Winds of global fashion swirl through rural Namibia
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How an isolated African region became a barometer of tastes and trends in other parts of the world.
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The Studio MuseumÂs survey offers an inside view of Africa, detailed by handmade, graphically inventive and conceptually imaginative images.
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MTUBATUBA, South Africa  - Tryphina Ngwenya slides a pink condom over the magic wooden stick normally used to conjure up ancestral spirits, unleashing a ripple of laughter among her audience of traditional South African healers.
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In his new film Fashion, Madhur Bhandarkar intends to capture the beau monde of ramp   walkers in one of the fashion centres of the world - New York, Milan or Paris.
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A new line of products from companies like Gap, Armani Exchange and Motorola aims to raise money to help fight AIDS in Africa.
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Beautifully shot in a sandy, remote corner of northern Brazil, this lovely film tells the story of three generations of women.
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Brides seeking elegant simplicity find it in Ethiopian designer Amsale Aberra's chic gowns
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Four thousand miles away, in the heart of rural Uganda, tailor Margaret Angoro is carrying out last-minute preparations for Christmas
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WINDHOEK, Namibia - The southern African nation of Namibia voted on Monday for a successor to the only leader the country has ever known, and election officials said the first of two days of voting started smoothly.
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Namibia&#39;s ruling party candidate, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won an overwhelming victory in the country&#39;s presidential election.
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French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier  transported guests from the freezing pavements of Paris to the  steamy climes of Africa as he sought inspiration from Mombasa  to Cotonou for his latest haute couture collection on  Wednesday.
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MINDELO, Cape Verde -- Virtually every aspect of global migration can be seen in this tiny West African nation, where the number of people who have left approaches the number who remain and almost everyone has a close relative in Europe or the United States.
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Maun, Botswana - An anthrax outbreak which has killed close to 200 buffaloes, elephants and a hippo in Botswana has spread to Namibia where it is posing a serious threat to livestock, officials said on Thursday.
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Colleen Hiltbrunner spent two years researching her dream trip to South Africa. But she wasn't looking for the perfect safari lodge. She was hunting for the right cosmetic surgeon.
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WINDHOEK, Jan 23  (IPS) - Namibia held out longer than the majority of its  counterparts in Southern Africa before signing the interim  economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union,  managing in the process to squeeze some concessions from Brussels  after intense diplomatic efforts.
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For the people of this central African nation, attending to hairstyles is a favorite pastime.
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The veil that cloaks the head of Zafran Mukanwali is a modest symbol of a potentially dramatic shift in religious affiliation in Africa.