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		<description><![CDATA[Fashion Trend 2009-10 The small German town, Krefeld, was turned to fashion Mecca for 2 days from 19th to 20th September 2009. Fashion houses ranging from Gerry Weber, SinnLeffers, and Esprit to Reebok and Nike presented their creations for the Autumn/Winter 2009/2010. &#8230; more African Literature Africa&#8217;s 100 Best Books: &#160; Celebration of&#160; African writing, [...]]]></description>
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<td height="106" width="153"><font face="Verdana" size="1">The small German town, Krefeld, was turned to fashion Mecca for 2 days from 19th to 20th September 2009. Fashion houses ranging from Gerry Weber, SinnLeffers, and Esprit to Reebok and Nike presented their creations for the Autumn/Winter 2009/2010. </font><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Verdana" size="1">&#8230;</font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><a href="http://www.afritopic.com/afritopic-FashionTrend2009-10.htm"> <strong><em><font color="#33cc33">more</font></em></strong></a></font></td>
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<td width="212" height="15" bgcolor="#F5FAFA"><b><font face="Verdana" color="#CC6600" size="1">African Literature</font></b></td>
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<td width="212" height="1" bgcolor="#F5FAFA"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt"><font color="#000000">Africa&#8217;s 100 Best Books: <b>&nbsp;</b></font></span></i> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana">Celebration of&nbsp; African writing, publishing and research sponsored by the Zimbabwe International Book Fair</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#006600">&#8230;.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana"><a href="http://www.afritopic.com/afritopic-literature.htm"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:7.5pt;color:#33CC33">more</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#33CC33">&nbsp;</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p><br />
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="1"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">African Children&#8217;s Literature </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><i>:</i>&nbsp; What do we mean by &quot;African children&#8217;s literature&quot;? A quick definition is &quot;literature written for African children by African authors either in the vernacular or in a foreign language&quot; (Meniru 1992:43). &#8230;.</span><a href="http://www.afritopic.com/afritopic-literature.htm"><b><i><font color="#33CC33">more</font></i></b></a></font></td>
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<td width="173" height="15" bgcolor="#FFFFF4"><b> <font color="#CC6600" face="Verdana" size="1"> African Proverbs</font></b></td>
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<td width="173" height="132" bgcolor="#FFFFF4"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><b>The Usefulness of Proverbs:&nbsp;</b> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Proverbs provide wonderful nuggets of discussion-provoking wisdom. Proverbs, while arising out of and illuminating distinct cultures, also speak to widely shared, perhaps planet-spanning, truths&#8230;.</span><a href="http://www.afritopic.com/afritopic-proverbs.htm"><b><i><font color="#33CC33">more</font></i></b></a><br />
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<td height="1" width="228" bgcolor="#FFF2F2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Dady Mimbo welcomed early visitors to the 22nd Africa festival in Wuerzburg before the official opening ceremony with trance music from Cameroon. In order to keep the visitors in festive mood and give a taste of what could be expected</span> &#8230;.<a href="http://www.afritopic.com/twit/?p=418"><b><i><font color="#33CC33">more</font> </i></b></a></font> </span>
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<td height="1" width="228" bgcolor="#F4F4FF"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-GB">In India, the word ‘masala’ means spice, spices or a mixture/blend of spices. Spices are used to give taste and flavour to recipes which we enjoy. The word was borrowed by a team in Hannover, Germany 15 years ago to initiate a festival of world music named</span>&#8230;.<a href="http://www.afritopic.com/afritopic-masala2010pre.htm"><b><i><font color="#33CC33">more</font></i></b></a> </span></font></td>
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<td height="54" bgColor="#ecf5ff" width="173"><span><font face="Verdana" size="1">The beauty of Africa is obvious through her landscapes and wild life&#8230;.<a href="http://www.afritopic.com/afritopic-continent-africa.htm"><strong><em><font color="#33cc33">more</font></em></strong></a></font></span></td>
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Design Exhibition BLICKFANG 2010&nbsp;</font></b> </td>
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<td height="3" width="173"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-GB">Over 21000 visitors attended the 3-day design fair in Stuttgart that took place from 12 till 14 March 2010. The new record number of visitors clearly indicates an increase in popularity of the fair. The fair attracts not only local designers but designers from different countries in Europe.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: <font color="#33CC33"></font></a></i></b></span></span></font> </td>
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<td height="1" bgColor="#ffffec" width="173"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-spacerun: yes" lang="EN-GB"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Lovers of Reggae music came together to party and have swell time with holiday flare in Cologne from the 3<sup>rd</sup> to 5<sup>th</sup> July 2009. The organizers of “Summerjam” engaged some of the most popular household names in this music genre to perform on two open-air stages </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">.</span></font></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="1">&#8230;<a href="http://www.afritopic.com/afritopic-Summerjam2009.htm"><b><i><font color="#33CC33">more</font></i></b></a></font></span></td>
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