Avant-Garde: Africa

Avant-Garde: Africa

A new series showcasing innovators and creators working across art, design, music, film and fashion.
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Oscar Holland, CNN
"I'm a Lady" (2009) by Mary Sibande
Ginanne Brownell Mitic, CNN
Matthew Ponsford, CNN
LAGOS, NIGERIA - APRIL 20: Model Naomi Campbell (R) walks the runway wearing Kenneth Ize during Arise Fashion WeeK on April 20, 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images,)
Mazzi Odu, CNN
Jacopo Prisco, CNN
"Madonna III" shot by Kadara Enyeasi
arts
Ana Rosado, CNN
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Model Naomi Campbell walks the runway during Arise Fashion Week 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria.
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CNN Staff
SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - NOVEMBER 24: Adut Akech attends the Swarovski Rainbow Paradise Spring Summer 18 Collection Launch on November 24, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)
Shirine Saad, CNN
Photograph of Cedric Mizero's "Beauty in the Heart" collection, created in 2018.
Rebecca Appel, CNN
Photographed by Travys Owen.
Rebecca Appel, CNN
Ricci Shryock, CNN
Photograph by Noma Osula
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Ekow Eshun
French actress and film director Mati Diop (R) flashes the victory sign as she arrives with Senegalese actress Mama Sane for the screening of the film "Atlantics (Atlantique)" at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2019. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP) (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Thomas Page, CNN
Marianna Cerini, CNN
John Akomfrah. The Ghana Pavilion, curated by Nana Oforiatta Ayim and designed by David Adjaye, at the 58th Biennale di Venezia. Venice Biennale. Venice, Italy. Photograph by David Levene 6/5/19
Jareh Das, CNN
Tom Seymour, CNN
Nosmot Gbadamosi, CNN
Butaro Cancer Centre of Excellence photographed by Iwan Baan.
architecture
Jennifer O'Mahony, CNN
African traditional fabrics in a shop in Ghana
Zaina Adamu, CNN
Nosmot Gbadamosi, CNN
All in One by Ethiopian photographer Aida Muluneh
Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN
Yinka Shonibare CBE Nelson's Ship in a Bottle 2010 Installation view: Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London, 24 May 2010 -- 30 January 2012 Dimensions: 290 x 525 x 235 cm Medium: Fibreglass, UV ink on printed cotton textile, steel, brass, resin, linen rigging, acrylic and wood Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Photographer: Stephen White
Milly Chan, CNN
fashion
Zahra Jamshed, CNN
A picture taken on June 10, 2018 shows a view of construction work undergoing at the site of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, with the Pyramids of Menkaure (L) and Khafre (R), also known as Chephren, seen in the background. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Ian Lee, CNN
Fake Death Picture (The Death of St Francis - Bartolomé Carducho), 2011
Nosmot Gbadamosi, CNN
"Shrine to Wisdom" an installation by Victor Ekpuk, part of "Get Up, Stand Up Now ---- Generations of Black Creative Pioneers"
Milly Chan, CNN
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