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    Why being an African artist is so important today
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    Kenneth Ize, the LVMH-prize finalist redefining African luxury
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    Artist Victor Ekpuk’s mesmerizing mural pays homage to African writing systems
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    Zanele Muholi captures powerful portraits of South Africa’s LGBTQ community
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    Pool/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images
    Cannes 2019: ‘Atlantics’ director Mati Diop is the first black female contender for the Palme d’Or
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    Courtesy David Levene
    Ghana makes a star-studded debut at the Venice Biennale
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Photographer: Stephen White
    Courtesy Yinka Shonibare/Stephen White/Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
    Yinka Shonibare’s colorful artworks subvert colonial narratives
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    Botswana unveils blue diamond to rival the Hope Diamond
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    Ricci Shryock
    African-American artist Kehinde Wiley is laying down roots in Senegal
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    The Rwandan design school re-shaping Africa’s future
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    Chris Schwagga
    Cedric Mizero is bringing his Rwandan village to fashion’s global stage
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    First public display of $1.6 million Ben Enwonwu painting, and other highlights from ART X Lagos
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    Dana Smillie
    Egypt’s treasures to receive a new $1 billion home
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    From Harare to Lagos: Africa’s gender fluid designs are defying norms
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    The complex future of African fabric (which isn’t African)
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    Victor Ehikhamenor: Portraits from a world in transition
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  • SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - NOVEMBER 24:  Adut Akech attends the Swarovski Rainbow Paradise Spring Summer 18 Collection Launch on November 24, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)
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    Adut Akech: The South Sudanese refugee making fashion history
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    Max Siedentopf
    Toto’s ‘Africa’ to play ‘for eternity’ in Namibia desert
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    Stephen Tayo captures the sacred kinship of Nigerian twins
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    Laetitia Ky’s strong hair and its powerful message

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Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from the Apple Store.

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from the Apple Store.