Yale design graduate, TED speaker and lecturer Dr Saki Mafundikwa is the founder and director of the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts, a design and new media training college in Harare.
He is the recipient of the 2022 President Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) from the UK’s Design and Art Direction association and has been published widely on design and cultural issues.
He wrote the first book on Afrikan typography titled Afrikan Alphabets: The Story of Writing in Afrika. His award-winning first film Shungu: The Resilience of a People had its world premiere at the 2009 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
Saki is currently working on a revised edition of Afrikan Alphabets with plans to be published in 2023.
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