VSD | Metalheads from the bush
The scene seems to have emerged from a new Mad Max: dressed in leather dust covers, coated with Stetson and bandanas, battalions of metal music fans advance An infernal din in the throngs of the crowd. We are in Botswana, in Ghanzi, “the Capital of the Kalahari”. Stuck between the Desert and the Okavango Delta, this city […]
Project | Ubuntu, We are all one
“Ubuntu is a philosophy that considers the success of the group above that of the individual.” — Stephen Lundin The word “Ubuntu” originates from one of the Bantu dialects of Africa and is pronounced as uu-Boon-too. It is a traditional African philosophy that offers us an understanding of ourselves in relation to the world. According to Ubuntu, there exists a common […]
Hamaji Magazine | Kolmanskop, the ghost town of Namib desert
In the middle of the dry and barren expanses of the Namib Desert lies the foundations of a once flamboyant city. On the soft curves of the dunes emerges the remains of the city of Kolmanskop, a ghost town once the diamond capital of the world. Today, it seems difficult to imagine that these dilapidated barracks […]