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Poto-Poto

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Poto-Poto 

an art school for contemporary African painting and drawing; it is named after one of the districts of Brazzaville.
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In truth he is somewhat bemused by this, as he attributes more importance to his Poto-Poto style painting that depicts emblematic imagery of African villages, markets, masks, and animals in geometric or stick-like configurations.
New spaces for art and artists in Africa by Hersak, Dunja / African Arts
The schools of Poto-Poto in Congo, Oshogbo and Zaria in Nigeria or the Negro-Caribbean school of Cote d'Ivoire, to name but a few of these, had already been training renowned and aspiring artists.
The rise of the "artist" in Burkina Faso by Rousseau, Remy / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
Now that relative peace has returned, Brazzaville is trying to recapture the vibrant attractiveness of the past, typified by its main districts: Poto-Poto in the centre; Mpila and Ouenze to the north; and Bacongo in the south.
Congo (Brazzaville). (Country Profile) by Djaksam, Themon / New Internationalist
 
 
 
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