All posts tagged in Africa
Dear African geeks, here’s a calendar literally called African Geek Calendar of events happening across the continent in 2020. 2020 is in full swing and so are the organizers of various geek events across the continent. Some organizers, such as ReedPop, AAFFia and Animation South Africa already announced dates and venues for their annual events
Ready to test your game development chops? If you’re a newbie or experienced game developer, or game enthusiast across the world, the Global Game Jam shouldn’t be news to you. If it is news to you, then you’d want to fasten your seatbelts for this. Every year, since 2009, the Global Game Jam has happened
News broke a few weeks ago about Comic-Con Africa launching this year. Exciting news right? YES and a few troubling NOs! Comic-Con Africa is a 3-day event showcasing comic books and science fiction/fantasy related film, television, and similar popular arts. The exhibition will also feature a larger range of pop culture and entertainment elements across
Dear South African illustrators on the come-up, how talented are you? Very? Then this call for submissions by MTV Shuga is right up your alley! MTV Breaks (a platform that offers budding creatives their first breaks – on a global scale) is searching for creative illustrators and colourists to translate the multi-award-winning television drama, MTV Shuga
As seen on GoFundMe, April 15, 2017. Campaign by Asante Massawa. Since April 2013, an online social media platform called Nubiamancy has been sharing content that features black/African people in science-fictional, fantasy, and horror settings; on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and as of recently, YouTube. This was started by myself, Asante Massawa, in order to a)
This weekend promises to be tons of fun with the release of two comic titles via Comic Republic. The publisher is ready to drop the fourth issue of the dark and fearful Eru comic. What was that? You haven’t read or heard about Eru? You do yawa! We’d totally love to go into it for
Superheroes or warriors? Whose job is to save dear Africa in the pages of our comics and in real life? It’s a beautiful day in the park and everything is going just fine. Kids are flying their kites, old buddies laugh as they reminisce the good old days. There’s a teenage couple making out in one corner
For the love of illustration, October is an incredible month! There’s Inktober and Swaptober, two splendid causes that leave you drooling and begging for more. So much in fact, you just might wish the other months didn’t exist. Inktober is an inspiring challenge that has artists drawing and posting up sketches throughout the month. This is
How many female superheroes do you know that originate from Africa and fight crime with ancestral powers? None? Not anymore. Meet Ireti Bidemi. Ireti is the protagonist in the eponymous action fantasy comic, published by Comic Republic. The brainchild of Michael “Balox” Balogun with art by promising illustrator Yussuf Adeleye, (you owe me a plate of
Kweku Ananse, the beloved character from Ashanti folklore needs your help becoming best friends with Adinkra symbols, folklore, math and his all-time favorite, puzzles. Kweku needs badly to cross over into children’s hands to enrich their lives with his masterful storytelling through a fun and educative mobile game, Ananse’s Well Rescue. For the uninitiated, depending
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