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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
MUSAMBO (DIVINER’S RATTLE)
INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/18/25 INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/18/25

MUSAMBO (DIVINER’S RATTLE)

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MBIRA DZAVADZIMU
INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/18/25 INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/18/25

MBIRA DZAVADZIMU

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IYA ILU DUNDUN TALKING DRUM
INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/14/25 INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/14/25

IYA ILU DUNDUN TALKING DRUM

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IRON GONG
INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/13/25 INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/13/25

IRON GONG

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NEMANDRU (CURVED SLIT DRUM)
INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/11/25 INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/11/25

NEMANDRU (CURVED SLIT DRUM)

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KORA; PLAYED BY A JALI
INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/11/25 INSTRUMENT Zoë Ene 2/11/25

KORA; PLAYED BY A JALI

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