Category: African Animation
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Flower – A Valentine’s Day Tragedy by Selorm Dogoe
What initially started as a friendly dare quickly transformed into a morbid story of love and death. It’s the story of star-crossed lovers and the flower that sealed their fate. It’s a two-minute tragedy created by illustrator/animator Selorm Dogoe. Flower is a beautiful love story, in a morbid sort of way. It tells the story of […]
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Man Must Chop Wins Big At The MTN Apps Challenge 5.0
Razahk Zackie Issaka, creator of the wildly hilarious Man Must Chop animated video emerged as the overall winner of the MTN Apps Challenge 5.0. The crowning ceremony was held at the Media Centre at the MTN Ghana HQ in Accra on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. The ceremony was well attended by shortlisted competitors, executives of […]
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Rankuwa: Music, Cyborgs And Unlikely Friendships
It’s one thing to live as a young music-loving cyborg in a dystopian cyberpunk world and another to have your dreams literally stolen. To keep on believing and dreaming despite the odds, however, is the true show of strength and Rankuwa, the titular character in this 3D animated short embodies that spirit. Interestingly, Rankuwa means […]
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2017 GUBA Awards Animator of the Year Nominees
The Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) awards have rolled around and we’re excited about the freshly baked Animator of the Year category. This inclusion gives us hope of good times ahead for Ghanaian animation as more people and institutions recognise this art form’s brilliant potential. Below are the nominees in the category. While you’re at […]
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Annecy Comes to Africa and African Animation Goes Global!
As seen on Discop, April 14, 2017. Post by Juan Romero Pockets of animation excellence exist across Africa. In boutique studios, bedrooms and garages, animation enthusiasts and professionals have been fastidiously scribbling their ideas on paper, transferring them to their PCs and frame-by-frame piecing together their unique stories with the aspiration of someday being able […]
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Ma-Otero: This Kenyan Animation is a Throwback to Childhood Role Playing Fun
Ma-Otero, which is sheng (Kenyan slang) for heroes is a short African animation about a group of friends saving their city, in superhero fashion (in all its forms, clothing and purpose). The short is based on a comic created by Mmbasu Mbwabi and directed & animated by Salim Busuru. The afromation (African animation) stars Otero Prime, Otero […]
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Plaything Brings Back Childhood Memories You Never Quite Forgot
We closed out last year mad excited about the future of African animation thanks to Plaything, an engaging and delightful animated short made with a lot of passion, love and childhood memories. The talent from Anthill studios, particularly Eri Umusu (you should check this list out), Nurdin Momodu and Godwin Akpan are to be praised. The […]