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Afrimaxx — Modern African Lifestyle

September 19, 2026

This time, Collette Prince is visiting the old planetarium in Johannesburg, which is now a full digital dome. Plus, an Angolan school for the performing arts, Swahili chicken from Mombasa and the art scene in Accra.

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