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Exceptional South Africa women claim top spots in pan-African Absa L’Atelier art awards

The Absa L’Atelier awards has become a touchstone for the concerns consuming young people on the continent

Marguerite Kirsten, a fine artist from Cape Town, fought off stiff competition from visual artists from across Africa to take top honours in the 2018 Absa L’Atelier awards (www.Absa.africa). Her compatriot, Philiswa Lila, a fine artist and scholar from the Eastern Cape (based in Gauteng) walked away with this year’s…