African animation - The African Mirror

Apr

2022

Ugandan filmmaker eyes new Africa narrative after Disney animation deal

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDAN film producer Raymond Malinga, whose work will feature in an upcoming Disney anthology of animated films from across Africa, hopes the project will bring African animation to the world. "Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire", is a ten-part collection of short animations by producers from six African countries that is set to premiere on the Disney Plus streaming platform later this year. Malinga, 32, is one of 14 filmmakers from South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Kenya who are contributing to the anthology of sci-fi and fantasy stories set in Africa's future. Oscar-winning film director Peter Ramsey is…

Dec

2021

By The African Mirror

The “dream maker” ensuring African animation makes it big

NEWS

GABRIELLA OPARA, BIRD AFTER a brief stint as a microbiologist, an HIV scare and a bout of depression, Ayodele Elegba quit his hospital job and embarked on an entirely new career as a creative. Now a full-time comic artist, 2D animator and founder of Lagos Comic Con, Elegba might not have made the move if not for a small but scary accident. “I was depressed for four months. I had mistakenly pricked my finger with the syringe used for an HIV test patient. I was so scared I had got the virus. I immediately had an existential crisis. Thankfully, the…

Dec

2021

By The African Mirror

African animation makes it big

MULTIMEDIA

AFTER a brief stint as a microbiologist, an HIV scare and a bout of depression, Ayodele Elegba quit his hospital job and embarked on an entirely new career as a creative. Now a full-time comic artist, 2D animator and founder of Lagos Comic Con, Elegba might not have made the move if not for a small but scary accident. [origincode_photo_gallery_wp id="80"] Read more...

Sep

2021

By The African Mirror

Disney, Netflix take notice of the talent driving an African animation dawn

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

SETH ONYANGO, BIRD GLOBAL demand for content is fuelling a surge in animation production across Africa as creatives tap into a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars. In 2018, according to Statista estimates, the global animation market was worth 259 billion US dollars and was projected to top 270 billion by 2020. For years, African animation has been limited to advertising, with only a few success stories - like "Bino and Fino", from Nigerian animator Adamu Waziri - finding their way onto TV screens and inflight entertainment. That is now changing fast as a growing interest in Black and…