Author: Kofi Sydney Asare
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Experience the Magic of Animation in Africa: French Embassies, Annecy, and Mollo Academy Offer Exciting Opportunities for Animators on the Continent
The French Embassies in Africa are making a strong effort to promote cooperation and cultural affairs, as evidenced by the France-Ghana Animation Days last year and the upcoming Animation Nigeria, Annecy, MIFA workshop. Last year’s France-Ghana Animation Days, brought Accra’s animation family together with their French animation counterparts over three days. The event offered patrons […]
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Discover the Magic of Kalabash: Zimbabwe’s Premier Manga Anthology from Afrotokyo
Kalabash is a groundbreaking online manga anthology series produced by Afrotokyo, featuring four exciting short stories by talented, up-and-coming writers and illustrators from Zimbabwe. The name Kalabash, like the calabash gourd, represents a diverse mix of homegrown manga talent all in one place. A print edition of this debut manga collection, Kalabash (also known as […]
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2023: The Year of Ground-Breaking African Creative Projects – From Disney Collaborations to Independent Productions
2023 is shaping up to be an amazing year for African creative projects! In the face of challenges like the global economic downturn last year, and spurred on by the opportunities presented by the evolution in technology leading to a surge in NFTs, practical AI adoption, higher internet penetration, a lens on the continent and […]
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Recapping the Awesome France Ghana Animation Days
The animation industry in Africa is equally growing and it is great to see stakeholders unionize to create a stronger front and structure to support the growth of the sector. Michael Oscar Esio – AfricaComicade On the back of that quote by the founder of AfricaComicade, it is evident that the spotlight is on Africa […]
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Top 5 Ghanaian Animated Music Videos of All Time!
Animated music videos are always refreshing to watch. Even though they take a of lot time to make and hold a deficient mark in speed with respect to live action videos, the imagination in these short features can be stretched beyond bounds. With rotoscoping perfectly lacing Kanye West’s memorable nightscape, Heartless and the adorable Good […]
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The Think Like Creō Animation Workshop
From the makers of Hogan Toons and the wildly popular Ghanaba Series comes the Think Like CREŌ Workshop. Creō Concepts will be organising workshops and seminars on 2D character development and 3D animation slated for 3 Saturdays in February this year; i.e. 10th, 17th & 24th February 2018. This offering will disentangle the way in which narrative and visual techniques […]
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Conversations With Juni Ba On His Afrofuturist Space Adventure Comic Kayin And Abeni
Peep this interview with Juni Ba, creator of Kayin and Abeni – an epic afrofuturist adventure comic featuring kadogos, boat inspired space ships and space suits inspired by African masks and tastefully peculiar art. #AfricanComics #SquidMag