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Afrimaxx - Modern African Lifestyle

November 11, 2022

DWs Pamela Mtanga explores a darker part of African history at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre. Plus: A day in the life of breakdancer Courtnaé Paul, streetartist Bankslave and slow fashion from Nigeria.

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Afrimaxx — Modern Pan-African Lifestyle

This is Africa - unfiltered, unstoppable, and leading the global conversation on creativity and freedom.

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