Nubiamancy: Scoping Black Magic Through Art with Asante Massawa
Interview with Nubiamancy founder Asante Massaawa. Nubiamancy…largest online collection of Black/African fantasy and science fictional artwork and photos.
Weave Through Accra’s Transport Lines in Trotro Driver: A Review
It’s no secret navigating Accra can be a chaotic exercise with private cars competing for wiggle room with public mini-buses – popularly known as trotros – that stop seemingly everywhere. This beautiful mess is digitized in Trotro Driver, a mobile…
Meeting of Styles – A Graffiti Experience
Meeting of Styles is an introductory graffiti art event by the Ghana Graffiti crew. The crew is set to challenge societal defects using street art as a medium to communicate with citizens of a disturbed community. Altering physical space with…
Bright Ackwerh – Ghana’s Genius Satiric Illustrator
The indescribable euphoria I felt when I first learned about illustrator BRIGHT ACKWERH’s work still hovers around me. As a newcomer to his work, I deliberately shut off people’s opinions for an organic, intimate experience. My first engagement came via…
Ian Quhachi’s 7 Deadly Sins
Tracing its beginnings to the Desert Fathers, early Christian hermits across Egypt, the sins are a simple labeling of the “worst, innate” characteristics of mankind, namely pride, envy, gluttony, lust, wrath, greed and sloth, traits everyone is familiar with. Characteristic of…
Painting the Days – These are Creö’s Ghanaian Goddesses
I doubt sheer creative tenacity alone drove Creo Concept to create the visually stimulating depictions of Ghanaian female day names. Rather, I presume it was their passion to showcase our beautiful culture as much as it was to promote the…
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…
Fearless Lagos Comic-Con: The Good, the Bad and the Future
Despite the scandal that rocked the Lagos Comic-Con last year, West Africa’s biggest geek gathering returned in a new dimension. The three-day event took place at the Alliance Francaise/Mike Adenuga’s Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos and the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island Lagos,…
Recapping Lagos Comic-Con 2019 and Comic-Con Africa
This past weekend was a dream come true for many geeks and nerds in Africa with the onslaught of activities at 2 prominent comic conventions on the continent. In Nigeria, the 8th Lagos Comic-Con concluded on a smashing note while…
Sights and Sounds of Nairobi Comic-Con 2019
The Nairobi Comic-Con 2019 kicked off last weekend at the Sarit Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. While we couldn’t be there, the photos and videos from the official NAICCON channels provide us with loads of thrills and feels we can’t enjoy…
DISCOP JOBURG 2019: Promoting African Co-Productions
A newly revamped and focused DISCOP JOHANNESBURG program will see a scope that goes beyond content buying and selling. In line with DISCOP Market’s vision to promote the commerce and co-production of multi-screen entertainment content across Africa, the upcoming edition, to be held from…
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