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Afrimaxx - Modern African Lifestyle

October 13, 2023

In this episode, host Pamela Mtanga meets Mi Casa singer J'Something in Sandton. Plus, oddity as the new design trend, cow dung as art, and Ofentse Pitse, the first black female conductor to own an orchestra.

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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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