Photography at the Design Festival

Illustrations by Lavar Munroe from the Bahamas

http://lavar-munroe.com/

Photography at the Design Festival

Photograph by Malaika Brooks Smith Lowe from Grenada
www.malaikabsl.com

Photography at the Design Festival

Photographs by James Cooper from Bermuda
www.jamescooperblog.blogspot.com/

Photography at the Design Festival

Photographs by Nadia Huggins from St Vincent and the Grenadines.
www.nadiahuggins.com

Photography at the Design Festival

The Bargehouse, next to the Oxo Tower, hosted a range of work as part of the African and Afro Caribbean Design Diaspora (AACDD) festival.

There were some really interesting pieces of art and design on display and the building itself was brilliant to wander around.  I was able to do quite a tour of the Caribbean in one photography section.

Photographs by Stacey Tyrell from St Kitts and Nevis.

www.staceytyrell.com

London African Music Festival - Southbank Centre

Kadialy Kouyate & Sound System

I saw Leo Mkanyia (Tanzanian blues guitarist), Nahini Doumbia & Les Espoirs du Mali (from Mali, hence the name) and Kadialy Kouyate & Sound System (from Senegal).

Crocodile dance mask

This crocodile mask is from the Torres Strait Islands (Australia and Papua New Guinea).  It would have been worn during a ceremonial dance.  It is made of a variety of materials including feathers, wood, turtle shell, metal, fur and glass.

Tanzanian painting

Painting by Charinda from Tanzania

Tanzanian etching

Etching by Robino Ntila by Tanzania.

The Pugalist

The Pugalist by George Lilango from Tanzania