African comic strips exposed

  1. Posted on Tuesday 6 May 2008 - 08:45
    AfricaNews editor
    Picha.nl
    Funny, horrifying, critical or just pleasant to look at. African comic strips are more popular than ever and African comic drawers are active in every part of the continent, festivals are organized and more comic strip magazines are published throughout the continent.
    African Comics, By Marguerite Abouet, from Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Aya de Youpougon

    This photo gallery is exclusively selected for AfricaNews by the organizers of the Picha exhibition in the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal, the Netherlands. Comics from South Africa to Ivory Coast are revealed.

    please see the photo's from many African countries below.

    Visit the website of the exibithion, www.picha.nl

Reactions

  1. Posted on Tuesday 06 May 2008 12:22
    Dipesh
    Image of Dipesh

    Dipesh Pabari
    65 berichten
    Lid sinds September 2007

    This exhibition should come to Africa! Fantastic post Africa News.
    Dipesh Pabari
  2. Posted on Thursday 08 May 2008 19:32
    paulhouston
    Image of paulhouston


    1 berichten
    Lid sinds May 2008

    How does someone in america get a hold of some of these comics or make contact with the publishers or artists themselves?

    Thanks,

Latest News

  1. AFCON: 46 hurt in Zambia victory celebrations09/02Over 40 casualty cases were recorded Wednesday night at Zambia's Uni…
  2. African Peer Review Mechanism making progress08/02In 2003 the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the co…
  3. Combating HIV infections among African women08/02With a lack of knowledge and power, African women continue to bear the br…
  4. Legume cultivation booms in Western Kenya07/02Small Holder Farmers (SHFs) who traditionally relied on seed companies fo…
  5. Malawi vendors chase out Chinese07/02Vendors in Kalonga, the Northern district of Malawi, on Wednesday petitio…
  6. Zim: Informal sector urged to join HIV battle05/02While the Harare City council is busy engaging in running battles with ci…
  7. Elections: Wole Soyinka warns Mugabe, Wade03/02The Nigerian Nobel Prize winner for literature said heads of states who a…
  8. AU elections rescheduled for June in Malawi01/02Following a deadlock during Monday's African Union elections, with a…
News archive