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Ivory Coast Animators Introdcue Business Initiatives

Ivory Coast Animators Introdcue Business Initiatives

From Variety

A year after the release of the country’s first 3D animated feature, toonmakers in Ivory Coast are trying to build on the gains of an industry whose potential remains largely untapped.

Lacking coin and — in most cases — formal training, the nation’s animators are still determined to bring their stories to life.

“It’s important for Ivorian children — and African children — to see the characters they know,” says Abel Kouame of Afrika Toon, which produced last year’s 3D CGI feature “Pokou, Princesse Ashanti.”

The company spent two years and roughly  $270,000 bringing “Pokou” to life, and is working on its second feature, “Soundiata Keita, le reveil du lion.” Both films draw on historical narratives familiar to many Ivorians from an early age, part of Afrika Toon’s determination, says Kouame, to “tell our own stories.”

 

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