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Burkinabe women are channeling the spirit of a 12th century princess
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29 Apr 18
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Burkinabe women working in careers traditionally dominated by men, all draw inspiration and courage from one source: Princess Yennenga.
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Aboubakar Fofana on the hypocrisy of the fashion industry
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27 Apr 18
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The textile designer, artist and natural dyer calls out the trend forecasters and designers to take more responsibility.
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The Freedom Day reading list
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27 Apr 18
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These projects highlight the complicated matter of South Africa's "freedom" through the eyes of creatives.
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George Gibbens is using design to tackle South Africa's social problems
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26 Apr 18
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The industrial designer has designed a VR device to help the visually impaired, a portable machine to fight shack fires and more.
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Taiwanese students design foldable bone-fracture boards for disaster relief
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26 Apr 18
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Unlike traditional bone rehabilitation boards, BoneAid can be applied to multiple body parts with different folding methods.
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Edel Rodriguez on how the South African protest art influenced his work
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26 Apr 18
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Rodriguez has a noted history of creating irreverent, illustrated depictions of the controversial US President Donald Trump.
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This children's home enables residents to be part of the construction process
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26 Apr 18
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Langbos makes use of a simplified building process that ensures that anyone can build, eliminating heavy, expensive equipment and hard labour.
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Imagine if you never had to complain about missing socks ever again?
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25 Apr 18
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These Danish entrepreneurs are redesigning socks to make them more sustainable.
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It’s all hands on deck in the fight against malaria
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25 Apr 18
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“If there is one lesson we have learned … it’s that we have to keep innovating to control malaria, because conditions evolve.”
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5 innovations in the fight against malaria
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24 Apr 18
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We take look at some of the devices being developed to fight malaria.
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Amigo Doume is teaching troubled teenagers in Abidjan artisanal skills
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21 Apr 18
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Amigo Doume in Abidjan, Ivory Coast gives troubled teenagers – often ignored by support systems that focus on younger kids – the tools to earn a living.
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Lyra Aoko uses the colour red as part of a photographic exploration of womanhood
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20 Apr 18
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The Nairobi-based artist talks inspiration, collaboration and changing narratives.
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Sunu Gonera on working in Hollywood and why afrofuturism is not a new trend
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20 Apr 18
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“I think people are just trying to define what’s already happening on the ground.”
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6 designers who use waste as inspiration for new products
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20 Apr 18
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From upcycling found objects into furniture, to jewellery made of e-waste and more.
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Innovative bike hack provides zero electricity machinery in Guatemala
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19 Apr 18
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Maya Pedal transforms old bicycles into an array of devices powered by pedalling.
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How this Cape Town publication is disrupting the way we write about food
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19 Apr 18
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“To us, the story of a street food vendor running a successful hole-in-the-wall shop is just as valid as a story about a celebrated chef."
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How Angelika Nyboe Andersen moved from fashion to building some of Zambia's greenest buildings
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19 Apr 18
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“Fashion has sort of given me a good foundation for construction. It has surprisingly all come together.”
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Could building with wood be the answer to high-density cities and the housing crisis?
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19 Apr 18
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Timber Rising predicts a future in which wood will supersede concrete and steel.
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How this young photographer is creating a career while helping to correct mis-representation
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18 Apr 18
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Images help us to not only interpret the world around us but also challenge deep-rooted and sometimes harmful conventions.
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This Solar Grill makes cooking easier in areas with no electricity
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18 Apr 18
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The cooker stores solar energy for cooking at any time of the day.
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Vukuzenzele is a digital puzzle game helping to redesign informal settlements
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17 Apr 18
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The game uses the concept of re-blocking to reimagine the layout of an informal settlement in order to create better access to basic services.
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Ekene Ijeoma deconstructs the US national anthem as a comment on mass imprisonment
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16 Apr 18
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In Deconstructed Anthems, he built a software that removes notes from the US national anthem at the same rate Americans have been imprisoned.
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Sustainable planter helps trees and plants survive in arid environments
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16 Apr 18
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A product developed by Dutch startup Land Life Company increases seedling survival rates up to 95 per cent.
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Japanese art of paper cutting inspires the next generation of bandages
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16 Apr 18
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These MIT engineers believe a simple method of pattern-cutting holds great benefits in store for wound healing plasters and wearable tech.
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Design Indaba alumnus Morag Myerscough built a striking fort to celebrate 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall
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