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An annotated visual repository documenting design choices seen in historical African everyday things before they were labeled art or artifact.

Try searching using object descriptions or design principles to discover shared approaches. e.g “ergonomics”

Category
  • ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
  • FURNITURE
  • GAME
  • GRAPHIC
  • INSTRUMENT
  • LIGHTING
  • SOFTGOOD
  • TOOL
  • TOY
  • UTENSIL
  • VESSEL
Region
  • Angola 🇦🇴
  • Botswana 🇧🇼
  • Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
  • Cameroon 🇨🇲
  • Central Africa 🌍
  • Congo-Brazzaville 🇨🇬
  • Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩
  • East Africa 🌍
  • Egypt 🇪🇬
  • Ethiopia 🇪🇹
  • Gambia 🇬🇲
  • Ghana 🇬🇭
  • Guinea 🇬🇳
  • Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
  • Kenya 🇰🇪
  • Liberia 🇱🇷
  • Mali 🇲🇱
  • Morocco 🇲🇦
  • Nigeria 🇳🇬
  • North Africa 🌍
  • Republic of Benin 🇧🇯
  • Rwanda 🇷🇼
  • Senegal 🇸🇳
  • Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
  • Somalia 🇸🇴
  • South Africa 🇿🇦
  • Southern Africa 🌍
  • Tanzania 🇹🇿
  • Togo 🇹🇬
  • Uganda 🇺🇬
  • West Africa 🌍
  • Zambia 🇿🇲
  • Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
  • 👑 Kuba
  • 👑 Babessi
  • 👑 Benin
  • 👑 Dahomey
  • 👑 Kongo
  • 👑 Oyo
  • 👥 Arbore
  • 👥 Asante
  • 👥 Bafodia
  • 👥 Bakongo
  • 👥 Bambara
  • 👥 Bamileke
  • 👥 Bamum
  • 👥 Bamun
  • 👥 Bedouin
  • 👥 Calabar
ASEN ALTAR STAFF (MEMORIAL HEADSTONE)
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT Zoë Ene 2/14/25 ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT Zoë Ene 2/14/25

ASEN ALTAR STAFF (MEMORIAL HEADSTONE)

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CARVED COLUMNS IN MEETING HOUSE [OBU]
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT Zoë Ene 2/12/25 ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT Zoë Ene 2/12/25

CARVED COLUMNS IN MEETING HOUSE [OBU]

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CARVED DOOR (MGBO EZI)
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, GRAPHIC Zoë Ene 2/7/25 ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, GRAPHIC Zoë Ene 2/7/25

CARVED DOOR (MGBO EZI)

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