Allow me to set the scene. After a year of incredible feats, you arrive in Abuja for the prestigious Glo-CAF awards. You hope to accept the continental award won by other stars such as Didier Drogba, Jay-Jay Okocha and Samuel Eto’o. You arrive on stage and notice your fellow African football notables – including your ownContinue reading “What Yaya Touré’s beef with the CAF award says about Africans and football”
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Let’s take African cartoons to the next level
Mythology is empowering. It provides a deeper insight into the history and psychology of a culture. Children in Africa are familiar with cartoons that kids in the US and Europe watch. They are less likely to see cartoon characters that look like them though – African. International cartoons have few characters of African descent andContinue reading “Let’s take African cartoons to the next level”