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How Spike Lee and the New Yorker gave Nelson Mandela Bay artist Maneli wings

When Gqeberha artist Pola Maneli posted his work on Instagram he could not have imagined it would lead to a commission for an international magazine cover or be sold to an Oscar-winning movie director.

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