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here is no separation of art and design for Ekow Nimako. Through his Lego-made creations, the artist masterfully reimagines African architecture and artifacts, and sometimes disregards them entirely to engineer his own, with futuristic themes. With their roots in Afrofuturism and African mythology, Nimako’s

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