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		<title>In Chicago This Labor Day Weekend &#8211; The African Festival of the Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded by Patrick Woodtor, the African Festival of the Arts (AFA) is an annual spectacular celebration of arts and culture from across the African Diaspora. The Festival is hosted each year by Africa International House, Inc.
2011 marks the 22nd anniversary of the Festival as a world-class destination for engaging, family fun. It is the largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Najjar Abdul-Musawwir Showing at The International House</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gallery Show
Najjar Abdul-Musawwir
Friday, April 15 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
6200 s Drexel, Harriet Harris Park
Chicago, IL

Najjar Abdul-Musawwir is an internationally acclaimed artist who has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. He currently works as a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. When he is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FESPACO Pan-African Film Fest Welcomes Doc DuSable to Obama Chicago’s Black Metropolis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) will feature the highly awaited documentory from the USA that focuses on the history of Black people in home-town of the first African-American US president Barack Obama.
FESPACO is the largest African film festival, held biennially in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The festival [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Ethiopian Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopian painting has made a smooth transition, stylistically and aesthetically, from the religious to the secular. The canvasses are rich in color and alive with movement and crowds, sometimes extraordinary numbers of people, who engage the eye of the viewer with their eyes &#8212; even when glancing right or left. It is one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopian Stools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These items are all unique pieces and are to be considered primarily artwork sculpture. These items are all unique pieces and are to be considered primarily artwork sculpture. These items are all unique pieces and are to be considered primarily artwork sculpture. These items are all unique pieces and are to be considered primarily artwork [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopian Chairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAND-CARVED ETHIOPIAN
CHAIRS &#38; STOOLS
Ethiopia is one of the oldest centers of human existence and the oldest independent nation in Africa. Landlocked between Kenya, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti it covers an area twice the size of France. This country is home to a myriad of peoples with over 80 different spoken languages. Ethiopia’s tremendous role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peace House Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 2009: Students at Peace House Secondary School (PHS) in Tanzania have been working hard to write articles for their first ever STUDENT NEWSLETTER,Peace House Drum. This informative publication details life at PHS and in Tanzania from the perspective of the students and volunteers. Thank you to the students, staff and volunteers at PHS for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art of Africa Knowledge Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Explore the diversity and extraordinary
creativity of African artists and craftsmen
through this
comprehensive resource. Each card includes
a beautiful full-color photograph on one side
with detailed information about the art on the
flip side. Find inspiration in the artists&#8217;
openness to new ideas and new materials.





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		<title>Sand Painting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Traditional Art]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[African Sand painting

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		<title>Fela Live performing &#8211; Power Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modern Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigerian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

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FELA Live &#8211; Power Show
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti&#8217;s afrobeat occupies a pivotal position in Nigeria&#8217;s musical continuum and socio-political discourse. Through Fela, a new medium of social and political criticism was unearthed for the critical mass of Nigerians in the 1970s. Although Nigeria was experiencing what would turn out to be a brief respite of oil-boom prosperity [...]]]></description>
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