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Exploring virtual environments, gaming cultures, speculative landscapes, and immersive storytelling practices redefining African narratives.
Creating worlds from the inside: a guide to XR for African digital artists
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The Frequencies of Vince Fraser: Afro-Surrealism, Ancestral Memory, and the Art of Cultural Reclamation
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Emmanuel Ndefo: The Body as Borderland: Motion, Data, and the African Body in Digital Space
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Symbiosis of Dreams: Evans Akanyijuka and the Art of Human–AI Collaboration
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Iyo Bisseck Cameroonian Artist Creates Digital Environments and Platforms for Social Justice and Collective Memory
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Nosukaay: Weaving the Future with Tradition and Technology
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African artists working across illustration, animation, 3D, photography, and moving image — the full range of digital visual practice on the continent and in the diaspora
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