Sunday, March 10, 2024

African Animation on Fire!

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  When animation directors such as the likes of Ngendo Mukii (Kenya) and Kenneth Coker (Nigeria) are part of an Afro-futurist animation seri...
Friday, July 16, 2021

Kugali and Disney - Iwaju

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Kugali media have been creating visual content as comics and animation for some time. I first came across them through one of the founders ...
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Animation Instagrammers from Nigeria

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Comics and animation from Nigeria are finding a home in Instagram as artists share their animations and artwork on the platform. To name a f...
Sunday, February 02, 2020

Naija Fantasy and Sci-Fi

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Not all animation is drawn or 'cartoon-like' and for this reason it is worth pausing and looking at the strides that young creatives...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Tutu Teaser

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The Tutu trailer has just been released on Youtube. The 2D/3D aesthetic combined with a visually rich opening sequence makes for a promising...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Tutu: The Untold Story of a Kingdom

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If you are around in Ghana on Friday the 20th December then it may be worth looking out for the screening of Tutu: The Untold Story of a...
Sunday, August 04, 2019

AAFFIA - ACCRA Animation Festival Announces its Winners

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The AAFFIA animation festival has announced its first festival winners from 21 entries and 13 finalists - congratulations to  Natasha Nayo ...
Saturday, June 22, 2019

NIgerian animation studio making waves... Magic Carpet Studios

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Magic Carpet Studios are based in Lekki, Lagos and look to be a force on the African animation scene. My recent visit to Lagos included a v...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Afrofuturism and Feminism

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As a keen follower of The Nest Collective and Jepchumba and her website AfricanDigitalArts , this video is worth a watch from the BOZAR: Con...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

SquidMag.Ink a great online resource for animation, comics and games from Africa

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SquidMag is a website that offers a great selection of news on animation, games and comics from the continent. In their own words they...

Ghanian animator Bertil Toby Svanekiaer

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Ghanian animator Bertil is making some waves producing short animations and music videos... As reviewed on SquidMag his animation Chaskele...
Saturday, March 02, 2019

FESPACO's 50th Edition and the first ever Rencontres Africanes du Film d'Animation

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This year's FESPACO saw the addition of a 5-day animation workshop program that included mentoring, training and pitching as its themes....
Sunday, February 10, 2019

BBC Story on Nigerian Animation

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A story on the growing animation sector in Nigeria.
Saturday, November 03, 2018

AIM Edinburgh Animation Program 2018

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Africa in Motion film festival in Edinburgh has grown to become a key event in the calendar for African film and animation enthusiasts. T...
Tuesday, August 07, 2018

Experimental Animation Workshop in Nairobi

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Upcoming Event: As part of the AHRC funded E-Voices Network, PAWA245 in Nairobi will be hosting an e xperimental Animation Workshop with a...