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Four ceramic plates by artist Ruan Hoffmann are part of a special exhibition of South African art in the Netherlands.
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An amazing list of creatives is giving acte de présence at the first edition of Africadelic on Wednesday May 25, 2016 in Paradiso, Amsterdam.
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Meschac Gaba at Afrika 010. Rotterdam buildings, African headdress.
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Amsterdam celebrated Africa Day 2016 with an energetic Africadelic night with talks, art and music.
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After the European premiere at the Gataway African Film Festival (GAFF) in Ireland, Welcome to the Smiling Coast stopped in Amsterdam for an outdoor screening in front of more than 100 people. ZAM’s intern Prisca Abranches was there and summarizes the film.
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One day to go! Nelson Mandela's birthday is being celebrated by people world wide by putting an extra 67 minutes into activism for causes worth fighting for.
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Luanga Choba, a former doctor who decided to pursue her dream and to fully devote herself to her passion: music.
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In a subtle by-the-way, Mozambican photographer Mario Macilau taught his packed audience at ZAM at the Amsterdam launch of his book an interesting lesson. Once a streetkid in his country's capital Maputo, Macilau made a living begging and washing cars. “We never wore the pretty clothes that were donated to us. People give less money to well-dressed street kids”, he says.
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02|09|16 – 17|09|16 Contemporary African photography is taking Basel by storm.
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Recognition and awards for changemakers and creatives in Accra, Maputo, Mogadishu and Johannesburg.
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Upcoming | Conny Braam & Hendrik Witbooi | Mama Goema & Mac McKenzie | Nelson Mandela & Albie Sachs | Mohau Modikaseng & Mary Sibande | Lola Shoneyin & Ake | Africa & Design
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Together with Atlas Contact Publishers and Afrovibes, ZAM co-organised the book launch of Conny Braam's latest novel Ik ben Hendrik Witbooi, about the Namibian freedom fighter who led the resistance against the German occupation of Namibia and the genocide against the Herero and Nama populations.
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Mandela Landscape, an art piece by Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn and artist Berend Strik, will travel to Cape Town and be on view in the Artscape Theatre from 12 February 2017. The work is one out of a series of 80 special prints produced for ZAM.
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The triangular floating structure was a beacon on the Lagos Lagoon. But after the Floating School collapsed, many questions remained unanswered. Was the building project on the Lagos Lagoon really the success it claimed to be?
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Dutch photographer Ben Krewinkel continues the journey that took Frits Eisenloeffel to Mozambique after its victory and independence of 1975.
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It’s a lesson the fake news brigades around the world should take to heart: in Nigeria, an attempt by the army to stop the country’s brave and ethical news platform the Premium Times from reporting truthfully and accurately has failed spectacularly.
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A Dutch version of the story ‘Child abuse in the name of voluntourism, initiated by members of the ZAM network, was published by respected weekly De Groene Amsterdammer this week.
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ZAM’s partner the African Investigative Publishing Collective asks for international solidarity to protest the internet blackout that is suffocating the southern Cameroon regions since 22 January.
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A visual journey by Dutch photographer Pieter Boersma.
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Anton Corbijn: "I am extremely excited that the work has found a home in Cape Town."
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ZAM latest Photo Editions covers the work of Capetonian photographer Yasser Booley. This is a result of the collaboration between ZAM, the photographer, his curator Joan Legalamitlwa and Africalia. The visuals are chosen from Booley's recently published collection, South Africa at Liberty, an Africalia edition.
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Deel 1: Op zoek naar het koffie-met-melk-paradijs
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Hoe de Zuid-Afrikaanse studentenbeweging tot zwijgen werd gebracht
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"The unveiling of Mandela Landscape hails the beginning of an exciting partnership between the Artscape Theatre Centre and ZAM Magazine towards creative excellence."
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On 16 March 2017, South African documentary photographer, Yasser Booley embarked on a public transport journey, from Cape Town, South Africa to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
