‘Meet ClaraBelle Blue’ is the first issue from the new exciting kids book series ‘ClaraBelle Blue’. The story revolves around ClaraBelle, a happy confident preschooler in a cute pink wheelchair who takes on skeptics, overcomes challenges, and shows the other kids at school how much like them she really is.
Finding a good library can prove difficult. Luckily, we came across this amazing community library based in Awowlo road, Ikoyi, Lagos called Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries (ZODML). The library is an nonprofit organization that was set up by a grant given by the family of the late Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue who was passionate about education. Its vision: giving people access to free information for the advancement of self education.
Finally here it is! The 1st screen test from the new season of Bino and Fino. Work on the new episodes of Bino and Fino is progressing well. Unfortunately with animation, it takes a while before you can have something to show. This clip shows their new living room.
Nigeria throws up some interesting things every now and then. One such case of this is a school in Dutse, Abuja called the ‘Pinky and The Brain School’. That’s right ‘Pinky and the Brain ‘from the cartoon show. Above is a clip from the cartoon for those who don’t know it.
The school has been around for about 12 years
Bino and Fino's Bedroom.
Bino and Fino's classroom
Here are pictures showing work in progress on the new episodes of the show. We’re excited with the
As you know we are very passionate about children’s animated content from Africa. Some of you have asked us if we know of any other projects like ours. There are a few projects in development or that are finished that we know of so we will list them here for you. The list is by no means complete as sometimes it is hard to get news about them. Where possible we try to show content produced in Africa with an educational slant. So here is the list and we’ll do our best to keep it up to date. Let us know of any you know as well.
Abeba and Abebe' is an animation series made in Ethiopia with kids, for kids, about… kids! Abeba and Abebe is the first ever animated series to be made in Ethiopia by and for Ethiopians. It follows a standard kids series format of 52 x 7 min episodes (that’s one story a week for a year!) and is aimed at an audience of 6 - 12 year olds. Here is the website.
At the risk of sounding like a pompous, self-righteous, grumpy old man I’m about to have another rant about messing up children's minds by bombarding them with adult images. Occasionally I see something that I feel crosses the line. Something that makes me scream like a mad man scaring innocent citizens. Recently I wrote about Pittbull being invited by Nickleodeon for their children’s awards and D’banj being played at children’s parties. Now another example has turned up that makes that look like child's play.
Meet Ozzy Bosco A.K.A Wonder Kid who is supposed to be Nigeria's next music superstar. He is 6 years old.
