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.
DESIGN-ED UGANDA 
Hi Peni, Yes, you must never forget where you are from, your culture and build upon that and the western influences that have meaning for you. Where are you now?
Judy, thanks for your comment and sorry, I can’t seem to recognize the name without a last name. Have we met before? Please remind me.
You were in my design class at GC.
Judy!!!!! Hi. I am well. I am currently working at the University of Notre Dame as a Research Associate in Visual Communication design.
We MUST get together sometime this fall. E-mail and we can work out a time. I would so love to see you!