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African Death Metal Cowboys -- Seeker Network

Botswana has sprouted an unlikely subculture: Black African Death Metal: an audiovisual sensory assault. Their leather, studded attire a cross between Madmax costumes & cowboys is as important as the music they worship. With several bands & monikers like ‘Vulture’ the tightknit community has taken a culture dominated by westerners, pimped it with a unique African flair

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Ultra South Africa: When Electronic Music Is Color Blind

Banele Mesilane took AJ+ to the Ultra Festival when it stopped in Johannesburg, South Africa. For Banele, electronic music transcends race: “When I got here, I felt really free because everyone was there for the music.” From video journalist Judy Lelliott in South Africa.

Cooking Steaks with Sunlight in South Africa

Using coal and kerosene to fuel a stove is both costly and hazardous. Social entrepreneur Crosby Menzies hopes it will become a thing of the past in Africa. He rolled out his solar cooker, a satellite-dish shaped oven that uses sunlight to cook meals, in the Johannesburg township of Soweto. By employing locals like Mthobisa Cebekhulu, he believes he can bring it to other parts of the continent.

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