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46664 clothing: a new clothing line for charity, launched by nelson mandela
Named after his inmate number at Robben Island Prison, 46664 Apparel is a new clothing venture focused on raising funds for the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s charitable efforts in addition to strengthening South Africa’s lagging textile and clothing industry.
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dosti: empowering afghan women via soccer balls
The DOSTI balls combine traditional Afghan craftsmanship with 21st-century standards, allowing unemployed widows to not only handcraft the balls but also run the entire operation, from quality control to inventory to export.
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wonders of africa: a new african arts exhibition
in genoa, a new exhibition will close this “african” year and open a new one: the event will try to give a new image of africa through arts.
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middle classes in africa: photos documenting middle-class life in africa
a photographic project by organized by photographer joan bardeletti aims to change that by documenting middle-class life in the ivory coast, kenya, mozambique, morocco and cameroon.
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photography project comparing lives of 20-something women in the usa and yemen
amira al sharif is a muslim woman from yemen who recently moved to the united states to attend the international center of photography, and is working on a year-long project comparing the lives of american and yemeni women her age.
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FROM SUDAN: Plans For Cities Shaped Like Animals
The authorities in southern Sudan have unveiled a $10bn (Ksh 800bn) plan to rebuild the region’s cities in the shapes of animals and fruit.
The regional capital, Juba, will be relocated and designed in the shape of a rhinoceros.…
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SASA CLOCK: Bringing African Concepts To Modern Times
The Sasa Clock aims to bring the benefits of ancient African concepts of time to our modern lives.
The time is read from the color coded necklace. Each bead represents a 5 minute increment. As the wheel turns, every 5 minutes…
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USB BIKE GENERATOR
The USB Bike Generator is a small bike mounted electricity producing device optimized to provide power for two USB ports. There are so many small electronics that can be powered or charged from a USB connection it only makes since…
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HAAS&HAHN: Favela Painters
Haas&Hahn is the working title of artistic duo Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn. They started working together in 2005, when they filmed a documentary about hip hop in the favelas of Rio and São Paolo for MTV. Inspired by this…
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QUIRKY: Crowd Sourcing Product Ideas
Quirky is a website that crowd sources product ideas.
The website allows any registered member to submit a product idea, for a $99 fee, and then crowd sources all relevant product details from members. This includes the logos, the…
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KILAKITU CLOTHING: Cowboy Shirts From Kenya
KilaKitu Clothing mine the depths of Nairobi’s sprawling secondhand clothing markets to unearth the finest and most inspiring preloved fabrics from the four corners of the world, which they reuse, remix and renew to create one-of-a-kind garments.
Each of…
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@tw1tt3rart: A Twitter Account That Uses ASCII To Create Works Of Art
We know how hard it is get your idea across using only 140 characters, so naturally, when we saw this Twitter account we were amazed at the art that could be made from 140 characters.
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