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Afrimaxx - Modern African Lifestyle

May 3, 2024

In this edition host Pamela Mtanga meets with architect Gregory Katz at the special Tree House Senegalia. Plus, pencils made from newspapers, Zulu culture in the skies and a second life for worn clothes. 

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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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