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Disney announces first-of-its-kind collaboration with African entertainment company CNN 2 hrs ago By Aisha Salaudeen, CNN © Disney Animation Disney Animation tweeted this image to announce their partnership with African entertainment company Kugali.
Fed up with non-Africans telling African stories, three friends from Nigeria and Uganda created Kugali Media in 2017 to tell stories out of the continent.
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Through the entertainment company, the friends Tolu Olowofoyeku, Hamid Ibrahim, and Fikayo Adeola created a comic book collection called Iwaju , set in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria s largest city.
Now, Iwaju which roughly translates to the future in the Yoruba language spoken in West Africa has been picked up as a new TV series by Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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+ December 2020 in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
The end of 2020 brought an unexpected but welcome Christmas Eve gift in the unconditional release, through a presidential pardon, of
Burundian journalists Agnes Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana and Terence Mpozenzi.
Very good news, @iwacuinfo journalists Agnès, Christine, Térance & Egide have been released. We welcome this decision because their conviction was unfair. However, other #HRDs likeGermain RUKUKI are still in jail, they also deserve better. @DefendDefenders@AfricaDefenderspic.twitter.com/kO8jvTDB2r
The journalists from Iwacu Press Group, one of the country’s remaining independent media outlets, were sentenced to two and half years in prison and fined a million Burundian francs (US$515) in what was seen as a flawed legal process.
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Iwaju coming to Disney Plus in 2022. The
Iwaju comic book collection was created by three friends from Nigeria, Tolu Olowofoyeku, Hamid Ibrahim, and Fikayo Adeola. They operated under the banner of Kugali Media in 2017 which is an entertainment company that focuses on telling stories inspired by African Culture using comic books, art, and augmented Reality (News Central). The stories respect the history, embrace the present and imagine the future of Africa, hence the name “Iwaju” which translates to “the future” in Yoruba – a language spoken in West Africa.
The TV series has gained the attention of Walt Disney Animation Studios, and they have now partnered with this African Entertainment Company to produce an animated series described as the “first-of-its kind collaboration.” The Afro-futuristic series is set in Lagos Nigeria, having a Wakanda-like futuristic world. The TV series stars a young girl and boy who will explore themes of
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