Hakuna Matata! Do you remember The Lion king cartoon from childhood? Their song Hakuna Matata from the East African language Swahili literally means “no problem’ or ‘ no worries!’
In this collection, you will find the 21 best tribal African fonts that we put together for you. In addition, their ethnic decorations and hand-drawn doodles will spice up your designs and add an extra touch to them. Here we collected both free and premium African fonts, so don’t hesitate to scroll down and find the best suitable font for you.
You can use these African fonts for party invitations, blogs, newsletters, posters, postcards, wedding invitations, and even branding identity.
Tribal African Fonts
Zumba Tribal Font Family
Zumba is a tribal font family inspired by Africa. It is a perfect choice for branding, logos, monograms, invitations, and more.
Price: Premium
Mama Kilo Font
Mama Kilo is a free decorative ethnic font with bold characters.
Price: Free
Rabsy: African pattern font
Rabzy is a fun cartoon font that will look amazing with African patterns. It’s a mixed case font that goes with cute decorations that will spice up your designs.
Price: Premium
Giraffe Font
The name of this free font says for itself. It mimics a giraffe skin pattern.
Price: Free
African Font + bonus
This is impressive hand-drawn font reminiscent of Africa. You can download it and use it for logos, branding, business cards, posters, and more.
Price: Premium
Rimba Andalas
Rimba Andalas is a fun, playful font with extra ornament. The font’s author used rough strokes and ancient symbols from African caves to make the font stand out!
Price: Premium
Afolkalips font
Do you want to spice up your designs? Use this gorgeous tribal font along with a simple sans serif typeface. It’s an all-caps font with huge strokes and custom ligatures. I recommend using it for titles and headlines.
Price: Premium
Moteefe Font
Moteefe Font is a free tribal font with ethnic ornaments. You can download it for free and use it for personal projects.
Price: Free
Zilap Afro Font
I love this African Zilap Afro font with a great pattern. It will be an excellent choice for a music album cover. Make sure to contact the designer of this font if you want to use it for commercial projects.
Price: Free
ThisFlag Font
ThisFlag font goes in regular and bold styles, making it easier to combine this bold font with other types.
Price: Free
TROPICANA | Playful font
Tropicana is a playful display font that goes with 142 graphic elements for your designs. You can also use it for your summer designs along with other tropical fonts.
Price: Premium
MAKALO – Ethnic Tribal Fonts
Inspired by ethnic vibes and traditional tribal, this Makalo font will help your designs to stand out! It goes in three different styles, such as Regular, Clean, and Inline. Makalo font support many other languages, including English, Dutch, Finnish, French, and Spanish.
Price: Premium
Mutapa Font and Patterns Extra
Create fun and attractive African layouts with Mutapa font. It goes with alternate characters and ligatures that will help you to create an excellent ethnic design.
Price: Premium
Astrid – Thin Decorative Font
Get back to the basics with this thin decorative font. It will be a perfect fit for posters, invitations, titles, quotes. The font features a stylish combination of smooth curves with strict lines.
Price: Premium
African Elephant Trunk
Inspired by retro vinyl from the 20th century, the African Elephant Truck font is available for purchase.
Price: Premium
Braque – Modern Geometric Logo Font
Braque is a modern geometric font with decorative strokes yet a minimalist design. It will help your titles and headlines to stand out.
Price: Premium
Snake Venom Font
I created the nice font preview that you see above for the beautiful Snake Venom font. It’s bold, and I think that makes this typeface a great match for headlines.
Price: Free
Buick
Buick is a great futuristic font with a strong uppercase. Use it for posters, business cards, branding, websites, and banners.
Price: Premium
Johari | Inspired By Africa
Capture African essence in your future designs with Johari font. It was inspired by the Black Panther movie and re-designed to show its real magic.
Price: Premium
Vector Ethnic Font
This runic display font decorated with tribal decorations will be a fabulous addition to your designs. It reminds me about nordic vibes and Vikings.
Price: Premium
The Dotted Zebra Tribal Display Font
Dotted Zebra is another bold African font with tribal decorations and geometric elements. In addition, the font includes 26 characters of the Latin alphabet, numbers, punctuation, and currency symbols.
Price: Premium
