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Are African Comic Books Indie? Bill Masuku Writes
African comics continue to rise in their collective success. In order to better understand them, there is a need to sort and categorize the products and our expectations going forward. Before we can answer whether or not to categorize African…
Global Game Jam 2020 Takeaways
Every year towards the end of January, game developers, game studios, gaming enthusiasts, writers, programmers, designers, illustrators and other creatives from around the world gather for a full weekend to create a new game from scratch, in 48 hours. Africa…
Learning Through Virtual Reality – NubianVR’s Goal, Vision & Road Map
NubianVR is a virtual reality startup in Ghana. This post originally appeared on their Medium account. It is republished here with permission and as an introduction to Ghana’s virtual reality space. In 2017, NubianVR made a commitment to focus all…
Space Squid #4: How African Creators Make Money Off Comics (The Bubble)
In this episode of the podcast, Kadi introduces a new segment called The Bubble where he shares his thoughts on different things he finds interesting in the comic book, video game and animation space in Africa. On the first edition…
Netflix Acquires First African Animated Show, Mama K’s Super 4 – These Are the Implications
Homework? Check. Saving the world? Double Check. Mama K’s Super 4, Netflix’s first original animated show from Africa? Triple check! Netflix just picked up Mama K’s Super 4, the streaming giant’s first original animated show from Africa and is hiring…
Is A Kalabanda Ate My Homework The Best Ugandan Animation?
Possibly. When last did you watch an African animation so good you watched it all over again? That’s what A Kalabanda Ate My Homework delivers with all the right doses of humour and fun. The 6 minute animated short is a story…
Afrocomix: Artistic Liberation or Money Making Scheme?
Leti Arts is a content and game development studio based in Accra and Nairobi. Since its establishment by co-founders Eyram Tawia (Ghana) and Wesley Kirinya (Kenya), it has focused mainly on making digital games and comics based on African history…
