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2025Vic Bakin is documenting Ukrainian youth in Kyiv’s de-occupied territories
2025
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2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
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2020Guillaume Chauvin takes an unexpected approach to wartime photography in Ukraine
2020
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2022“Our fight goes on. On battlefields and online” – Kyiv-based design writer Lena Kozar shares her story from inside the war
2022
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2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
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2014Kieran Kesner's stunning portraits of people and protests in Ukraine
2014
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2019Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth
2019
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2014Photography: Marco Kesseler documents fear and waiting in Ukraine
2014
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2009George Butler in Africa
2009
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2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
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2019Viacheslav Poliakov shoots the “folk-baroque-industrial mess” of Ukraine and Poland
2019
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1850Horn
1850
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1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
1800
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1875Zanze
1875
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
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1837A Ship in a Stormy Sea
1837
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2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
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2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
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2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
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2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
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2018"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa
2018
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2012David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports
2012
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2018Michal Chelbin's photography is an unusual insight into Ukraine's military boarding schools
2018
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2018Ukrainian collective Join The Cool recreate an Eastern European school graduation album
2018
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2020Blending fiction and reality, Julie Poly’s new series presents the colourful characters of the Ukrainian railway
2020
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2015Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots
2015
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2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
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2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
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2019Photographer David Denil explores Ukraine's mindset after the 2014 revolution
2019
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2015Unnerving photographs of a youth military camp from Ukrainian Maxim Dondyuk
2015
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2020How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide
2020
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2017Football Editions finds inspiration in the legends of African football
2017
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2017Alexander Chekmenev’s compelling photographs of elderly citizens in the newly independent Ukraine
2017
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2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
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2019Photographer Joe Newman documents a boxing gym for young people in a Ukrainian war zone
2019
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2012OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue
2012
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2013South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images
2013
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2017Alice Mann photographs African men from London's La Sape
2017
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2019Patrick Wassmann photographs the youthful existence in Mukachevo, Ukraine
2019
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2010The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
2010
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2022Using only African designers, Gida is a creative journal dedicated to being “by and for Africans”
2022
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016
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2015Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva
2015
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2012Ukrainian artist Lewel makes unashamedly crazy illustration
2012
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2024Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre
2024
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2013Opinion: Away from Design Indaba, South Africa's graphics tell a tense story
2013
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2024Iconic jerseys and grassroots spirit: Victor Edeh captures football fever during the Africa Cup of Nations
2024
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2012Introducing...The ultra-bold African supergraphics of illustrator Lynnie Zulu
2012
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2019Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa
2019
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2022Marie Gomis-Trezise explains how Nataal grew to become the premier platform for African creative talent
2022
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2022“Skateboarding feels a lot like therapy”: Karabo Mooki shares stories of South Africa’s all-female skate group, Island Gals
2022
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2019The Hayward shines a light on South Africa’s born-free generation
2019
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2019Clifford Jago returns with a bizarre, confusing but altogether joyful trip through Ukraine
2019
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2021JJ Lorenzo photographs a generation “marked by the frictions between East and West” in Ukraine
2021
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2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2022Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa
2022
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2014Chris Nunn immerses himself in the turbulent regions of Ukraine
2014
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2011What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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2022Sianeh A. Kpukuyou’s sun-kissed portfolio celebrates “Dark skin and African stories”
2022
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2012Byzantine landscapes in brilliant detail from South Africa-based illustrator Jean de Wet
2012
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2018Alexander Mourant's photographs trace a road-trip he took down the length of Africa
2018
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2025Kyiv Type Foundry is conserving the architectural heritage of Ukraine by pulling typefaces out from underground
2025
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2017Photographer Fabrice Monteiro's fear-inducing prophecy of west Africa's future
2017
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2024This charity photo project gave Ukrainian children disposable cameras to capture life through their eyes
2024
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2019Elena Subach shoots Ukrainian grannies to bridge the generation gap
2019
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2022Yelena Yemchuk’s photo series Odesa documents a Ukrainian city undergoing momentous change
2022
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2011Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
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2017An animated story of survival during apartheid in South Africa
2017
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2016Inside the world of West African barbershops with Andrew Esiebo
2016
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2019Jump Ball celebrates the relationship between basketball and the African diaspora
2019
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2022It’s Nice That’s print sale for Ukraine includes artworks by Jean Jullien, Anthony Burrill, Kelly Anna and lots more
2022
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2018Thom Pierce on using photography to amplify the protests of a rural South African community
2018
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2018Eddie Wrey photographs the women of West African market Adjamé
2018
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012
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2013Illustration: A host of illustrators wish Lynx Africa a happy 18th birthday!
2013
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2015Wolff Olins' Ije Nwokorie on what Africa needs to harness its creative energy
2015