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African Digital & Contemporary art
Critical Practice
The most rigorous writing on African digital art and creative technology — long-form essays, artist profiles, and cultural criticism written to last longer than the news cycle.
African Digital Worlds & Immersive Worlds
Exploring virtual environments, gaming cultures, speculative landscapes, and immersive storytelling practices redefining African narratives.
Creating worlds from the inside: a guide to XR for African digital artists
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The Frequencies of Vince Fraser: Afro-Surrealism, Ancestral Memory, and the Art of Cultural Reclamation
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Emmanuel Ndefo: The Body as Borderland: Motion, Data, and the African Body in Digital Space
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Symbiosis of Dreams: Evans Akanyijuka and the Art of Human–AI Collaboration
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Iyo Bisseck Cameroonian Artist Creates Digital Environments and Platforms for Social Justice and Collective Memory
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Nosukaay: Weaving the Future with Tradition and Technology
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Design, Type & Surface
covers graphic art, typography, textile pattern, collage
Image & Motion
African artists working across illustration, animation, 3D, photography, and moving image — the full range of digital visual practice on the continent and in the diaspora
African Character Art
Designing identities, personalities, and worlds through illustration, concept art, animation, and digital storytelling from Africa and the diaspora.
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