3 African Games We’re Drooling Over
Do Africans play games? That’s an absurd question you might answer with, duh, everyone plays games… everywhere. Do Africans make any games? Now depending on how informed or otherwise uninformed you are, that’s a question you might struggle with. This…
Squid Alley with Tinodiwa Zambe Makoni – I Am Moved by Mastery
When Zimbabwe, animation, comics and comic conventions pop up, Tinodwia Zambe Makoni’s name is never missing. Together with Eugene Ramirez Mapondera, he has created a community for Zimbabwean creativity to flourish. Through their Comexposed platform, a Swiss army knife dabbling…
An Old Game, a Long Wait and a New Dream: How Chaskele Will Push Ghanaian Animation Forward
In 2012, Ghanaians were thrilled to see a homemade film about a popular children’s game, Chaskele. Even better, Chaskele was an animated film. There aren’t many animated projects from Ghana and the reception of the film at that time spoke…
Post-Val’s Day Blues: Art from the Heart
February 14th is recognized around the world as St. Valentine’s Day or Val’s Day for short. It is a day set aside for love in honour of Valentine, a priest who depending on which story you believe, was either killed…
Squid Alley with Kwarte Lai – I Draw Inspiration From the Supernatural
There aren’t many artists who blend their anime, manga and superhero comic inspirations into a distinctly African art style like Daniel Tawia Quartey aka Kwarte Lai. As you’d expect, Lai is among the digital crusaders championing the comic book scene…
Android Night: A Comic Showcasing Yaoundé’s Colourful Nightlife
Superheroes, epic adventures, fantasy are words that quickly float to mind when you think of comic books. In Africa, this is even more prevalent with a significant body of work playing around those themes. But that’s barely scratching the surface…
Samuel Kabali: The Ugandan Creative Telling Africa’s Stories Via Animation
Samuel Kabali is the founder of Tonda Animation who’s beating all odds and telling unique stories through animation in Uganda. Story by Joan Salmon for Monitor Uganda. Samuel Mukasa Kabali is the founder of Tonda Animation. Though not a widely embraced field in Uganda, he relishes in…
It’s Time to Boost Your Game Dev Chops at the MTN Game Developers Conference
Playing online video games in Ghana is an extreme sport if you’re using any of the 4 major internet service providers. Thankfully, MTN eases the pain by a long mile and it is by far the fastest and most stable…
Accra Animation Film Festival 2019: A Triumph for African Animation!
What does animation as an expressive medium look like in Accra and Africa? That’s what the maiden edition of the Accra Animation Film Festival (AAFFia) answered. Accra came alive and was animated at Basecamp Initiative from July 27th – August…
Creative Events in Accra Between Now and August You Shouldn’t Miss
The summertime calendar in Accra is chock-full of unique creative events that will keep your creative juices flowing and at the same time, serve you a healthy dose of entertainment, inspiration and a good look at all the exciting things…
Game Devs – Gear Up for Global Game Jam 2019
Ready to test your game development chops? Gear up for Global Game Jame 2019
The African Geek Calendar 2019
What’s a full 365 days without any exclusive events for creators (designers, game devs, illustrators, cool writers etc), geeks and fanboys and girls alike to attend? Boring, regular, normal – traits that are as far away from you as Pluto…
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