Category: Sculpture
Historical Art : The Ancient Benin Bronze Carvings
Art is a powerful tool, used in conveying and expressing one’s feelings and thoughts. Art is also a means of preserving memories and history. Africa in itself is an expression of unique and ancient cities like Benin, Ile Ife, Ibadan and many more, have a unique way of exhibiting their art. (more…)
Smart Decor Tips To Styling Your Home Like A Pro
With faint memories from the 90’s, the top notch decor in a home then was; a welcome mat, a rug, a 14′ television set, 4/5 sofa’s symmetrically arranged to fit the parlor, and pictures. If you did not have this standard decor set-up in your parlor in the 90’s, deep down you would know something was missing.
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Art | The Untold Stories From Africa | Lagos
Art, art work, these words could mean so many different things. Art tells of so many untold feelings, expressions, or desires, and Lagos is a center of creativity for all and sundry. (more…)
Press Release | The Craft Fest Jewelry Show
Nigeria & West Africa’s No. 1 Gem & Jewelry event – the Craft Fest Jewelry Show – gets into full swing as it welcomes thousands of local and international buyers and sellers into the exhibition hall of the Federal Palace Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos. (more…)
The First Edition of The Sole Adventurer Digital Magazine Is Out!
We are pleased to announce that the first edition of The Sole Adventurer digital magazine is finally out!
This issue highlights Nigeria’s presence at the 12th edition of the Dak’Art Biennale in Senegal as we profile the five Nigerian artists featured alongside other international artists. Bapstiste Madinier gives an overview of the biennale and highlights some of its challenges, while in a conversation with Simon Njami Artistic Director of the 12th Dak’Art Biennale, Bukola Oye navigates the basis for the theme and the urgent need to reignite an African dream and hope in Africa…
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Yinka Shonibare, The Talented Artist
If you haven’t heard of Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA), here is your opportunity to briefly read up on him, and quickly do a search about all of his work, thoughts, and what he is about. Talk about TALENT (jaw dropping)!
Meet Adeoye Adetunji, The Toothpick Artist
I stumbled on a Talented Nigerian toothpick artist by the name Adeoye Adetunji via Instagram @2thpickart and I was moved to share his creative work. Hello beautiful reader. I hope your day is going well.
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Spotlight Wednesday | Ghada Amer
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.
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Spotlight Wednesday | Kofi Setordji
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.
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Artisans at the French Bazaar in Lagos
The French bazaar was held on the 6th of December in Lagos. Most artisans came from different states in Nigeria to exhibit varieties of products; hand made jam, arts, crafts, sculptures, scented candles, unique gift items and many more. Bellafricana was amongst the artisans, as always, I saved you some interesting pictures..
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Bellafricana is a platform for credible and quality creative indigenous brands to be seen by customers locally and globally. .
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When your business is Bellafricana Verified, people are sure that they can trust your brand and purchase from you. This is because Bellafricana has always been associated with quality, and this has helped customers around the world trust members of our community more. .
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Are you a producer of creative #indigenous #fashion pieces, #health and #beauty products, home and living accessories, #arts and #craft or even food produce and snacks. Then you should definitely come on board the #Bellafricana #Community (we prefer to be called Family 😍)
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Richelieu Dennis was born and raised in Liberia. He moved to America to attend college and graduated in 1991 but Liberia was in a civil war, so he was unable to return home. He then started the Sundial brand with his college roommate Nyema Tubman, and his mother Mary Dennis.
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They began making soaps developed from his grandmother’s recipes in their apartment in Queens, New York and started selling them on the streets of New York City to survive. That same brand sits on the shelves of major stores all over the world as Shea Moisture.
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Shea Moisture is a personal care company with a focus on the personal care needs of black women all around the world. Richelieu and his mother Mary Dennis started their company out of a need to survive, but have built it based on a mission not only to help others survive, but to prosper.
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Moving from selling Shea butter on the street, to creating a strong retail chain across the globe. This is #Goals
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#BlackOwnedBusinesses #BlackEnterprise #PositivelyBlack #Businesss #Structure #Bellafricana #BusinessCommunity #CommunityNetworks
This past weekend was bitter-sweet for many of us. From the postponed presidential elections voting exercise to seeing a video of someone shot by a member of the Nigerian customs on one of our federal roads, and many other happenings that we do not yet know about.
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With everything going on, giving up and running away may be your next best option. But I'd like to challenge you to get up, dress up, show up and change the game.
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The world still needs you.
#Motivation #Bellafricana #Monday #WorkdayMotivation
Dear Creative, have you applied for the The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship program? You know we agreed to sleep on our businesses this 2019
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This year, one of the goals of the Tony Elumelu Foundation is to increase participation and representation from women-run businesses in Africa.
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If you have an innovative business idea or a business in existence that is less than 3 years old in any sector, apply now on TEFConnect: www.tefconnect.com.
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If you are selected, you will join the Foundation's current 4,470 TEF alumni and you will receive non-refundable $5,000 seed capital, access to mentors, top-rated business training, access to a network of African entrepreneurs and opportunities for you and your business to share a global stage.
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Don't waste any more time oh!
APPLY RIGHT AWAY on TEFConnect here: www.tefconnect.com.
Deadline is March 1, 2019
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