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  • Every day is Africa Day
    Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity >
  • Joana Choumali
    Joana Choumali on identity, tradition and dealing with trauma
    “I always try to engage with the concepts of the African identity, in relation to history, especially the ways the black body is being represented.” >
  • Lafalaise Dion
    Meet the Queen of Cowries: Lafalaise Dion
    For Ivorian designer Lafalaise Dion, the cowrie shell is representative of African legacy and spirituality. >
  • Ngadi Smart Photography
    Sierra Leonean artist explores identity and human expression
    Ngadi Smart, a photographer from Sierra Leone, captures the diverse ways people express their identity. >
  • IKEA launches ÖVERALLT collection during Design Indaba Festival
    The limited-edition ÖVERALLT collection was launched on 27th February 2019 at the place where it all started – Design Indaba Festival. >
  • image by Flurina Rothenberger
    This photo series is a 10-year snapshot of African youth and culture
    “Africa is many fascinating and ambiguous things, but it is certainly not a poor continent.” >
  • Amigo Doume
    Amigo Doume is teaching troubled teenagers in Abidjan artisanal skills
    Amigo Doume in Abidjan, Ivory Coast gives troubled teenagers – often ignored by support systems that focus on younger kids – the tools to earn a living. >
  • Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | March 2018
    Find out why this design made the cut in this month's crowdfunding round-up. >
  • Côte d'Ivoire-based artist, Kadarik uses pop art as social commentary
    Pop Art that analyses modern society using, the Joker, Spiderman and Wonder Woman. >
  • AKAA 2017
    6 artists we loved at the AKAA 2017
    The Also Known As Africa Art Fair (AKAA) brings together contemporary artists from Africa and the diaspora. >
  • Top 10
    Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | November 2017
    We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
  • 3 Must-See Design Talks by African creatives
    3 Must-See Design Talks by African creatives
    All three of these designers are innovating in Africa’s unique circumstances. >
  • Paul Sika's Charbon Fire
    Ivorian “photo-maker” Paul Sika is turning his creative energy to the world of games
    Photography can no longer contain the whole of Paul Sika’s vision, instead he is choosing to tell his next story in a digital, transmedia fashion. >
  • Black women’s hair is a knotty terrain. Émilie Regnier photographs Ivorian women in their wigged glory and affirms that hair is ultimately a personal choice.
    Ivorian women and wigs as photographed by Émilie Regnier
    Black women’s hair is knotty terrain. Émilie Regnier photographs Ivorian women in their wigged glory and affirms that hair is ultimately a personal choice. >
  • Issa Diabaté at Design Indaba Conference 2014.
    Issa Diabaté on designing the future of urban Africa
    This Ivorian architect believes that designing with a broad vision makes all things possible. >
  • Issa Diabaté at Design Indaba Conference 2014.
    Issa Diabaté on designing the future of urban Africa (trailer)
    This Ivorian architect believes that independence, innovation, volunteer work and personal investment must characterise African architecture of tomorrow. >
  • Cocody Bay Landscape development by Koffi & Diabaté Architects.
    Issa Diabaté: Designing the future of urban Africa
    Ivorian architect and managing director of Koffi & Diabaté Architects, Issa Diabaté speaks about the need for a broad vision of the future of African cities. >
  • The Cocody Bay Landscaping Project by Issa Diabaté.
    Rehabilitating Africa
    Issa Diabaté has launched a project that seeks to rehabilitate a district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast to create a city that is economically and socially viable. >
  • Issa Diabaté
    Architect
    Issa Diabaté is the managing director of Koffi & Diabaté Architects and co-founder of the Koffi & Diabaté Group based in the Ivory Coast. >
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