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Every day of the week we publish fresh articles on a wide range of topics. Recently, for example, we ran a story about Nairobi’s iconic skyscraper – the Hilton Hotel – which closed its doors after almost 50 years of operation. And, more recently, an article about the sudden death of young South African dancer and rapper Costa Titch, who collapsed at the age 28.
Constance Smith explained how the Hilton’s modernist shape was part of a post-independence shift away from colonial hotel architecture in Nairobi. She also took us through how the hotel became an urban landmark and a meeting place of the country’s new elite.
On a different note, Sanya Osha paid tribute to Costa Titch (Constantinos Tsobanoglou) and his astonishing career, explaining why he was destined for bigger things before he died during a performance last Saturday. He noted how the artist personified an altogether different kind of hope at a specific point in South Africa’s democracy.
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