Image courtesy of Ibrahim Mahama Ibrahim Mahama, a Ghanaian artist born in 1987, is well-known for his expansive works. He was born in the town of Tamale in the northern part of Ghana. He splits his time between Tamale, Ghana, and Accra, the nation’s capital. He studied painting…

While making visual arts digital, artists must take into account a number of factors. These visual artists use highly computational hardware in order to achieve the best digital file possible. The two artists listed below have succeeded in doing that with their work. Joseph Baraka, Kenya Image courtesy…

Tumisang Khalipha is a visual artist and printmaker who was born in a rural village in the North West of South Africa called Mahikeng. He later moved in 2003 with his family to Johannesburg, South Africa. Despite the common disapproval of unconventional career paths in African communities, Khalipha…

It is not easy to forget the artists who set out to change the world and provide a place for voices to be heard. Today, we see David Koloane’s lifestyle and art till his death. Image courtesy of Goodman Gallery David Koloane (b. 1938) was born in the…

Artists are inspired by different things. These artists are inspired by African heritage. They incorporate traditional music and indigenous patterns in their paintings and fashion. Cameroonian painter Angu Walters explores how music inspires him in his painting. Knitwear fashion designer Laduma Ngxokolo is featured for drawing his inspiration…

Through the use of uplifting, thought-provoking, and forward-thinking imagery and narratives, Osadebe’s vibrant post-pop style seeks to reimagine Africa. To create a dialogue where custom meets invention and innovation. Dennis Osadebe places Africa in the context of the future. Its limitless possibilities by contrasting aspects from the past…

Congolese painter Zemba Luzamba has created a series of art pieces that explore how animals are represented in fables and totems. As well as their role as sacred symbols of cultural heritage that represent a collective identity. Through the use of figurative elements, fashion motifs, and colors, these…

Pottery is the process of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Contemporary African pottery is eloquence in form as well as finesse in the finish – both of which are not generally…

The term “multi-hyphenate” originated in the 1970s and was mostly used in Hollywood to refer to creatives who fell outside the traditional notion of a “triple threat” of singing, dancing, and acting. A multi-hyphenate is a person with several professions or skills so a multi-hyphenate artist is one who…

Safi FayeImage courtesy of Le Quotidien One of the few women who worked in the early filmmaking period in the 1960s post-independence was Safi Faye. Faye was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. Born in 1943 in Dakar, she was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially…

El Anatsui is a Ghanaian multimedia artist who has gained recognition as one of the most celebrated artists in the history of Africa and a leading figure in the contemporary art scene. He has spent a significant portion of his career residing and working in Nigeria. At present,…