African Jewellery Making Appreciation: A Long and Storied Tradition The article discusses the importance of African jewellery making traditions in society. African jewellery is more than just a piece of material with a value. It is a cultural tradition that should be preserved for generations to come. It mentions how in the past, there may…
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Who judges a product from art to craft and from craft to made in Africa, China or elsewhere? Various answers can be given such as perception, capacity, quality, association, culture, competition, acceptability, and more; BUT the potential of the industry to uplift does not happen by spoon feeding but by looking for profitable talent that...
It comes from different upcycled material, beads and wire. Although made in Africa, the whole global world affected it. The open-minded understand carry on with life, by admiring and accepting that people of today adhere to the current taste. The world demands everyone’s art of attention. Africa has been on the receiving end of other…
I was brought up in an African Christian family. Hymns were sung without instruments of any sort. Unlike looking for or performing rituals with masks and fertility dolls, there were practical healing steps that required no artifacts. My father held some memorabilia of the world war, a soldier’s bag, and a colonial hat. I never…
Job creation, international and local players, culture and creativity, oh what a mix of fortunes and opportunities both for the African entrepreneurs, foreign economic refugees, and citizens of South Africa. It is difficult to quantify, not yet! Why? Because of mixed reactions. Some treat it as an encroaching weed in an organised arena, others view...