertile soil from the lands his parents worked in the villages of Migori County in South West Kenya. “People mostly plant sugar cane and corn in this region and the soil used...
Growing up between a rural location near the Valley of a Thousand Hills and Hammarsdale, a township west of Durban where books and resources were limited, Samkelisiwe Mhlongo-Setshedi became a maker. Her innate creativity and fascination with design defined her...
Every day 300 million people around the world menstruate for approximately five days in every 28 day cycle. Many South Africans do not have access to or cannot afford to buy sanitary products. According to iMenstruate 83% of girl learners do not have regular access to...
The artist El Anatsui was born in Ghana and has spent the bulk of his career in Nigeria, but is a citizen of the world. News of a major new installation of his work coming to the prestigious Tate Modern gallery in London is just one in a string of major international...