All posts tagged in Leti Arts
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 is no exception and has seen an increase in jam sites over the years. This
Introducing the MTN Game Developers Conference, a one-day event to showcase the latest development in the game development community in Ghana. Playing online video games in Ghana is an extreme sport if you’re using any of the 4 major internet service providers. Thankfully, MTN eases the pain by a long mile and it is by
(ACCRA, Ghana) – Full Circle Publishing, LLC, a U.S.-based children’s book publisher that specializes in picture books, graphic novels (Lake of Tears), and illustrated chapter books for young readers, is proud to announce its exclusive marketing and distribution agreement with Ghana-based Leti Arts. In prepared remarks commenting on the new deal, Full Circle owner and
There aren’t many artists who blend their anime, manga and superhero comic inspirations into a distinctly African art style like Daniel Tawia Quartey aka Kwarte Lai. As you’d expect, Lai is among the digital crusaders championing the comic book scene in Ghana. He is the creator of Trotro, a short comic available on AfroComix which
2018 will forever be remembered as the year comic book legend and king of movie cameos, Stan Lee passed away. Last year will also be remembered as the first time Squid Mag celebrated Frank Odoi, a pioneer of comics in Ghana and Kenya with his Akokhan comic series. In their absence are several goggle-eyed creators
In a world where superheroes abound, full-bodied and a fantastical extension of what we’re already familiar with, Farida Bedwei’s Karmzah is a fresh take. Farida, a technologist and disability rights advocate in collaboration with Ghanaian creative studio, Leti Arts recently launched the hotly anticipated Karmzah to an eager crowd. Tuesday, October 30th at the Leti
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 and folklore, both more popular and accessible to a worldwide audience. In pursuit of this
Afrocomix is a comic reader by Leti Arts with the aim of spotlighting African content digitally. Imagine a world where African history, culture and folklore is told through digital comics and mobile games by Africans! Well, imagine no more, because it is a reality! Eyram Tawia and Wesley Kirinya, co-founders of Leti Arts, a true
2017 has been pretty amazing so far for the African geekdom, especially where comic books are concerned. From NAICCON (Kenya), Lagos Comic Con (Nigeria), Comexposed (Zimbabwe) and the just concluded NerdCon (Ghana), these events are helping geeks find new spaces to thrive in as fans and/or creators. As creators and/or fans of African comics, however,
Comics and Smoothies is over, unfortunately! The much anticipated informal gathering as Vortex Comics’ Somto Ajuluchukwu put it proved to a success. There was quite the turnout. The turnout was, in fact, bigger than expected. This gathering aimed to bring to the fore the various challenges facing the (African comics, games and animation) industry movement – we aren’t
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