Saki Mafundikwa: Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets

Enjoyed this talk very much especially since there aren’t many thorough visual accounts of the story of various African Alphabets.

Today, I am reminded of how the value in knowing who I am and how rich my culture is. As designers, we thrive on inspiration to fuel our creative juices. Many a times, I am quick to look to the web, books, journals etc and forget to look within. I think it’s important that we start to look inward and around us before we look to the outside. As an african, a lot of what I have learned, at least in the last five years has been heavily influenced by my western education, which I am grateful for however,  I think it’s time that I looked back to Africa for inspiration.