One continent, fifty-four civilisations.

"Saharan light, Kabyle weave."

"Kuduro rhythm, Atlantic baroque."

"Vodun memory, bronze hands."

"Kalahari silence, basket geometry."

"FESPACO cinema, bògòlan cloth."

"Drum lineages, hill country song."

"Morna, the Atlantic's blue lament."

"Bamileke mask, Makossa pulse."

"Forest polyphony, Sango oral epic."

"Saharan caravan, Sahel poetry."

"Indian Ocean perfume, Swahili coast."

"Senufo carving, zouglou voice."

"Rumba, Sapeur elegance, river art."

"Afar weave, Red Sea crossroad."

"Nile civilisation, modern Cairene cinema."

"Bantu mask, Atlantic chorus."

"Asmara modernism, Tigrinya song."

"Reed Dance, royal regalia."

"Lalibela stone, Ge'ez script, Azmari song."

"Bwiti rite, equatorial forest carving."

"Kora masters, river griots."

"Kente looms, Highlife rhythm."

"Djembé lineages, Mande epic."

"Gumbe, archipelago colour."

"Maasai beadwork, Nairobi new wave."

"Basotho blanket, mountain kingdom."

"Poro tradition, Atlantic rhythm."

"Berber silver, Mediterranean coast."

"Hira Gasy theatre, Malagasy weaving."

"Gule Wamkulu mask, lake light."

"Bògòlanfini, Timbuktu manuscripts, blues."

"Moorish desert song, silver craft."

"Sega rhythm, Creole literature."

"Atlas weave, Marrakech medina, zellij."

"Marrabenta, Makonde sculpture."

"Himba ochre, dune-cathedral light."

"Tuareg silver, Sahel cinema."

"Nollywood, Yoruba bronze, afrobeats."

"Brazzaville rumba, forest brass."

"Imigongo geometry, intore dance."

"Tchiloli theatre, cocoa-coast song."

"Dakar biennale, mbalax, sous-verre."

"Creole song, granite-island colour."

"Bondo society, Krio storytelling."

"Nomadic poetry, Indian Ocean weave."

"Ndebele wall, Joburg new contemporary."

"Dinka adornment, Nile cattle culture."

"Nubian gold, calligraphic modernism."

"Tingatinga painting, Swahili coast."

"Ewe weaving, Lomé port modernism."

"Carthage memory, Sidi Bou Said blue."

"Bark cloth, Kampala contemporary."

"Makishi mask, copperbelt craft."

"Shona stone sculpture, mbira lineages."