Nils Britwum is a Ghanaian digital artist famous as the creative director and co-founder of Creō Concepts and his work depicting African peoples (especially women) in a majestic and positive light. My work is mainly focused on inspiring greatness in people, especially the black community. I also hope to encourage or inspire other young creators
The longlist for this year’s Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans has been released and features a range of comics from all over Africa. Every year, the Nommo Awards for speculative fiction highlights and rewards words of speculative fiction by Africans. This covers short stories, novellas, novels and our favorite, graphic novels and comics.
In August 2013, a collective of young men, excited and wet behind the ears, convened on the colorful and historic streets of Jamestown. They were there to showcase their work to an audience hungry for artistic expression that was rare, imaginative and unlike anything they had ever seen before. In those days, the Chale Wote
As the world goes into lockdown thanks to the Coronavirus, people are gradually being pushed into tight financial spots. Events are being cancelled, people are hoarding supplies and income flows have slowed down if not dried up. In an effort to support fellow artists, Etan Comics launched the JEMBER Art Competition. The competition according to Etan Comics
Poka Arts is a self-taught animator and illustrator responsible for the majority of the animated Afrobeats music visualizers. If you’re a fan of Mr. Eazi or Afrobeats music, chances are you’ve watched at least one of the many 2D animated “music videos”, tagged as visualizers released between 2017 and now. These visualizers feature amusing and
Poka Arts is a self-taught animator and illustrator responsible for the majority of the animated Afrobeats music visualizers. If you’re a fan of Mr. Eazi or Afrobeats music, chances are you’ve watched at least one of the many 2D animated “music videos”, tagged as visualizers released between 2017 and now. These visualizers feature amusing and easy-to-follow
What’s the world without some goofy? These comics have them in excess. Today is the day the whole world goofs off, laughs at jokes and appreciate people’s creativity. It’s a real bummer that Coronavirus is trying to steal that thunder. Thankfully, we’re humans and we’re tough heroes who can weather any storm, no matter how bad. Lucky
On January 11 this year (2020), the three winning shorts of the Cartoon Network Creative Lab animation competition were aired on DStv channel 301 and GoTV channel 67. This came a year after Garbage Boy and Trash Can (by Moshood Ridwan Shades), Majitu (by Mark Kinuthia) and Intergalactic Ice Cream (by Andrew John Phillips) were
This DigiArt Fest recap post originally appeared on Mugibson Writes but has been heavily edited for clarity, context and style. Picture this, a mega room full of gamers, exhibitors and over 500 people. That was the scene at the just concluded annual DigiArt Fest. The two-day geek expo, now in its third year took place
Yesterday, March 6, marked 63 years of Ghana, the gateway to Africa’s independence. Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent. Kwame Nkrumah As the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve this feat, Ghana’s independence day is essentially Africa’s independence day. To commemorate the day, here’s