Francesca Woodman
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, 1980
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Throughout the world, the 1950’s Space Age was known for its beautiful, bold architecture,full of swooshy curves and spaceship-shaped buildings. But some of the most vibrant and retro-futuristic buildings of the Space Age can be found in Africa. Here are the most amazing architectural achievements from Space-Age Africa. By Vince Miklos.
- Mausoleum of Agostinho Neto, the first president of independent Angola in Luanda, Angola
- Building in Warri, Nigeria
- Kariakoo Market in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Memorial to the Martyrs in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso
- Bujumbura International Airport, Bujumbura, Burundi
- The CNPS building (The National Social Insurance Fund):
- St. Paul’s Cathedral in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), designed by Aldo Spirito, consecrated in 1980
- The National Assembly, the parliament of Cameroon
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Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis ; By Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893
Publication info Oxford :At the Clarendon press,1874.
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Vulva not vulgar
“…Eras lepra, y entre cada beso te llevabas un poco de mi boca
Eras usurpador, y te bebías mis endorfinas para producir Clonazepan
Eras animal,
abajo del puente,
tentando más abajo,
dejando algún trazo
que disipe tu dolor.
Pero eres más ausente,
como la ausencia de Dios y de mi padre.
Como por cada ladrillo de tu cimiento, te bajaste tres paredes coloniales,
Como por cada gruñido tuyo, tres poemas más se desvanecen como haciendo hora…”