Bahari Blue #13 – The Urban Art of Hanson Akatti
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…
Squid Alley with Salim Busuru – Traditional African Art and Stories Excite Me
Salim Busuru is an illustrator, character designer, comic artist, animator and game designer from Kenya. He is a founding member of Avandu Vosi, a creative studio based in Nairobi that was formerly UDK or Underground Design Kings. Salim was inspired to…
Bahari Blue #12 – The Colourful Art of Natasha Nayo
Natasha Nayo, also known as Star Crea8tor is a Ghanaian 2D animator, illustrator, storyboard artist, character designer and comic book artist who graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animation and Illustration from the Maryland Institue College of Art. In 2017,…
Bahari Blue #11 – The Moving Art of Peter Poka Arts Asamoah
Love, romance, relationships, religion, comedy, Poka Arts makes art that captures all these and more in his vivid illustrations and animation. Peter Oti Asamoah, better known as Poka is an illustrator, comic book artist and animator from Ghana. He is…
Ebonixsims: The Custom Game Content Creator for Black People
When Danielle, aka Ebonixsims, wanted to make a computer game character in her image, she found that she couldn’t. So she started “Simming in Melanin.” Have you ever wanted to create a video game character that looked exactly like you…
Bahari Blue #10 – The Deviant Art of Juni Ba
Juni Ba, is a comic book artist, illustrator, writer and character designer from Senegal. He is currently based in Montpellier, France. The bio on his website reads, “Juni was born in Senegal. After years between different cultures, decided to channel his…
Bahari Blue #9 – The Art of Rodney Tawanda Ngundu
Rodney Tawanda Ngundu is a writer, illustrator, graphic designer and photographer based in Zimbabwe. Originally a comic book writer, Rodney blended his digital art skill with his writing to create many concepts and ideas that are used in advertising. Tawanda…
Playtopia MGA: Indie Games & Immersive Arts Festival
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…
Avandu Vosi Set to Release Awesome Comics at #MJX2019
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…
You’re Invited to Watch Tutu: An Untold Story of a Kingdom!
You’re invited to the pilot screening of Tutu – An Untold Story of a Kingdom, a new animated project by AnimaxFYB Studios. Have you seen any retelling of Ghanaian history that is not a documentary but a creative experience offering…
AnimateGH Animation Festival 2019 Celebrates International Animation Day
Monday, October 28 is International Animation Day and to celebrate, the Animators Association of Ghana and Animation Africa in partnership with the Goethe-Institut will present the 2019 edition of the AnimateGh Animation Film Festival. The event will open on Monday,…
Maputo Fast Forward & The Rise of African Comics – Bill Masuku
This post was originally written to highlight the SUPERHEROES: Comic Book and Video Games from Africa exhibition at Maputo Fast Forward 2019 and later turned into a brief overview of African comics by Bill Masuku. It has further been edited…
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