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African and Africa-inspired design

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Reid Miles In-house Designer at Blue Note Records from 1955 to 1967. Using a combination of minimal abstract forms and intense colour associated with Bauhaus, cover designs are closely related to Color Field and Minimalist artists such as Ellsworth Kelly.

Ngugi’s ability to weave a complex narrative, which connects crime and racial tensions in the US to an in-depth knowledge of Kenya and its nuances, to Rwanda and its genocide past within this African crime thriller, is nothing but the work of a genius craftsman and wordsmith. It is hard to find any faults with Ngugi’s debut novel. His pen promises us more intriguing stories. This is one book you will not put down until you reach the end because it is that superb a story.

Tusker cushions and more

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Photographs © Tim Hamill IGBO, DOOR 6, 53", Nigeria

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Adele Dejak's jewellery studio in Kenya www.adeledejak.co...

Amazing rug hand woven in Moroccan Atlas Mountains imported by Kantara.

Poster by Lashun Tines for AIGA event: Diaspora: The Art of Blackness

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assrou n’swoul: translated as ‘the key thrown over the shoulder’. Used by wealthy Tuareg women as a counterweight to keep their veils and robes in place, and prized by their owners as symbols of status of prestige. Made of laminated layers of copper, iron, silver and brass

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Parure d'oreille d'une femme Masaï, en Tanzanie.

Wall of Baskets

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illume woo hoo! rwandan baskets! [www.gahayalinks.com]

Animation stills by Airside for Alexander McCall Smith's book series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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Ad campaign for Mozambique Fashion Week 2010

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Lulu Kitololo It was such a fab campaign!

Defiance by Design. Work by Chaz Maviyane-Davies

By Dimitra Tzanos

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Designs made using the Senegalese fixe technique, available from Swahili Imports

Adidas ad campaign inspired by African barbershop art

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Illustrations inspired by African textiles, by Heidi Chisholm of Shine Shine

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Illustrations inspired by African textiles, by Heidi Chisholm of Shine Shine

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Illustrations inspired by African textiles, by Heidi Chisholm of Shine Shine

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Cheikh Lo album art

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Old-school album art

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Chair by Yinka Ilori of Yinksdesigns

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zulu wedding baskets

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zulu wedding baskets

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A gem of a movie. I love the women's elaborate hairstyles

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Anthropologie Yoruba Bedding

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Kuba cloth pillows from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Yoruba beaded chair (Nigeria)

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zulu wire basket.

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A Design Ethnography of South African Barbershops & Salons

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Tema African Pot Basket

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Bernie Lee Incredible! These are mad skills.

Cushions by Proud Mary

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