African and African American children don’t have many opportunities to see themselves when watching cartoons or television programs aimed toward ages one-year-to-10 years old.

Bino and Fino isn’t the only children’s cartoon produced in Africa. “Tinga Tinga Tales,” for example, is made in Kenya for the BBC, while “Jungle Beat” is produced in South Africa and ...

While participating in the Library’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA), [Lucy Havens] had ...

Farai Chideya talks with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, NPR Africa correspondent, for a news update from the continent. South African Muslims protest cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, and new oil ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — A new animated series coming to Cartoon Network in the Spring centers on teenage West African heroine Iyanu. This weekend at BlerDCon, an event that celebrates Black ...

But African cartoons truly blossomed in the 1990s, as a democratic wave washed over the continent. In Francophone countries satirical periodicals flourished, modelled on Le Canard ench aîné , a ...

The new 10-episode series airs on the Cartoon Network and streams the next day on Max. Cartoon Network's 'Iyanu' has roots in Africa — and St. Louis Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

Africa 'Iyanu' cartoon marks growing appetite for African TV shows. April 11, 2025. Before Nigerian filmmaker Roye Okupe’s daughter was born, he decided that he wanted to create a character that ...