Digitizing African Art on the Blockchain
Introduction
The Nzvedaz Big Five Project is working on building Africa's first NFT (None Fungible Token) trading platform dedicated to African art. The project aims to bring African artists into the digital art world while exposing African art to a wider audience. By featuring exclusive art and artifacts from Africa's prominent artists across a range of industries from music to painting, writing, acting, dancing, and sculpting, the platform aims to provide a marketplace for African artists to monetize their work through NFTs.
The Problem with African Art
The art industry is known to be worth billions of dollars, yet African art has historically been undervalued and underrepresented. Much of the African art and artifacts were stolen from African countries and are currently being displayed in museums around the world. African artists who produced these works have never been compensated. The Big Five NFT Marketplace hopes to change this by providing a platform for African artists to digitize and monetize their work.
The Big Five NFT Marketplace
The Big Five NFT Marketplace is a decentralized platform for original African art in digital form or newly minted NFTs. Artists from all fields are welcome to join the platform and digitize their work. The platform also offers the Big Five Token (BFT) as its native currency, which can be used to pay for marketplace fees and purchases, provide liquidity, store value, and contribute to the development of the blockchain.
The African Metaverse
One of the unique features of the platform is the African Metaverse, which allows users to buy, sell, develop land, and interact with other users in a virtual world.
Conclusion
Overall, the Big Five NFT Marketplace project is making strides towards recognizing the value of African art and providing a platform for African artists to monetize their work through NFTs. By digitizing African art and bringing it to a wider audience, the platform is also providing a new perspective on African culture to the world. Follow the Nzvedaz Big Five Project on their social media channels to stay updated on the artists who will be signing up to trade their NFTs on the platform.