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The Comeback of Collectivism

October 10, 2025

This time, Afrimaxx is all about community—from animal herds and craft collectives to what makes South Africa the friendliest country in the world: Ubuntu.

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This time Afrimaxx it is all about the comeback of collectivism: 

A collective of life-sized animal puppets are marching from the DR Congo to the Arctic to confront the public with the ecological cost of the climate crisis. 

Empowering Zambian female crafters by focusing on social impact and environmental responsibility, that's why Talitha Ullrich and Rosanne Thorne founded collective hands. 

South Africa was recently voted the world's friendliest country. Now, what makes the Rainbow Nation so friendly? For sure it has to do with it's unique sense of community, Ubuntu.

In Mali, master artist Boubacar Doumbia is passing on the ancient techniques used to produce Mali's iconic bogolan mud cloth to the next generation, thereby training a collective of young fabric designers.   

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