‘Support unborn African babies’

A Belgian organization (backed by a smart advertising agency) “is calling on unborn babies in Belgium, to do something about the thousands of unborn babies in Africa that do not survive their own birth.” They’re stretching it a bit with the geographical focus since the raised funds will go to hospitals in Togo, if we’re to believe the campaign’s video. Pregnant Belgian mothers “have been recruited to use the in utero movements of their unborn children to paint pictures.” You can bid on the works afterwards. Alternatively, ordering an ‘unborn artist’ do-it-yourself kit will work: 10 Euros a pack will get your unborn started and support an African.

We can never start too young, can we?

Further Reading

Davido’s jacket

Davido’s appearance at ‘Amapiano’s biggest concert’ turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.

Empty riddles

Drawing on his forced migration from Rwanda, Serge Alain Nitegeka reflects on the forms, fragments, and unsettled histories behind his latest exhibition in Johannesburg.