Annecy 2020 Submissions Are Now Open for Films and Projects
Registrations for submitting your animation films or projects for the Annecy Festival 2020 and its Mifa are now open! The Annecy Festival will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020 and will also be spotlighting animation from Africa as it’s focus…
Bahari Blue #12 – The Colourful Art of Natasha Nayo
Natasha Nayo, also known as Star Crea8tor is a Ghanaian 2D animator, illustrator, storyboard artist, character designer and comic book artist who graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animation and Illustration from the Maryland Institue College of Art. In 2017,…
How Comic Books and Animation Could Save Ghana’s Sanitation Crisis
Remember back when we associated rainfall with lovemaking and (justified) lateness? Instead of disorder and death. Kobina Ankomah-Graham (October 29, 2019) When it rains in Accra especially, disaster or the threat of it strikes. The biggest culprits are always poor…
Global Warning – Saving The Earth Through Animation
And now a dire warning about climate change. Earths climate is now changing faster than at any point in modern history. Scientists have issued an alert that if unprecedented changes aren’t made soon, there will be irreversible damage to the…
AnimateGH Animation Festival 2019 Celebrates International Animation Day
Monday, October 28 is International Animation Day and to celebrate, the Animators Association of Ghana and Animation Africa in partnership with the Goethe-Institut will present the 2019 edition of the AnimateGh Animation Film Festival. The event will open on Monday,…
Bahari Blue #11 – The Moving Art of Peter Poka Arts Asamoah
Love, romance, relationships, religion, comedy, Poka Arts makes art that captures all these and more in his vivid illustrations and animation. Peter Oti Asamoah, better known as Poka is an illustrator, comic book artist and animator from Ghana. He is…
Lagos Comic-Con 2019 Award Winners
A breakdown of all the Lagos Comic-Con winners in 2019. Lagos Comic-Con is the biggest geek and pop-culture event in West Africa, drawing in scores of animation, comics, games and digital art enthusiasts. Other than being a great gathering for…
