Africa has always been a living gallery. Its stories don’t merely sit in history books; they breathe in drums that talk, fabrics that dance, and art that remembers. From the spice-laden kitchens of Lagos to the bustling crafts markets of Accra, from the rhythmic pulse of Afrobeats to the soft, earth-toned murals of rural Mali, Africa tells her story in colors, sounds, and movement.
Every beat, every brushstroke, every stitch is an echo of a continent that has refused to forget itself. For centuries, African creativity has unfolded across every possible canvas, music, food, dance, sculpture, painting, fashion, and film. Yet, one artistic frontier has often remained overlooked: interior furnishing.
That quiet canvas of our living spaces, where we eat, pray, raise children, and build memories. That is the canvas Kusuum Home has chosen to reclaim for Africa. In a world where design often borrows from African culture but rarely credits it, Kusuum Home stands as a bold reclamation.
It’s not just an interior furnishing brand; it’s a movement. A cultural renaissance that reimagines Africa’s heritage through the language of interior design. Each Kusuum Home furnishing piece is a chapter in Africa’s visual autobiography, telling the stories of her people, places, and purpose. Through textures, motifs, and patterns, Kusuum Home is casting the continent’s cultural DNA across homes and spaces, from Accra to Atlanta, Lagos to London. The brand’s philosophy is simple yet profound: To make African stories live, not on museum walls, but in everyday homes.
By merging design, storytelling, and sustainability, Kusuum Home seeks to preserve the legacy of Africa for generations to come. Its mission aligns deeply with Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11), fostering sustainable cities and communities that honor their heritage, preserve their history, and tell their stories beautifully.
Kusuum Home’s journey is only beginning, and yet, it already feels timeless. Its debut wallpaper collection is not the end of a process but the start of a movement, one that will expand into furniture, lighting, and murals that all speak the same language of authenticity and pride.
Among Kusuum Home’s inaugural wallpaper collections are: DAAVI, Toile d’Aburi, and IFE. Each one of these designs tell a unique story of the rich and vibrant culture of Africa.
DAAVI: The Woman Who Balances The World
A silhouette of an African woman balancing a basin on her head, simple yet monumental. She is every woman: a daughter, a mother, a grandmother. Her posture, regal and unwavering, tells of a quiet dignity, the strength and grace that have held African homes together for centuries. DAAVI is not just art. It is ancestry.
It honors the unspoken resilience of African women, the builders of homes and hope. Each curve of her form whispers stories of markets at dawn, of laughter shared while braiding hair, of faith carried like baskets heavy with fruit.
For the African woman, balance is both a burden and a blessing, and DAAVI celebrates that sacred poise. To place this wallpaper in a home is to be reminded daily of the strength of African women.
Toile d’Aburi: A Garden of Memory
Next comes Toile d’Aburi, a lush weave of nature, rhythm, and nostalgia. Inspired by the Aburi Botanical Gardens near Accra, it pays homage to Ghana’s timeless landscape, a place where community, leisure, and history bloom side by side. Reminiscent of 18th-century pastoral fabrics, Toile d’Aburi reinterprets the aesthetic through an African lens, its scenes alive with the graceful movements of Takai dancers and the heartbeat of the talking drum. Every vine, leaf, and figure within its design evokes serenity, a celebration of Africa’s deep relationship with the earth, her reverence for nature, and her joy in community. It’s not just wallpaper, it’s the rhythm of life, printed in pattern.
IFE: The City of Bronze and Indigo
DAAVI honors womanhood, Toile d’Aburi celebrates nature, while IFE is an ode to legacy. Rooted in the rich history of Ile-Ife, a historic city in southwestern Nigeria’s spiritual and artistic heartland, this design embodies the depth and sophistication of ancient Yoruba art, one of Nigeria’s most influential tribes.
Ife, once home to some of the most advanced bronze and terracotta sculptures in world history, represents the cradle of African creativity.
Kusuum Home’s IFE design channels this timeless artistry through modern form, blending motifs inspired by Adire, the traditional indigo-dye textile craft of the Yoruba. The result is a mesmerizing interplay of symmetry, texture, and story, a design that bridges centuries, uniting ancestral pride with contemporary grace. Every line whispers of ancient workshops where artisans sculpted beauty from bronze and belief. Every shade of blue and grey recalls the patience of women dipping fabric into dye, watching art emerge from water and time. To live with IFE is to live surrounded by the genius of Africa’s beginnings, to remind yourself that innovation has always been native to this continent.
What we have done at Kusuum Home is extraordinary. It has turned walls into storytellers, homes into museums, and interior spaces into living archives of African identity.
In an era where globalization often dilutes origin, Kusuum Home restores meaning. It invites Africans all over the world to reconnect, to let their children grow up surrounded not by abstract art, but by their own heritage. To see beauty that looks like them, tells their story, and keeps the rhythm of home alive. Each wallpaper becomes a daily act of remembrance and pride. Every living room becomes a classroom of culture. Every wall becomes a voice saying, “We were here. We are here. We will always be here.” Through its design revolution, Kusuum Home is not merely decorating; it’s preserving history, inspiring identity, and reshaping how the world sees Africa.
As Africa continues to rise on the global creative stage, Kusuum Home stands at the intersection of art and legacy, redefining African interior furnishing and leading a new design movement that honors where we come from and reimagines where we’re going. With every pattern, color, and line, Kusuum Home is proving that our walls can do more than hold our roofs, they can hold our stories.
Kusuum Home! Redefining African Interior Furnishing.
