Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design Teacher Resource

Making Africa offers a fresh look at African design through a myriad of diverse works by more than 120 artists. The exhibition focuses on a generation of entrepreneurs, thinkers, and designers from and within Africa who provide the world with a new vantage point on their continent. Ranging from playful to provocative to political, the works include sculpture, prints, fashion, furniture, film, photography, apps, maps, digital comics, and more.

Downloadable Teacher Resources

• Making Africa Key Images (PPT)
• Making Africa Teacher Resource (PDF)
• Making Africa Booklet, resource by Whitney Forsh, Douglas County High School teacher (PDF)

Chris Saunders (South African, born 1984), Lethabo Tsatsinyane, photographed for Dazed Magazine from the Smarteez series, 2010, archival inkjet print on Hahnemule Museum Etching Paper. Collection of the artist. © Chris Saunders, photo courtesy PAPA Photographic Archival and Preservation Association, Kapstadt/Cape Town.