Saki Mafundikwa: A collection of links about me and my work 

Articles digital and print

http://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/face-to-face-with-the-afrikan-written-tradition

https://visual-intellectual.com/2013/04/09/4-corners-an-interview-with-saki-mafundikwa/

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2022814917_Saki_Mafundikwa

https://www.beverleygolden.com/visionary-mission-saki-mafundikwa/

https://www.ted.com/speakers/saki_mafundikwa

https://www.aiga.org/design-journeys-saki-mafundikwa

http://africandigitalart.com/2009/09/saki-mafundikwa/?mailpoet_success=1

https://www.anotherafrica.net/art-culture/typography-language-writing-systems-afrikan-alphabets

https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/how-saki-mafundikwa-inspires-new-generation-of-african-artists/

https://creativepro.com/dot-font-afrikan-alphabets/

https://atlantablackstar.com/2013/03/01/saki-mafundikwa-and-the-art-of-african-story-writing/

https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/symbols-within/article5025856.ece

https://chimurengachronic.co.za/stores/Chimurenga-Chronic-We-Make-Our-Own-Food-April-2017-Digital-p109360185

Chronic0417_BS_SMafundikwa.pdf

https://www.grapheine.com/en/graphic-design-en/africa-design

https://uxdesign.cc/when-africa-meets-design-392486234150

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2752/175470709X12450568847938

https://www.montana.edu/news/16445/msu-s-school-of-art-hosts-national-conference-for-aiga-design-educators

https://www.theelephant.info/ideas/2019/10/24/agency-possibilities-and-imagination-countering-myths-about-africas-past/

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000212602

http://africa746.rssing.com/chan-13751046/latest.php 

 

Podcast:

http://www.artcenter.edu/connect/dot-magazine/articles/change-lab-ep-29- saki-mafundikwa-and-sadie-red-wing-on-decolonizing-design.html

 

Film/Video:

https://vimeo.com/245129551
“SHUNGU” (Password: rumbi2015_8172)

http://shunguthefilm.com/reviews/

www.ted.com/talks/saki_mafundikwa_ingenuity_and_elegance_in_ancient_african_alphabets.html

https://vimeo.com/299569773
“HEARTLINE” (Password: heart) 9.45 min

https://vimeo.com/265840718
“KINECTS” (Password: kinects) 9.06 min

https://vimeo.com/207750844
“Le Luminarie” 11.45 min

https://vimeo.com/272404891
“Dominic Benhura” 15.14 min

https://vimeo.com/221341695
“Basilwizi Trailer” 9.57 min

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x57cw
ZIVA on BBC

Publications I’ve either written for or been written about:

2019    “African Generation: The Power of Design” Hicham Lahlou, Mugendi M’rithaa Langages du Sud, Casablanca, Morocco

2017    “Reimagining the Script” Chimurenga Chronic, vol 4, Cape Town, RSA

2016    “Afrikan Alphabets”  OGOJII Design magazine, Issue 6, Johannesburg, RSA

2013    “Cultural value of Graphic Design” Sustainable Thinking, Aaris Sherin, Bloomsbury, US/UK

2011    “The True Size of Afrika” Eye magazine UK, vol 78 Winter

2010    “Afrikan Alphabets” 50 years of African In-Dependence” AfricAvenir, Berlin, Germany

2009    Etapes Graphiques magazine, Paris, France, August

2009    Novum Design Magazine : Editor “Afrika Issue” Munich, Germany, July 

2008    AREA 2, Curator: Phaidon UK

2006    “Harare’s Unsung Type Heroes” Eye magazine UK, vol 15, Spring

2005    SocialDesignZine vol 1, Andrea Rauch & Gianni Sinni, Lcdedizioni, Rome, Italy

2004    Afrikan Alphabets, Mark Batty Publisher, NY

2004    Radical Type Design, Teal Triggs, Collins Design UK

2004    World Graphic Design, Geoffrey Caban, Merrel UK 

2003    Typography in Afrika, essay: Language, Culture, Type,  Graphis Books, USA

2001    Etapes Graphiques magazine, #72, Paris, France, April

1999    “Afrikan Design” DRUK, Fontshop magazine, Number 1, Netherlands, Summer

1999    “Saki Mafundikwa & ZIVA” U&lc, NYC, Fall

 

This one’s not mine, but it’s one you may enjoy:

https://aigaaix0m5kinte.dxcloud.episerver.net/design-journeys-emory-douglas

 

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