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The story of writing in Africa: Saki Mafundikwa at TED2013

The story of writing in Africa: Saki Mafundikwa at TED2013

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Saki Mafundikwa founded the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts, ZIVA, a Bauhaus-style school focused on African heritage. (“Vigital” denotes visual arts taught using digital tools.) It’s the first graphic design and new media college in the nation, and he wanted his students to understand the power of design–and in particular to understand “the long tradition of writing” []