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  • Morena Moletsane
    Morena Moletsane is a South African illustrator. >
    16 Dec 19
  • Little Little Orisha
    Congolese storyteller is breathing new life into African mythologies
    Next Generation > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration
    Yamakasi's project, through the power of social media, helped bring together illustrators and colourists from Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo >
    16 May 19
  • Joel Matladi
    Joel Matladi
    A young animator who wants to reimagine Africanism through art. >
    21 Feb 17
  • Blue Forest Collective
    Blue Forest Collective
    Blue Forest Collective is a multitalented group of creative people based in South Africa. >
    31 Jan 17
  • Ng’endo Mukii challenges the ideals of beauty.
    Ng’endo Mukii: Challenging the ideals of beauty
    Video Interviews > African Design / Film & Animation
    Kenyan filmmaker breaks the mould of African stereotypes using animation, storytelling, and movement. >
    20 Nov 15
  • German designer and animator Henning Max Lederer took 55 vintage books and set the cover graphics in motion to achieve psychedelic results.
    Retro book covers get modern in this hypnotic animation
    Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration
    German designer and animator Henning Max Lederer took 55 vintage books and set the cover graphics in motion to achieve psychedelic results. >
    23 Oct 15
  • Rainbow-coloured gobbledygook by Joseph Atkinson
    Rainbow-coloured gobbledygook by Joseph Atkinson
    Next Generation > Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration
    Cheeky Scottish illustrator-cum-animator Joseph Atkinson trawls the underbelly of the internet for inspiration. >
    29 Jun 15
  • "Khoth’ ekhothayo" by Hlanganani Nkambule and Melikhaya Ntlangeni. Images: https://www.behance.net/gallery/22697853/khoth-ekhothayo
    Animation finds the humour in “Izikhotane”
    Design News > African Design / Film & Animation
    Hlanganani Nkambule and Melikhaya Ntlangeni have taken a refreshing view of the notoriously extravagant South African subculture in a new animated video series. >
    13 May 15
  • Ng'endo Mukii. Image: www.bilselbattal.com.
    Q&A: Ng’endo Mukii
    Q&A > Film & Animation
    The filmmaker on why she fell in love with drawing and how “Yellow Fever” has catapulted her to the attention of the world. >
    4 May 15
  • Ng'endo Mukii: Still from 'yellow fever', animated with mixed mediums
    Ng’endo Mukii weaves history and heritage into textured animations – Designboom
    Profiling > Film & Animation
    Designboom profiles Kenyan artist and animator Ng'endo Mukii, who interweaves the history and heritage of African identities into films >
    12 Mar 15
  • Ng'endo Mukii
    Ng’endo Mukii is the Kenyan artist and animator behind the critically acclaimed short film "Yellow Fever". >
    4 Dec 14
  • Eager by Allison Schulnik
    Eager
    FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography / Film & Animation
    Artist Allison Schulnik's animated short, our second installment from the SXSW 2014 Film Awards, is a hypnotic, surreal homage to life and death. >
    13 Jun 14
  • Kenyan animator/filmmaker Ng'endo Mukii. Image: Alex MacNaughton.
    Nairobi dispatch
    Q&A > African Design / Film & Animation
    Award-winning filmmaker, animator and director Ng'endo Mukii gives Design Indaba the lowdown on the experience of returning to Kenya after eight years abroad. >
    2 Dec 13
  • Caroline Vos
    Caroline Vos to be reckoned with
    Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Selected works from the portfolio of illustrator and animator Caroline Vos. >
    8 May 01
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