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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales

Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth

George Butler in Africa

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio

Horn

Prayer book with case (mahdar)

Zanze

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Gumuri

Spear

Rebab

Guenbri

Guenbri

Nay

Sword with Scabbard

Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription

Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair

Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair

Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")

Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan

Arab Open University (logo)

Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene

The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community

Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper

"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa

David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports

Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa

Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots

Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”

Northwest Africa. Northeast Africa.

Awesome Tapes from Africa

Central and South Africa. Madagascar.

Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today

Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design

Central and West Africa. South and East Africa.

Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora

Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide

Football Editions finds inspiration in the legends of African football

Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines

OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue

South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images

South Africa World Cup Logo

Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women

Alice Mann photographs African men from London's La Sape

Western Africa. Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo & Angole ....

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo

The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa

Using only African designers, Gida is a creative journal dedicated to being “by and for Africans”

Challenging stereotypes, Lee-Ann Olwage turns her lens to gender and identity in South Africa

Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”

Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Bevölkerung. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: population).

Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva

Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London

Logo BBC Arabic

Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre

Opinion: Away from Design Indaba, South Africa's graphics tell a tense story

Iconic jerseys and grassroots spirit: Victor Edeh captures football fever during the Africa Cup of Nations

Introducing...The ultra-bold African supergraphics of illustrator Lynnie Zulu

Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa

Marie Gomis-Trezise explains how Nataal grew to become the premier platform for African creative talent

“Skateboarding feels a lot like therapy”: Karabo Mooki shares stories of South Africa’s all-female skate group, Island Gals

The Hayward shines a light on South Africa’s born-free generation

Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project

Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa

Northwest Africa.

Text: Africa 4

What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography

What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders