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The Ladima Foundation is excited to announce a partnership with the DW Akademie that sees the launch of the Ladima Film Academy in Lagos Nigeria with two short courses taking place in January 2020. Applications are NOW OPEN for short courses taking place from January 28th – Feb 1st 2020 in Animation and Documentary filmmaking to take
This post originally appeared as Africa Gets Animated on DStv’s website and highlights three African animated shorts that will show on Cartoon Network in 2020. It has been slightly modified with visual cues. One of DStv’s School of Laughter channel partners, Cartoon Network, has answered the need for animated stories that African viewers can really
Parables Animation, the powerhouse behind the popular and critically acclaimed Ananse animated series has launched its new project, Mighty Joo: The Environmental Crusader, starring famed actor, Adjetey Anang. The project is part of its environmental crusader campaign and aims at creating awareness of sanitation issues in the country using an animated TV series for children
Taking cues from international alternative games festivals, Playtopia MGA marks South Africa’s debut homegrown celebration of games and interactive art. Producing a series of surprise global hits, South Africa’s game makers (and their unique creations) have landed up on the international map, and Playtopia MGA stands to celebrate the country’s diverse game development and immersive
It’s not a seahorse, it’s not a ship, it’s a cow – a squid cow. Hold your fins, that’s just Squid Comic of the Week! This week’s comic is Tatashe. We hit something of a brick wall with our Squid Cow Digest of African comics last month. We’ve climbed over that now and we’re back
Avandu Vosi is an African art collective which loves telling African stories through comics and is launching 5 new stories at Movie Jabber Expo 2019! We desire to bequeath two things to our children; the first one is roots, the other one is wings. Sudanese Proverb Avandu Vosi’s founding philosophy is to share African narratives
Hanson Akatti is a graphic designer, illustrator and character designer from Ghana. He is one of Ghana’s leading digital illustrators with an impressive, prolific portfolio. His work incorporates comic book art, hip-hop, graffiti and the whimsical. He adopts an airbrush art style with a sometimes fluid, painterly colour palette. Hanson is a maverick with song
What’s a cockroach to a boot, flip-flops, insecticides or a broom? Nothing. Unless that cockroach is Viper, and all the many other bugs in Kpakow, a comic published by TAG Comics, the most exciting African comic publisher in 2019. The story of Viper begins with the death of his father at the hands of
Have you read any African comic anthologies? They’re awesome for discovering new creators and comics! Netflix’s Love, Death and Robots is one of the most novel things that I’ve seen in entertainment this year. An anthology of animated shorts revolving around technology, futurism and the plain bizarre. I love it! An animated anthology is one
Freak the Fxxk Out (FTFO) contains graphic scenes and is intended for mature audiences. Please proceed accordingly. Do horror, gore and the insanely disturbing immediately come to mind when you think of animation? Probably not. And yet, the work of Freak the Fxxk Out will delightfully, well, freak you the fxxk out! Through gorgeous animation
