Disney in Africa
Last week, Disney announced it’d be collaborating with Kugali Media, a pan-African entertainment company founded by creatives from Nigeria and Uganda.
The details
This partnership would lead to an adaptation of Kugali Media’s comic book titled, Iwájú, a Yoruba term which roughly translates to the Future . The animation will be set in Lagos, Nigeria.
The production is set to begin in 2021 while the movie is expected to debut on Disney’s streaming service, Disney+ in 2022.
Sounds exciting but.
This isn’t the first animated African story that has got Disney’s attention. In July 2018, Disney was working on an African fairytale movie Sadé, the fairytale story of an African princess that, through the help of newly-developed magical powers, saved her kingdom. However, the project didn’t happen for unknown reasons.