Sundiata

African Animation Is Ready for Its Big Moment, but Who Will Own the Franchise?

Africa has never run short of stories. African Animation has spent two decades proving that the continent’s characters can charm audiences from Lagos to Los Angeles, yet the biggest profits from those characters have often landed somewhere else. That gap between creativity and ownership is the real story. Africa has talent, folklore and a young […]

Blood & Water

Best African Web Series: 12 Shows Putting Our Stories on the Global Screen

Not long ago, finding a good show made in Lagos, Accra or Johannesburg meant waiting for a TV slot or hunting through YouTube. The best African web series have changed all that. They are funny, sharp and unmistakably ours, and they turn up on phones from Kisumu to Kumasi. The shift has been building for […]