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New exciting global life-culture magazine promoting the Diaspora’s Renaissance in culture, music, arts, fashion, science & health through the African lens.

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Alima Fofana, Devanie Gobir and Sosheba Griffiths for GRIT Magazine.
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Soweto/Sowebo - Martha Cooper

Soweto is a big city on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Sowebo is a small neighbourhood...

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Durban Street Life by Tyler Dolan

South African photographer Tyler Dolan took to the streets of Durban for his latest series...

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The Outwin Boochever Portrait exhibition opened at the National Portrait Gallery on Friday and runs through February 23, 2014. This juried...

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Saved by education: A Somali woman’s story
Growing up in Mogadishu in the late 80s in a house full of young single women, the standard...

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Hammamet, Tunisia

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Ethnic Doll Fashion

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An Africlectist’s Dreams in Post Apartheid South Africa: Portia Moemedi Being a young adult in a post apartheid South Africa is a challenge. This rainbow nation’s colours are not all bright and beautiful .Yes we got over the race issue but

unfortunately our generation has other issues to face. Being a young adult in a post aparthaid SA means we have to face challenges such as poverty , quality of education , AIDS , gender equality , unemployment and corruption. The people who fought the fight for apartheid are old now, so we have to take over and fix our problems in our country. These are problems that will need

http://africlectic.com/life-fashion/portia-moemedi-dreams-in-post-apartheid-south-africa/

Another reminder Africlectists, of the ever-painful history of our continent. We still bear the white man on our back:

British field hockey officials have issued a “full and unreserved apology” to the South African women’s team for playing an apartheid-era version of the national anthem before a London Cup match on Tuesday.

South African Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni, who wasn’t at the match, demanded a full apology after claiming that the original version of “Die Stem,” the anthem from 1927 to 1993, was played before the match.

“As far as I’m concerned, that was the full version of ‘Die Stem,’ from start to finish,” she said, according to Sport 24. ”I was so shocked I couldn’t even watch the rest [of the game].”

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Cape Town, or the Mother City, is South Africa’s oldest and arguably most stunning city. It lies in a basin at the southern tip of Africa, surrounded by dramatic mountains that rise regally from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean with the legendary Table Mountain standing at its center. This cosmopolitan city has earned the honor of South Africa’s number one tourist destination, and for good reason. The city’s unrivaled beauty, temperate climate, stunning sunsets and historical significance offer something for everyone and ensures that no one leaves disappointed.

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