Africa beyond famine and war

Africa beyond famine and war

Watching over the dozen illustrators, editors and voice actors working at his animation studio in Togo, Boris Kpadenou hailed how they brought truly African tales to life without any outside help. With no animation school in the coastal West African country, the Aruka studio in a working-class neighbourhood of the capital Lome relies on a cast of passionate young volunteers, backed by a few paid professionals, to animate its creations. Though Ar…