maximum security prison padre, a confection that's enjoyed by all in italy, the cake who jailed your ro max in 60 minutes on d. w. how about taking a few risks? you could even take a chance, a hearing to ah, don't expect to happy ending. literature west. germany ah, we're out on the social scene to day here at boulders, house inter hands work with this art center opened its doors for the public to enjoy a variety of art and meet the artist behind the frame. this art center opened in 2006 with the aim of being a commercial space and bridge the gap between creators and

a market. we're going to mingle with the artists and bias alike as we bring you today's show. we show up on the doorstep of interior designer, a yes are or crew for works. her magic opens spaces. abraham songy has moved from his native burkina, faso to italy and built a popular take away joint with the locals. can't get enough of his pizza. and later we travel to wonder where st photographer and his how you mandate takes us on a day around kigali, where she practices her art home. i am pamela, am tenga, and you're watching after you max. oh ah, ah, the vibe he had all this house is absolutely electric and buzzing with the public.

an artist. as all this house closed, they're open studio day. over 35 artists have opened up their studios to show the public what they have been working on, and also give them an opportunity to purchase some of the odds before i immersed myself deeper into this exciting event, we joins and bobby, and born of bill, my so book who is making waves and the comic book genres space with his unique african authentic stories and characters. check this out. the world needs more african superheroes because we are now in an era where people are taking ownership of their narrative. and that's important because a lot of the time when other people tell your story, they use information that either dated or wrong. and being able to bring truth to the story is the most important thing that i can think of, right? her re based comic book, i'd his, well my son is the creator of the 1st african superheroes kept in south africa and

read them and believes that make sense and side by more inclusive, it is important for his audience to see themselves in the words that he create this fresh approach. the comic book jaundra has made a hit within the nissan rogue fanbase include in south africa. what i love about being in south africa is the feeling that's really hard to describe. you feel when you're driving and you're seeing the skyline and you see black people in the adverts. there's a common understanding of the, the hustle and bustle that is of africa. i became a kind of an artist because there's no because i this is who i am not what i do. my audience is young african. i want them to observe the country the way they are to want more of themselves in it and not question why it is only one black character that holds the entirety of africa on their shoulders. i've created

a lot of characters over the years. my most popular, i would say are captains for africa. and reason kim's will africa is a black south african woman who champion social rights. i came to study at rhodes university and there was a lot of money for movements, home campaigns for change. the people that i saw championing this movement were very strong women. i holy and completely oh, the foundation of kevin for, for the to those moving to those women. it's difficult to wrap my head around the fact that superior is like this don't really exist and i'm doing a lot of legwork trying to educate people on why i kept the science important. the easier work is raise a man, my love letter to japanese munger. bull has a respected voice in the comic book space in africa and was even highlighted as an up and coming artist drink easy comics, global event. diesel vendome will was invited to showcase his work and take part in

paneled discussions and comic on africa. 2022 in johannesburg. an event that attracted over 69000 people over 4 days representation in the genres of fantasy and sci fi is so important because historically, we've been excluded from the narrative. when people talk about going to space, it's white people and alien. a lot of the time africans, black people are usually seen narratives. the speak of slavery and a few consistently and persistently only have that. it limits people belief in themselves and limits people's belief in a better tomorrow. it's like you're a part of history but, but a part of the future a lot of mean for antonio, come out of like african content movies. so for us to be making, take, take him seriously and artwork like these actually been good and decent. and like, comparing to big production studio is very like welcoming and intriguing to the past to a bull is today, has not always been easy. and he attributes

a major factor in his success. been the support he has from his mum grade. my mom got me into our club when i wasn't allowed to do art as the subject of the school. my dad didn't believe in art or cartoons. just having someone believe in you, it goes along the way. well, i have big events. she travels with me. she's there in the audience, cheering the loudest. and i feel like i am my dreams. i'm no longer waiting for them to happen. she's there with me. living them is creating an opening for the young african to understand that he can be super heroes in african wanting because most of the children don't know that they can be. i'm so powerful is not just a comic book artist. he is also a storyboard artist for hire, as well as a published fantasy author. he regularly comes to johannesburg for work and conventions, and he always made sure he gets a much needed time in with his brother ted who lives here. i support my brother's

goals because i think what he's doing is very, very important and noble work. he is trying to create a universe of heroes that like local africans, can look up to. it's important for me because it's aspirational. i like to dream of certain things and it's easier to dream if you can see something like one fly look to the cloud. i'm going to leave you hold with the way my work paved the way for future coming from artists in africa is very specifically, i've drawn the 1st 150 pages of capital africa. i don't want to write volume to, i want to use it as an opportunity for other people to get in to comic books. this is your foot in the door. and even if i can just guides you, even if i can just say, hey, i like your work, this is what i think that's what i can provide. i really wish that someone did that

for me. it was difficult, it was difficult for me and i want to make it easier for other people today is the fees for the eyes as i am joining the public, engaging with art, an artist at the august house open studio day resident art is already to to foster is already a well known name within the art industry, so it was really excited to see where she lives and wigs. you address an important issue which is agenda base violence in a very unpopular perspective. tell me a bit more about what you wanted to achieve when you were choosing that angle, my intention with the artwork of crete, to create this cause. so that we can unpack 3rd the traumas that cause, ah mean to be violent. because i believe that a lot of them have emotions bottled up because they never in touch with their own

feelings. a lot of young boys are always taught them as a show, any weakness and them must be strong. at typical example is if your daughter falls down, you gonna take on a comfort her. if the son falls down, then he's most likely to get a lecture and they say like, brush it all, you know, it was about taking like hot industrial materials that has copa and burn the staples and portraying them in a data could solve it as they take men, as for it, if it was commentary on how something can haunt and he's fall, but you know, it doesn't just have to be hot. thank you. a late fee for lading us into your space and showing us you beautiful in credo, pieces of art they. so much more to see in this inner city art have, but 1st it see how a young man from the kina basil has laid a home for himself in northern italy fibro. him sonia once

had a dream. he aspired to bake the perfect pizza for katya and pizza on the go and tell me what i and sonya ran without looking up. my name is abraham sonya. i'm 30 years old. i from burkina faso as soon law. no one believed in my project at 1st was that though, but i finally made my dream come true. i didn't. i saw no and my joint was even named one of the top 50. take away pizzeria in italy. besedia last bought battalion . his restaurant is right next to the main square of the northern italian city of trend, so there's always something going on in the little take away. pizzeria. the boss serves customers, him self tooth, but funnily enough, the pizza is an acquired taste for him. lucky saline thriller if it's at 1st i didn't like pizza and stuff. well, i just didn't enjoy the taste. i thought i thought it was new to me because i'm from burkina. faso and pizza wasn't

a thing there yet. thank or but with time he took a liking to it. sonya puts zucchini blossoms. basil cream. oh pistachios on the pizza base to make his go may take away creations. and he comes up with a new type every week. just an or like either i like odd combinations, fanatical is specially with intense flavors, lu, aromas and colors that remind me of africa thought about africa. when abraham sonia came to italy as a 12 year old, he was the only black child in his class. and when he opened his pizzeria in 2018, he hardly had any customers. at 1st, many people were skeptical of a black pizza baker. only once he had hired white employees, did his business take off new spirit a thin out. i'm ya,

she. this discrimination often angered me in fountain, maureen, but when you get up in the morning to do something you enjoy, you can do anything you put your mind to death while cause i couldn't coffee because your work doesn't feel like a burden to la santana and it's just wonderful either. at ammunition, august the father and customers gradually warm to him and they love his pieces. in the meantime, his now famous pizzeria is even featured in many travel guides. his secret recipe is sour dough made with top quality flour. he lets it rise for at least 24 hours, making his pizzas extra aromatic and easy on the stomach. he even has his own special baking method, then also to present or not look real quick to that. if we make our pete's us twice look to the 1st, we do just a doe consent down then, and toppings and bake it all again. apostrophe like a, and you end up with an extra crunchy dough that's fluffy and light at the same time with it. you can really see it here. these nice air bubbles that formed during

baking. if you could. i. i know he tried pizzas from all over italy to figure out what he liked best. abraham. sonya only uses high quality ingredients in his takeaway paces. and yet he still keeps the starting price at $2.00 euros and $0.50 a slice. his pizzeria has become one of the most popular in the city and has a reputation even outside of trenton. that cowboy, every one likes his pizzas and they've got great ingredients. honey is moon remote, but you can tell he puts his heart into his pete says good qualities on safety to ever authentic and mate with love with pizza. so specify customers pay for an extra pizza, said that a person in need can pick it up later up. some donors write a personal message on the receipt to the initiative is a real hit on line with people expressing their thanks. noise. yeah,

we give people their pizza along with the receipt and a little hello from the donor. know it puts a smile on their face. the bell, the donations keep coming and the local was growing appetite for his pizzas has now led abraham sonya to open up a 2nd restaurant in trenton. now i'm off to mingle while we see how alice chi monday eases photography to tell her story and document life in her home country. all rwanda and abroad. she shows as how her creative faces wake ah, i discovered that the hot deck i pulled out in my eye when i was 5 years old thought i was playing and then i put my hand on one eye in that cannot see when i

was young. i could sit there like and a bit of something, but as i go on, the left side has become probably black. i cannot see anything. my poco is kind of pressing because i've seen, if i've not had that problem of not been focused as i am to be self star, st photographer alice k. bender has an uncanny way of telling vivid stories to her lens artists, captivating and exquisite. it draws the viewer and gives an unfiltered, glimpse into african lives immortalized in photos. one of my project life in the shadow. he to just about people who have been missing. the reason that the project was for advocacy so that the government can reduce the stocks on some screen so they can have some screenshots for double price

my photography, kind like and white. i've never been attracted by color, color photography. maybe because my, when i was a kid, my dad was shooting black and white. maybe that's what and for me. but he will never let me tell you. he's come because he thought i was going to break them. alice's photos recently featured at the world press photo exhibition, a traveling showcase of photographic talent that is seen by millions of people across 50 countries who project. but one was kind of heavy for the, for what? there could be one cuz because we are talking about my my journey lose depression, then i met another project about, hey, i've been working on mental health projects. and i use my as,

as the model, depression is kind of a heavy subject for some people, even for those who never experienced it. and for those who experienced it, i think it's kind of a personal project. that's why i chose to exhibit the my project on here. when i look at the they have project now. i think it's like 15 my journey of healing, how i hear the of the patient. i think a lot of photos in a rural area, but the low a lot of nice things to students. you got a like the car, please on there also they can work and hear a lot of people shopping. other people carrying a lot of more. that's why i left i think it was because he was kind enough and let me

take the full social on the call. it's very unusual for me when people upset mississippi cultural. so when i find the funding fund, the person next that i'm very excited, they're not supposed to need i just took a couple photos. i'm going to add them, have them in the village. what happened is like i like go and talk to the people, introduce myself, and then a, something to forget me and on almost become. and that's how i'm able to capture genuine emotion. and emotional will really do it out of everything because those train of a photo journalist. so maybe that's why i don't the way the editing. so then after

that i did some of the photos in black and white to fall for my project. i'm a 5 person with a lot of people and i think of people guilty for increasing those people in general . good people. when i pick a piece of never seen what i can call in i cooper. so guilty of people is when you see my photograph, i try to show you before when i try to capture it, when they see a mother got the child, i feel the moment when i see something positive on the 1st time i try to capture it . such beautiful, odd pieces. tell me a bit more about your creative process. i like to observe interesting textures.

that gives me an idea of the kind of work that i want to present. so technique that i need to create my art is called let and drips. and splits so what i do is i take the paint part of it in my hands and flick it on the, on the canvas or paper that helps create the textures that didn't, that you see. and the was people find it difficult to understand. my work is because it doesn't have a new presentation. so i include figures to bring in that kind of familiarity with in, in the war. so for people that don't familiarize themselves with abstract, they get a little bit of sense of how can the bring in their own interpretation, something that is fun for them. i'm catching to some of the artists who are at the organs house open studio day and i must say the beauty of a work is feeding my soul. we are off to gone to join a yes. i hope you who is turning the interior design space in across on its head. i

have worked in politics and economics and i ended up becoming an interior designer because i truly believe interior design is a way of life. it's the bed to sleep on the food you eat, the, the things that you put up on your wall. so it's really part of what i became interior design because i was interested in progressively being part of the people that and the culture in the queue. retail african beauty laureen h l q is always on the look out for new, exciting and edgy design. my clientele are mainly returning but also low hold. there's, are there high middle class that are growing in, in gardner particularly?

and i think the middle class is obviously looking for something that is, you know, more functional, more in more, more fresh and more, you know, more progressive. and i think my desire, normally we're prison, modern africa and one of the privileges that i had with him threw up with my grandmother. and donna is home. nothing can replace it. i think as a child, when you are a culture, it didn't you. it's very difficult for it to leave you. governor is also a place where there is full of opportunity. there's so much that needs to be done. and i think i came back because i feel that i have a place here and i have a role to play she. this is one of her favorite artists,

desinik, some pieces for her liters. interior design project pulsing locally, promote the economic growth of this country. and it's something that i've seen over the past 15 years that i've been here. i've worked with so many us design. and for me, what i've seen is the wendy get the right support from the community. they are able to really make an impact within the 1st 5 years. as a creative age, i believe that if you are able to come up with an idea, there's another person i will be willing to exchange money for it. i renovated the house. it's very old house, i'll try it as much as possible to be cost effective for the clients. and so i turned a 2 bedroom house into a 3 bedroom. ah,

she fully understand how a creative minds it has an impact not only on building a successful business, but also how this approach can support in a lift your community. this up a cry is the place where you'll find a lot of different artists and crafts. it's important that we, it's a place like that because i think 10 years ago i was trying to figure out how to assimilate some of the products that i was looking for. my interior design for this and it was very difficult. i always get what i want. when i come to today, i pick some piece of up which is alum. hold off made up of coconuts russell. we call you for my for i, it's basically help the same, the financial circle of the economy, the people who bring things here, it would make money. and then we put and amplify and

also enlarged the profit margin in order to be able to be. so what does that for, and we've seen so many people who have come started with us with a few products. and in haven't yet one shop in the hoping i worked on my face together. she did everything from conception to delivery and i still have who it is. so i co way full coffee to open up estimates for them to appreciate what you're trying to do. i know have a profound up the season for a month. interior design like hey i, it's incredible that's all from us to day, but i still have a few hours to wonder through this explosion of odds, or maybe by

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