An original animated series made in Burkina Faso, that shares tales of African society through the eyes of five children and their passion for African games.Five children of different backgrounds team up through diverse games from African soil and use them to solve problems.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Call for Support: AFROGAMES an animated series from Burkina Faso
The pitch for an animated series developed in Burkina Faso, AFROGAMES is being launched as an Indiegogo project that aims to raise $18,000 dollars to develop the series. The first episode of the animation was developed with the aid of the Danish Centre for Culture and Development. The animation is described as:
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Tribute to Allan Mwaniki
It is with great sadness that I write this post to announce the death of the Kenyan artist and animator Allan Mwaniki. Allan was an talented individual whose work in animation as a independent filmmaker and teacher inspired many within the animation community in Kenya. He was known for his work on the UNESCO Africa Animated Project, with his and Thomas Mbalu's animation Samak (2006).
He went on to work on the famous Tinga Tinga animation series and later became an animation teacher going on to inspire and teach others. He also made other work in collaboration with others, such as Children of War (2013)
and his more humorous Jino Pevu Uhunye
His contributions also extended to aiding and assisting with research on animation in Kenya, through interviews with key players and disseminating animation to rural communities, Allan's efforts in this field were always positive and his good nature brought joy to many. These are some of the photos he sent me whilst doing fieldwork in a rural Maasai community with colleague and animator Kwame Nyongo.
I only hope that his memory lives on through the many people he inspired in his travels. You can read more about the man on the Facebook tribute page Allan Mwaniki
He went on to work on the famous Tinga Tinga animation series and later became an animation teacher going on to inspire and teach others. He also made other work in collaboration with others, such as Children of War (2013)
and his more humorous Jino Pevu Uhunye
His contributions also extended to aiding and assisting with research on animation in Kenya, through interviews with key players and disseminating animation to rural communities, Allan's efforts in this field were always positive and his good nature brought joy to many. These are some of the photos he sent me whilst doing fieldwork in a rural Maasai community with colleague and animator Kwame Nyongo.
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| Allan Mwaniki (left) and Kwame Nyongo (right) |
I only hope that his memory lives on through the many people he inspired in his travels. You can read more about the man on the Facebook tribute page Allan Mwaniki
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Animated Collage
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Illustration and Animation from Ghana
Gyimah Gariba's work featured in a recent post on OkayAfrica's article on 10 African Illustrators to know. This short video profiles Gariba's work and process. You can read all about his work on his blog at http://ggariba.blogspot.co.uk/ or see his most recent work at http://ggariba.tumblr.com/
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
KIRO'O Games - Cameroon and Games
The studio Kiro'o has been in operation since 2013, although the project Aurion has been in development since 2003. The studio consists of a team of 20 young Cameroonian artists, programmers, designers. The founders are Madiba Guillaume Olivier, based in Cameroon, Yakan Dominque Brand, based in Belgium, and Wouafo Nono Hugues, in France.
Sponsored by the Ministry of Arts and Culture in Cameroon, the games studio Kiro'o has been developing a game that aims to present an 'African Fantasy' game Aurion an action role-player game that follows the Prince of Zama who is trying to regain his kingdom that has been usurped by his brother-in-law.
Sponsored by the Ministry of Arts and Culture in Cameroon, the games studio Kiro'o has been developing a game that aims to present an 'African Fantasy' game Aurion an action role-player game that follows the Prince of Zama who is trying to regain his kingdom that has been usurped by his brother-in-law.
Monday, February 02, 2015
Zimbabwe Animated!
As posted on Facebook today by Carl Joshua Ncube:
Zimbabwe Animated has embarked on an extremely ambitious project of doing 5 music videos for Zimbabwean artists as a process of teaching animation to young new talent in Zimbabwe. This project is assisted in part by the Culture Fund of Zimbabwe with their partners the European Union. Please follow the progress of the animation projects as the PRODUCER DIRECTORS Carl Joshua Tinodavanhu Ncube, Rufaro Rutherford Dhliwayo and Henry Oliver Hakulandaba) of the 5 projects will post everything used or done to make the projects a success. The recipients of the animated videos are Tehn Diamond, Hope Masike, Farhaan Kazz Khan, Chikwata.263 and Ammara Brown follow the progress of the projects on www.zimbabweanimated.org
Looking forward to seeing the results...
In the meantime you can watch some examples of Zims animations here.
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