Make way Black Panther! A whole new crop of African superheroes soon is set to head to audiences, courtesy of Africa’s largest independent comic book publisher.
Comic Republic, distributors of “Guardian Prime” and “Ndoli,” has signed a production deal with Emagine Content and JackieBoy Entertainment that will see many of the African superhero stories in its catalog adapted for film and television.
Created in 2013, the company’s goals are to “shape the perception of the African continent through the high-quality art we create for consumers around the world,” and “to portray a positive global influence of Africa and negate previous misconceptions.”
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DW s African Roots project: Making Africa s history tangible dw.com 5/12/2021 Philipp Sandner African Roots is celebrating 50 portraits of significant figures in African history. Narrated with African voices, they serve as the basis for debates on the web, radio, or historical sites. © Provided by Deutsche Welle Provided by Deutsche Welle
A reverent mood prevails within the walls of Cape Coast Castle that fortress on the Ghanaian coast from which European traders and colonial powers once shipped hundreds of thousands of slaves across the Atlantic. Before the eyes of schoolgirl Gloria Ekweagu, the fortress with its dark dungeons conjures up images of torture, of people screaming. I actually felt the pain they were feeling, Ekweagu says in conversation with three other students, a historian, and DW moderator Isaac Kaledzi. If we want to teach the history of slavery, we have to take people to historical places, says history professor Kwame Osei Kwart
DW s African Roots project: Making Africa s history tangible African Roots is celebrating 50 portraits of significant figures in African history. Narrated with African voices, they serve as the basis for debates on the web, radio, or historical sites.
A reverent mood prevails within the walls of Cape Coast Castle that fortress on the Ghanaian coast from which European traders and colonial powers once shipped hundreds of thousands of slaves across the Atlantic. Before the eyes of schoolgirl Gloria Ekweagu, the fortress with its dark dungeons conjures up images of torture, of people screaming. I actually felt the pain they were feeling, Ekweagu says in conversation with three other students, a historian, and DW moderator Isaac Kaledzi. If we want to teach the history of slavery, we have to take people to historical places, says history professor Kwame Osei Kwarteng.