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Themba Khumalo 2016 – Saint Emilion, France

We are nearing the end of the afternoon. Themba has just returned in St Emilion, after a day visit in the heart of Bordeaux. Some urban imagery invades his mind before his heart. The sky darkens a brewing storm guides his charcoal.

The Republic’s Victory, appears in her nationalistic arrogance relying on the support of a mining gear. Today, the western imperialism and the global capitalism rests, once again, on the African continent in the desperate hope to find a last bubble of growth, so essential to avoid the asphyxia of a tired and obsolete world economic system.

The giant’s feet are only made of clay and the structure fragile…