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”
Region
- Angola 🇦🇴
- Botswana 🇧🇼
- Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
- Cameroon 🇨🇲
- Central Africa 🌍
- Congo-Brazzaville 🇨🇬
- Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩
- East Africa 🌍
- Ethiopia 🇪🇹
- Gambia 🇬🇲
- Ghana 🇬🇭
- Guinea 🇬🇳
- Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
- Kenya 🇰🇪
- Liberia 🇱🇷
- Mali 🇲🇱
- Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Republic of Benin 🇧🇯
- Senegal 🇸🇳
- Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
- Somalia 🇸🇴
- South Africa 🇿🇦
- Southern Africa 🌍
- Tanzania 🇹🇿
- Togo 🇹🇬
- Uganda 🇺🇬
- West Africa 🌍
- Zambia 🇿🇲
- Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
- 👑 Kuba
- 👑 Benin
- 👑 Dahomey
- 👑 Kongo
- 👑 Oyo
- 👥 Arbore
- 👥 Asante
- 👥 Bafodia
- 👥 Bakongo
- 👥 Bambara
- 👥 Bamileke
- 👥 Bamum
- 👥 Bamun
- 👥 Calabar
- 👥 Chokwe
- 👥 Cross River
- 👥 Djimini
- 👥 Doe
- 👥 Dogon
- 👥 Edo