An annotated visual repository documenting design choices seen in historical African everyday things before they were labeled art or artifact.
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Region
- Angola ๐ฆ๐ด
- Botswana ๐ง๐ผ
- Burkina Faso ๐ง๐ซ
- Cameroon ๐จ๐ฒ
- Central Africa ๐
- Congo-Brazzaville ๐จ๐ฌ
- Cรดte d'Ivoire ๐จ๐ฎ
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ๐จ๐ฉ
- East Africa ๐
- Ethiopia ๐ช๐น
- Gambia ๐ฌ๐ฒ
- Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ
- Guinea ๐ฌ๐ณ
- Guinea-Bissau ๐ฌ๐ผ
- Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช
- Liberia ๐ฑ๐ท
- Mali ๐ฒ๐ฑ
- Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ
- Republic of Benin ๐ง๐ฏ
- Senegal ๐ธ๐ณ
- Sierra Leone ๐ธ๐ฑ
- Somalia ๐ธ๐ด
- South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
- Southern Africa ๐
- Tanzania ๐น๐ฟ
- Togo ๐น๐ฌ
- Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ
- West Africa ๐
- Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฒ
- Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ
- ๐ Kuba
- ๐ Benin
- ๐ Dahomey
- ๐ Kongo
- ๐ Oyo
- ๐ฅ Arbore
- ๐ฅ Asante
- ๐ฅ Bafodia
- ๐ฅ Bakongo
- ๐ฅ Bambara
- ๐ฅ Bamileke
- ๐ฅ Bamum
- ๐ฅ Bamun
- ๐ฅ Calabar
- ๐ฅ Chokwe
- ๐ฅ Cross River
- ๐ฅ Djimini
- ๐ฅ Doe
- ๐ฅ Dogon
- ๐ฅ Edo