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African Fractals
Culture 16: Kitwe community clinic

African fractals continue to evolve in today’s society. In Africa they are present in professional studio art, in large-scale public art works (such as on the facade of the University of Dakar library), and even the undistinguished sellers of tourist art, who occasionally produce creations that involve fractal characteristics. In the US, architect Bernard Tsuchmi has experimented with the software you are using to design a modern art museum in New York City. Fractals also continue in modern African architecture. In collaboration with African American architect David Hughes, Alex Nyangula at Copperbelt University in Zambia used a fractal branching pattern to create the beautiful design above that fuses indigenous and modern forms of African architecture. In the next (and final) page you will have the opportunity to creatively explore possible expansions of this form.