Bellafricana published in Arts & Crafts, Painting, Sculpture

Spotlight Wednesday | Ghada Amer

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Ghada Amer is an Egyptian-born American painter, sculptor, illustrator, performer, garden designer, and installation artist. She went to United States at age 11 and had her education at Villa Arson, EPIAR Nice where she studied painting and  received her MFA in 1989, and the Institut des Hautes Etudes en Art Plastique in Paris. Her work explores  and expresses the submission of women to the tyranny of domestic life, the celebration of female sexuality and pleasure, the incomprehensibility of love, the foolishness of war and violence, and an overall quest for formal beauty.[/dropcap]Continue reading

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Bellafricana published in Exclusive Interviews, Gift Items, Home & Living

Meet The Founder Of Catyna Designs | Exclusive Interview

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] I am so excited to introduce this amazing woman to you. She uses Nigerian Adire Indigo fabrics for interior decorations. I met her at a competition for entrepreneurs in 2014. Do you know how cool it is to meet people who are of like minds as you? I bet you don’t! This woman makes me proud to be an entrepreneur. Miss Celestina Utoro (founder of Catyna designs ) is so passionate about her work and she understands the word ‘synergy’. [/dropcap]

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Bellafricana published in Textiles

Some African Textile You Should Know

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]African textiles are known for their hand-made quality, bright hues and distinct patterns that carries meaning with them. There are so many types of African textile that we tend to call ankara today, not knowing they are not ankara because they are made of different patterns. So here are some of African textiles.[/dropcap]Continue reading

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Bellafricana published in People & Culture

Interesting Facts About Angola

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Angola located in Southern Africa is bordered to the north by Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the east by Zambia, to the south by Namibia and to the to west by Atlantic Ocean. Angola has large mineral and petroleum reserves, with one of the fastest growing in the world, especially since the end of the civil war. [/dropcap]Continue reading

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Bellafricana published in Events

All Youths Tush Awards (AYTA) | Nominations Begin

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] The organisers of the All Youths Tush Awards, TDA Multimedia, which is one of Nigeria’s most consistent and popular all youths awards platform has announced the unveiling of the categories for this year’s edition of the programme which has been scheduled to hold much later in the year. [/dropcap]
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Bellafricana published in News

Rwanda Named 3rd Greenest Destination In The World

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]RWANDA has been ranked among top 20 world greenest places for 2015, according to World Travel Guide, an international travel guide for adventurous travellers.

The global tourist guide released a list of 20 destinations in the world that are on the path to environmental enlightenment from self-sufficient villages to pioneering national parks.[/dropcap]

According to the web portal, Rwanda has been ranked 3rd globally.

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Bellafricana published in Destinations

Interesting Facts About Mozambique

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]The name “Mozambique” is supposedly gotten from the Swahili Musa al Big, the name of an Arab sheikh who lived on the northern Ilha de Moçambique when the Portuguese arrived in the area. Mozambique is located in Southeastern Africa and it is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east and Tanzania to the north, South Africa to the south west and Zimbabwe to the west.[/dropcap]Continue reading

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Bellafricana published in Events

Join The Bella Community

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Based on a research and survey we carried out recently amongst creative entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs, we have come to the conclusion that to sustain an online community of African made products and services, an offline community will strongly enhance the growth of the online vision. Bellafricana (a company that promotes African made products and services) hereby presents “The Bella Community”. [/dropcap]
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Bellafricana published in Arts & Crafts, Sculpture

Spotlight Wednesday | Kofi Setordji

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Kofi Setordji, an internationally renowned Ghanaian sculptor, painter and photographer is arguably the most outstanding contemporary Ghanaian artist of this generation with an abundance of expressions as varied as his eclectic style. Kofi has worked with almost every conceivable medium, genre and style, from his vintage, humane Black and White photography that capture the varnishing monumental colonial architectural skyline of Accra through the stills of moments of the sublime in various human activities, to portraits of ordinary people.[/dropcap]Continue reading

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Bellafricana published in Events, Exhibitions

Invitation to Propak West Africa Exhibition

[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] This year Afrocet Montgomery is bringing you PROPAK West Africa. Propak West Africa is in its third edition and is the premier platform for companies in the packaging, printing, processing and plastics industries to showcase their products and technologies in the region.[/dropcap]
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