AFROSURF - THE BOOK

A project in Cape Town, South Africa by Mami Wata
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A comprehensive, 300 page, limited edition art book on contemporary African surf culture.
Backers: 1196
Average Pledge Per Backer: £69

Funded: £83,050 of £30,000
Dates: Aug 21st -> Sep 21st (32 days)
Project By: Mami Wata
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Latest News

AFROSURF - Just 48 Hours To Go!

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Team Africa! What a ride. With just 48 hours to go  ‘AFROSURF - The Book’ has got 1,069 backers and is 248% funded. It has also been featured by some of the world’s leading media including Dazed, Huck, HypeBeast, Creative Review, Surfer, The... (Read More)

6 DAYS TO GO!!

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Team Africa! With just 6 DAYS LEFT of the AfroSurf Kickstarter project we’ve got 861 backers and are 200% funded. The project has been featured by media including Hypebeast, Dazed, Huck, The Inertia and Surfer Magazine and the support has been... (Read More)

36 Hours to bag your free Mami Wata T-Shirt

September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Team Africa, a timely reminder that time, tide and free Mami Wata t-shirts wait for no one.  Share your love for AFROSURF powerfully with your friends and lovers and we will bless you with a FREE, high quality, pure African cotton, Mami Wata... (Read More)

Share the power of AFROSURF and get a FREE t-shirt!

September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
AFROSURF  'Refer-A-Friend' Thursday 03 Sep, 16h00 - Sunday 06 September 16h00 Central African Time Team Africa, You need a FREE Mami Wata t-shirt! DON’T SLEEP! Get one of your many friends, lovers and adventurers to pledge for their own copy of... (Read More)

AFROSURF IS GO!

August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Team Africa! Thanks to your fast and powerful support... The first edition of AFROSURF is a go!  We are blown away!  We are equally blown away by the content that we are busy collecting! AFROSURF is shaping up to be one of the most important... (Read More)

AfroSurf: Forget blonde hair and blue eyes, here's the untold story of African surf culture

August 25th - via: creativeboom.com
Global surf culture is dominated by the old blonde hair, blue eyes narrative. Now a new limited-edition book by Selema Masekela and African surf brand Mami Wata hope to change all that by celebrating surfing and related street culture in Africa. Afrosurf, currently on Kickstarter, will focus on Africa's unique history of "Wave riding", as well as its own diverse and original expressions of indigenous surf culture. (Read More)

That Escalated Quickly!

August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Team Africa! AFROSURF - The Book is already 90% funded! THIS IS INCREDIBLE.  We're honoured and excited to have the opportunity to tell the story of Original African Surf Culture.   And we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your love, support and... (Read More)

'AFROSURF' African Surf Book Kickstarter Campaign

August 21st - via: hypebeast.com
The popular image of surfers tends to look a particular way: blonde hair, blue eyes, and probably either American or Australian. But a new project hopes to show another side of surf culture, by highlighting the rich history of the sport in Africa. A book, AFROSURF, is being curated by the African surf brand Mami Wata, and aims to be the first title to comprehensively document and celebrate surf culture on the continent. (Read More)

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