Africa

16 Completed Projects

4 June 2026

Material culture of traditional fishers on the Rufiji River floodplain, Tanzania

21 May 2026

Last of the Bemba Bark Cloth Makers, Zambia

24 March 2026

From Seeds to Rags: Textile Production in Dendi and Borgou (North Benin)

13 March 2026

Ceramic knowledge among the Bayot-Jola of Guinea-Bissau: Documenting the usages and meanings of a disappearing tradition

10 March 2026

The Documentation of the Manufacture of Ostrich Eggshell Beads Among the El Molo Community, Kenya

9 December 2025

The Earthen and Organic Materials Technologies of Banda, Ghana

22 May 2025

Digital Documentation of Glass Bead Making, Use, and Meaning in Ile-Ife, Southwestern Nigeria

30 April 2025

Indigenous Gold and Silver Forging in Kumasi, Ghana

31 March 2025

Documenting the endangered traditional broom and fibre rope crafts of the Urhobo people of Nigeria

17 January 2025

Making Things From Animals: Leather Technologies of the Kalahari

9 December 2024

West African Wild Silks Techniques: Preserving Marka-Dafing’s Heritage of Knowledge

21 November 2024

Ethnic minorities and threatened materialities in Western Ethiopia

12 July 2024

Documenting Knowledge, Skills, and Practices of Dry-Stone Masonry at Great Zimbabwe

8 May 2024

Traditional Pottery-Making: An Endangered Indigenous Technology in the Gimbi Region of Ethiopia

1 December 2023

Apprehending asapan: documenting the Turkana initiation ceremony

17 October 2022

Histories of Honey: Material Practices of Beekeeping in the Cherangani Hills, Kenya

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