abrahamebij/afriartt

A decentralized marketplace for African digital artists # 🎨 AfriArtt: The Decentralized African Art Marketplace **AfriArtt** is a decentralized NFT marketplace built on the **Hedera Hashgraph** network, dedicated to empowering African digital artists. We merge cultural authenticity with modern Web3 infrastructure, providing a transparent, global platform for artists to tokenize their work and earn automated royalties. ## 🛑 Problem Statement: The Erosion of African Cultural Heritage The most pressing challenge facing African art today is the **accelerated erosion of traditional cultural practices**—including ancestral sculptures, ritual paintings, and historical writings. These art forms are rapidly *dying out* due to: 1. **Generational Disconnect:** Knowledge transfer has broken down, leaving newer generations without the skills, context, or incentive to continue these ancient practices. 2. **Lack of Visibility:** Traditional cultural art lacks a modern, global platform to gain recognition, appreciation, and sustained financial value, making it difficult for artists and custodians to justify their preservation. 3. **Digital Inaccessibility:** Valuable traditional artworks and their stories are not digitized, leaving them vulnerable to decay, loss, and permanent cultural amnesia in the modern world. **AfriArtt exists to stop this cultural erosion. We use Web3 technology to create a digital, immutable link to the past, offering new life, global visibility, and financial sustainability to the stewards of African cultural heritage.** ## 🚀 Live Demo & Project Assets | Asset | Link | | :----------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Deployed Application** | afriartt.vercel.app …