Giles Tettey Nartey reimagines conventional West African chair in aluminium

British-Ghanaian designer Giles Tettey Nartey has used welded aluminium to craft his Serwaa chair, which reinterprets the normal picket Lobi stool native to West Africa as an “industrial product”. Referencing well-known industrial-style chairs such because the Barcelona Chair by Mies van der Rohe, the piece by Tettey Nartey goals to platform the widespread but “missed”…

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West African conventional, non secular leaders pledge to finish GBV, dangerous practices

West African conventional, non secular leaders pledge to finish GBV, dangerous practices By Justina Auta West Africa conventional and religion leaders have pledged to finish Gender Based mostly Violence (GBV) and dangerous conventional practices affecting girls and women, particularly on the neighborhood stage. They made the dedication at a summit organised by the UN Ladies…

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West African Conventional, Religion Leaders, Others Collect in Abuja In opposition to SGBV 

Conventional and religion leaders from throughout West Africa, authorities officers, and representatives from worldwide organisations have gathered in Abuja for the inaugural Annual Excessive-Stage GBV Prevention Summit. In Africa, many cases of GBV are justified underneath tradition and custom. Dangerous gender norms and practices rooted in conventional customs and spiritual misconceptions perpetuate violence towards girls…

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