All posts tagged in African Animation
We closed out last year mad excited about the future of African animation thanks to Plaything, an engaging and delightful animated short made with a lot of passion, love and childhood memories. The talent from Anthill studios, particularly Eri Umusu (you should check this list out), Nurdin Momodu and Godwin Akpan are to be praised. The
Election season in Ghana comes with a fervent call for peace that is understandable thanks to the many scary lessons learned from across the world. With Ghana going to the polls on December 7, it’s no surprise that rallying calls for peace have been echoed from several quarters, animation inclusive. Animax FYB Studios put together
Animation is a beautiful way to transport strangers into a dreamer’s world of color, imagination and infinite possibilities and the folk at Spoof Animation Studios have done just that. Premiered at the recently ended Lagos Comic-Con, Ayodele Elegba’s Strike Guard comic couldn’t be more alive. The almost 9-minute concept short is a direct adaptation of
The MTN App Challenge Accra Roadshow starts today at the Mensah Sarbah Hall at the University of Ghana from 10 am and we’re eager to taste what tech enthusiasts and especially animators have been cooking. While tech folk in Accra have had the opportunity to pit their ideas against each other – in an attempt
We’re crazy excited to announce that the animated films of Comfort Arthur and Francis Yushua Brown have been nominated in the Golden Animation category of the Golden Movie Awards. In its second year, the award will for the first time, highlight Ghanaian animation talent. The nominated films are Brown’s school project, Agorkoli: Cause of Hogbetsotso, a
Finding niche content like homegrown African animation can be a chore sometimes on the internet. Lucky you, we at Squid are passionate about discovering and promoting content we can lay our hands-on. In the spirit of our inner geeks, here’s the first part in a series of lists of five African animated projects you can check
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