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Capital of Cool

Johannesburg is shedding its painful, crime-ridden past to emerge as Africa’s hippest hub for art, music, and fashion. Tim Murphy takes to its streets.

By Tim Murphy
Photographs by Misha Taylor
Styled by Haidee Findlay-Levin
September 2012
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Sibu “FDB” Sithole, of the Smarteez crew

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September 2012
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