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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
316 works match
Publication
2018NB Studio push the decorative limits of typography for African food start-up Jambo!
2018
Project
2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Identity
2020Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960
2020
Motion
2017African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata
2017
Project
2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
Garment
2013Fashion: Photographer Koen Hauser pays tribute to Africa's textile design
2013
Project
2019Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth
2019
Photograph
1938IFAN - Echelle Dogon (2)
1938
Photograph
1938IFAN - Echelle Dogon (3)
1938
Photograph
1938IFAN - Cimiers de danse, Chi-Wara, Mali
1938
Photograph
1938IFAN - Echelle Dogon
1938
Photograph
1938IFAN - Cimiers de danse, Chi-Wara, Mali (2)
1938
Project
2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
Project
2009George Butler in Africa
2009
Object
1850Horn
1850
Object
1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
1800
Object
1801Bala
1801
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1100Figure
1100
Ceramic
1200Vessel Lid
1200
Object
1850Hoddu (Xalam)
1850
Object
1100Miniature Basket (?)
1100
Garment
1100Cache-Sexe
1100
Object
1720Pair of bala players
1720
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1300Bracelet
1300
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800Figure
800
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800Ornament
800
Object
1000Bracelet
1000
Object
1300Necklace
1300
Object
1100Miniature Vessel
1100
Object
1400Gwandusu
1400
Furniture
1500Headrest
1500
Object
1500Equestrian
1500
Object
1700Figures Ornament
1700
Furniture
1400Prestige Stool: Figures
1400
Object
1720Seated couple
1720
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1700Imina Na (Great Mask)
1700
Object
1400Female with Small Figure
1400
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
975Bracelet
975
Ceramic
1100Vessel
1100
Object
1400Bracelet
1400
Garment
1100Fragment of frontal garment
1100
Object
1500Heddle Pulley: Female Figure
1500
Object
1400Mother and Child Figure
1400
Furniture
1500Headrest: Zoomorphic Heads
1500
Object
1100Zoomorphic Figure
1100
Furniture
1500Headrest or headboard
1500
Object
1850Nyanyeru (riti)
1850
Object
1700Ornament
1700
Object
800Figure
800
Object
1801Donsó Ngoni
1801
Object
1100Zoomorphic Figure
1100
Object
975Bracelet
975
Object
1200Male figure
1200
Object
1500Staff: Female Figure
1500
Object
1500Figure Group
1500
Ceramic
1101Long-necked vessel
1101
Ceramic
1200Figure: Bird
1200
Object
800Bracelet
800
Ceramic
1700Vessel: Footed Base
1700
Object
975Bracelet
975
Object
1400Jomogoni male figure
1400
Object
1400Female figure with raised arm
1400
Furniture
1400Headrest: Zoomorphic Heads
1400
Ceramic
1200Crouching Figure
1200
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1700Chain with Pendant
1700
Object
1500Aduno Koro (Ark of the World) vessel with ancestral figures
1500
Object
1800Equestrian pendant
1800
Furniture
1400Stool: Zoomorphic
1400
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1500Figure: Kneeling Female
1500
Object
800Zoomorphic Figure
800
Ceramic
1300Vessel with footed base
1300
Object
1100Figure: Equestrian
1100
Object
1490Figure of a Kneeling Woman
1490
Object
1850Hoddu (Xalam)
1850
Object
1400Figure
1400
Object
1500Door and Lock: Figures
1500
Object
1500Figure
1500
Object
1100Miniature Vessel
1100
Object
1100Figure
1100
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1750Female dege dal nda (sculpture of the terrace)
1750
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1400Figure: Female
1400
Object
975Bracelet
975
Object
1100Miniature Shaft and Pin
1100
Object
1500Gwantigi
1500
Object
1500Figure: Seated Female
1500
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1500Staff with seated male leader
1500
Object
800Zoomorphic Figure
800
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1200Ring
1200
Object
800Necklace
800
Ceramic
1200Seated figure
1200
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
975Bracelet
975
Object
1300Bracelet
1300
Ceramic
1100Globular vessel with twine impressions
1100
Object
1400Figure: Female
1400
Object
1700Bracelet
1700
Object
975Bracelet
975
Ceramic
1100Vessel: Zoomorphic
1100
Object
1300Bracelet
1300
Object
1700Seated binukedine ( priest)
1700
Object
1300Bracelet
1300
Object
1300Priest with raised arms
1300
Object
1875Zanze
1875
Photograph
1955Gala Dinner for the Asian-African Conference in Savoy Homann Hotel, Bandung, on April 19th 1955
1955
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 032
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 031
Photograph
Port Elizabeth Library, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (19889607574)
Photograph
1934Port Elizabeth CBD postcard
1934
Photograph
Victoria Court (395152584)
Photograph
Broadwindsor (395169268)
Photograph
Mullers Optometrist - Longmarket Street
Photograph
Wilern Court (395152583)
Photograph
Augustines Corner (395152574)
Photograph
Manhattan Court (395169273)
Photograph
Cine Africa (391901922)
Photograph
Durban - Victoria Mansions 124 Victoria Embankment - S29.51.757 E31.01.303 - SAHRA ID - New
Photograph
Metropole Hotel (395169276)
Photograph
Broadwindsor Birds (395152577)
Photograph
Jubilee Gardens (395152579)
Photograph
De Waterkant 47
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (01)
Photograph
Family Photo of the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (02)
Photograph
Joko Widodo speaks to Asian–African delegates at the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Photograph
Cape Town (354264629)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265930)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763602)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764171)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266530)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266774)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763763)
Photograph
Cape Town (354244029)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763953)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929262)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265537)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764891)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929665)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265085)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764762)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765557)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765097)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765226)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764339)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929093)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764495)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764046)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266244)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264264)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764622)
Photograph
Bangui city
Photograph
The Bangui City
Photograph
The Bangui City 2
Object
1700Panel
1700
Object
1801Pair of Spurs
1801
Object
1700Hanging
1700
Object
1700Scarf End
1700
Object
1875Guenbri
1875
Object
1800Necklet
1800
Object
1850Guenbri
1850
Object
1850Bandar
1850
Object
1850Guenbri
1850
Object
1801Rabāb
1801
Object
1700Scarf (Tenchifa)
1700
Object
1801Tar
1801
Object
1700Fragment of a Hanging
1700
Object
1801Rabāb
1801
Object
1750Priming Flask, Powder Measure, and Suspension Cords
1750
Object
1775Knife (Flyssa) with Sheath
1775
Object
1800Deff
1800
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1850Tar
1850
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1800Jacket
1800
Publication
1800The American Fleet Defeating Rais Hamdu off Cape Gata
1800
Object
1750Pair of Flintlock Pistols
1750
Object
1801Knife (Flyssa) with sheath
1801
Object
1850Darabukka
1850
Object
1700Dagger (Flyssa) with Sheath
1700
Object
1700Fragment of a Hanging
1700
Object
1801Prick Spur (Left)
1801
Object
1800Dress
1800
Object
1700Fragment of a Hanging
1700
Object
1801Sword (Flyssa) with Scabbard
1801
Object
1850Guenbri
1850
Object
1800Burnus / Selham
1800
Object
1775Hanging
1775
Object
1700Square
1700
Object
1875Rebab
1875
Object
1800Scarf
1800
Object
1701Sword (Flyssa) with Scabbard
1701
Object
1700Scarf End (Tenchifa)
1700
Object
1800Darabukka
1800
Object
1850Pair of Prick Spurs
1850
Object
1798Miquelet Gun of Ali Pasha
1798
Object
1801Rebāb
1801
Object
1850Riata
1850
Object
1800Textile Fragment
1800
Object
1801Knife with Sheath and Small Knife
1801
Publication
1625Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book
1625
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1999)
1871
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1998)
1871
Project
2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
Project
2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
Painting
1886Girl in a Courtyard, Algiers (formerly Courtyard in Tangier)
1886
Project
2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
Project
2018"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa
2018
Project
2012David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports
2012
Garment
2011Vivienne Westwood: Ethical Fashion Africa
2011
Publication
2018Nice Magazine nurtures and honestly represents young talent from the African continent
2018
Project
2015Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots
2015
Motion
2017Meet the filmmaker bringing intersectional feminism to South Africa: Jabu Nadia Newman
2017
Poster
1963No arms for South Africa — British anti-apartheid poster
1963
Map
1953Northwest Africa. Northeast Africa.
1953
Project
2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
Map
1953Central and South Africa. Madagascar.
1953
Motion
2018Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video
2018
Project
2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
Poster
2025Wiki loves Africa in the Hausa Community online training session
2025
Map
1953Central and West Africa. South and East Africa.
1953
Project
2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
Poster
1899England and the war in South Africa — German poster
1899
Project
2020How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide
2020
Project
2017Football Editions finds inspiration in the legends of African football
2017
Typeface
2019Movement is the typeface based on the body of a South African dancer
2019
Publication
2021Afrosurf, a book founded by Selema Masekela, tells the untold stories of surfing culture in Africa
2021
Project
2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
Project
2012OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue
2012
Project
2013South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images
2013
Poster
2020The African Queen (1952 US poster)
2020
Identity
2010South Africa World Cup Logo
2010
Project
2011Timbuktu
2011
Project
2017Alice Mann photographs African men from London's La Sape
2017
Publication
2019For its third issue Nice Magazine pays tribute to the South African township of Katlehong
2019
Motion
2017Pablo Di Prima and Ruth Ossai's film Ogbomgbom is an ode to West African "Kings"
2017
Poster
2015Imperial Airways Poster Africa (19482265491)
2015