Saki Mafundikwa is designer, typographer and director of the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA) in Harare. Saki is the author of Afrikan Alphabets, a comprehensive review of African writing systems. He has participated in exhibitions and workshops around the world, contributed to a variety of publications and lectured about the globalization of design and the African aesthetic. Saki received his MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University and has taught at The Cooper Union among other schools.