Feb 5, 2016
The African Avengers and Nigerians making their own Nigerian heros
Historically, representations of Africans and Africa have been over-digested into simplicity by the perspectives of mainstream producers or more simply, wholly ignored. Comic books are no exception. Marvel artist Afua Richardson, derides “lazy” images of “barren wastelands or the dangerous mosquito-ridden jungles of the Congo.”
Read about the owners of YouNeek Studios and Comic Republic and their work on the Guardian, as they look to give African creators their own space to represent their culture’s diversity.
Art: Afua Richardson/Marvel