#Kenyan artist, Wangechi Mutu, basks in New York glory

November 14, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

Kenya-born artist, Wangechi Mutu, is earning accolades from critics for her work now on display at one of New York City’s most prominent museums. A New York Times review of the exhibition describes it as “visually ravishing.” Since Ms Mutu began exhibiting in the late 1990s, “the work has grown more complex, detailed and beautiful by […]

ZIMBABWE DOCTOR BUYS SLAVE PLANTATION TRANSFORMS IT TO ‘AFRICA HOUSE’ IN TENNESSEE

May 21, 2013.Reading time 18 minutes.

An African doctor buys a former Tennessee slave plantation and turns it into a cultural sanctuary with the goal of revolutionizing health care in African countries. We can all say that we’ve seen some amazing ironies in life, but few have experienced one like Dr. Arikana Chihombori, a Zimbabwe (Africa)-born physician and frequent Florida visitor and […]