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Bio: Soraya an entrepreneur and an avid art collector herself, established Color Me Africa Fine Arts, which continues to build its mission by creating opportunities for African artists to exhibit their Art internationally.
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CMAFA was created with the goal to build bridges with Africa visual artists and the world. Leaving her home in South Africa to flee the apartheid, Soraya immigrated to the United States Twenty-five years after a self-imposed exile from South Africa, Soraya returned to reconnect with her country. What she discovered was systemic, corruption and exploitation of artists.

Months of research and conversations with artists and arts organizations both in the Chicago area and Johannesburg about art trends and the struggles black artists face specifically in post-apartheid South Africa, she found something special. Color Me Africa Fine Arts continues to
build its mission by creating opportunities for African artists to exhibit their Art internationally