Malaika Temba (b. 1996, Washington, D.C.) is a Tanzanian and American visual artist based in New York. She creates textile works that honor the lineage of the diaspora's aunties and femmes, addressing the responsibility, time, attention, and patience expected of these laborers, comforters, nurturers, and providers.

Malaika wields fabric, an oft-overlooked material conflated with gendered notions of softness, as a resilient and unbreakable format to confront labor standards and global trade. Having grown up across Saudi Arabia, Uganda, South Africa, Morocco, and the United States, her lens embraces globalization and intercultural connection. She graduated with a BFA in Textiles from RISD in 2018, received the YoungArts Jorge M. Pérez Award in 2021, and is a MacDowell Fellow, with solo exhibitions at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Lilia Ben Salah Gallery, and Gaa Gallery.

Hometown
Washington, D.C.