7 african animatins you should know and their creators

Kwame  is an animator and illustrator living in Nairobi, Kenya heading up animation studio Apes in Space. He has been involved in several animation training and production initiatives on the continent, including UNESCO’s ‘Africa Animated!’ Project, and Tiger Aspect’s ‘Tinga Tinga Tales children’s TV series. Kwame produces short films, commercials, and storyboard work for the budding film and animation industry in Kenya. Kwame also illustrates for book and editorial. His most notable success being writing and illustrating the children’s book ‘A Tasty Maandazi’  2006.

The short film ‘The Legend of Ngong Hills’, produced in 2010, marks Kwame’s endeavor to showcase the possibilities that lie in using animation to tell African folklore and fantasy.

Adamu Waziri is a lover of all things animation. As is common with most animators, he was drawing comics and cartoons from a young age. He trained as an architect originally at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He then did a Masters in Animation at the NCCA in Bournemouth in the UK. He worked as a 3D animator in London in companies like Passion Pictures and Arup. He proceeded to set up EVCL, a creative studio in Abuja Nigeria. EVCL is now producing a new children’s series called Bino and Fino.

Dr. Mohamed Ghazala is a lecturer, artist of animated films, and the founder and director of the first chapter of the International Animated Film Association ASIFA in Africa and in the Arab world based in Egypt. Currently he works as full-time lecturer in Minia University and Since he finished his under graduation study, he directed and co-directed many awarded films, such as "Carnival" (2001), "Crazy Works" (2002), "HM HM" (2005),"Sayari Yetu" (2006), including the first Yemen's animated film "Salma" in 2006.and "Honyan's Shoe" (2009) which won the Animation Prize at The African Movie Academy Awards (The African Oscar AMAA) in Lagos/Nigeria 2010.