Category Archives: sanaa

The Finger 5

I was actually browsing our favourite pop archive YouTube when I came across this:

A Japanese band from the 1970s (1967-1978) called Finger 5. Makes me think I should cover more Japanese content on this blog.

Now that’s the …

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sanaa, again…

Fellow blogger Ed Cross dropped me an e-mail, informing me about his page on contemporary African art “African Works”.
Well…saniblog.org came in between, but otherwise: I’d love to open an open, multi-authored blog dedicated to art works from East Africa. …

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Kiswahili is the most poetic language to admire art. Ukweli!

What I really like about Frankfurt is that you not only come across such an awesome decoration on a wall, but also find three jamaas (from TZ?) standing on the other side of the street who are actively admiring …

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an enrichment

I was pleasantly surprised today when I stumbled across Zacharia Mbutha’s paintings on the second floor of? the GTZ HQ? building in Eschborn (here’s why, in German):

Zacharia is a painter from Kenya, and while I am bit confused on …

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pick one

“The most beautiful women on earth, the beauty that no amount of money can buy, the most powerful hair in Africa, the most wanted hair styles now in Africa, our business is to make ladies look beautiful. If …

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