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Reimagining food sovereignty beyond capitalism

In March this year, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) convened the three-day Shifting Financial Power forum in Nairobi, Kenya. Over 100 participants attended, including farmers, researchers, activists, policymakers, and civil society leaders from across Africa. Speaking at the event, Stephen Greenberg of the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) called on AFSA and […]

Artist Gallery: Adam Rumball

UK-born Adam Rumball has been a practicing graphic designer since graduating from Norwich City College of Arts. He moved to South Africa in 1997 where he worked within the publishing and advertising industries. Our relationship with Rumball goes back to our beginnings as an organisation and has continued to the present day. For each of […]

Artist Gallery: Isaac Zavale

Isaac Zavale is a Mozambican fine artist and street artist born in 1988 in Maputo. He currently resides between two cities, Johannesburg and Berlin. Zavale’s artistic journey began when he graduated from the Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg in 2012. Subsequently, he co-founded the printmaking studio Prints on Paper (POP) and initiated the Alphabet Zoo […]

Artist Gallery: Mzwandile Buthelezi

Mzwandile Buthelezi is a Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary artist and jazz musician; known for singular illustrations that dynamically converse with his musical compositions bring together jazz and art in a piercing way that reaches both the spirit and mind. We are honoured by the exquisite logo he created for us, with a refresh of our palette and […]

Artist Gallery: Baynham Goredema

Over the past several years, Zimbabwean artist and graphic designer Baynham Goredema has created iconic covers and layout for many publications, including the standout Multiple shocks in Africa series and a 2024 briefing paper on the harm caused by subsidies on Africa. He is a multidisciplinary creative with over 20 years of experience. He has […]

Artist Gallery: Linzi Lewis

Linzi Lewis was born and bred in Johannesburg. She has been deeply influenced by this vibrant, dynamic city, having dedicated many years walking, cycling, and traversing its streets, learning its rhythm and movements. She is an applied and political ecologist, geographer and environmental scientist, social justice activist, agroecologist, designer, dancer, choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, and aspiring […]

Artist Gallery: Lisolomzi Pikoli

Lisolomzi Pikoli is a visual artist from South Africa. His work aims to interpret the mechanics of the modern world and our inherited wisdom through the human figure and its relationship to line, shape, form, movement, and time. The main disciplines in his artistic practice are painting, illustration, design, installation, and public art. Pikoli created […]

Artist Gallery: Dudu Coelho

Born and raised in Mozambique, Dudu Coelho has lived and worked in Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and South Africa for the past four decades. His professional background combines experience in volunteering; community-based development; project management; graphic design and desktop publishing; editing, production and dissemination of information, publications and educational materials; capacity building and practical training in the […]

ACB’s artist’ gallery – a celebration of artistic contributions

Over the years, a diverse range of artists and graphic designers have illustrated and designed the covers and content pages of our publications and our factsheets, and collaborated on the design of our logo and brand identity, as reflected on our website and communications collateral. To honour their contributions to the ACB, we’ve collated some […]

New Genetic Engineering Technologies in Food and Agriculture in Africa

Over the past few years, the ACB has produced and shared several briefing papers concerning new genetic engineering technologies for food and agriculture. Building on this work, and in light of the major deregulation push globally concerning genome editing, including in several countries in Africa, we have produced two updated factsheets on this dangerous distraction […]