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The African Speculative Fiction Society is here!
Two things:
I'm really proud to be part of the rising tide of African speculative fiction,I'm really proud to have been given the opportunity to create the logo/brand.
With member input, we managed to steer the design into something unique - and most importantly for me - not clichéd African (continents, design motifs, rough textures).
The central character (literally) is the Nommo:
"The Nommo are mythological ancestral spirits (sometimes referred to as deities) worshipped by the Dogon people of Mali. The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning "to make one drink." The Nommos are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. Folk art depictions of the Nommos show creatures with humanoid upper torsos, legs/feet, and a fish-like lower torso and tail. The Nommos are also referred to as “Masters of the Water”, “the Monitors”, and "the Teachers”. Nommo can be a proper name of an individual, or can refer to the group of spirits as a…
I'm really proud to be part of the rising tide of African speculative fiction,I'm really proud to have been given the opportunity to create the logo/brand.
With member input, we managed to steer the design into something unique - and most importantly for me - not clichéd African (continents, design motifs, rough textures).
The central character (literally) is the Nommo:
"The Nommo are mythological ancestral spirits (sometimes referred to as deities) worshipped by the Dogon people of Mali. The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning "to make one drink." The Nommos are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. Folk art depictions of the Nommos show creatures with humanoid upper torsos, legs/feet, and a fish-like lower torso and tail. The Nommos are also referred to as “Masters of the Water”, “the Monitors”, and "the Teachers”. Nommo can be a proper name of an individual, or can refer to the group of spirits as a…
