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The Designers Rewriting Africa's Visual Identity

Zanele Dlamini
Zanele Dlamini
June 26, 2026 · 5 min read
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A new studio movement is turning heritage into a modern visual grammar for brands across the continent.

Design studios across the continent are treating heritage not as nostalgia but as raw material for genuinely new visual systems.

The result is a wave of branding work that feels unmistakably contemporary and unmistakably African at once.

Zanele Dlamini

Zanele Dlamini

Chronicles Africa's design and creative renaissance.

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