JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's president has filed a $700,000 defamation suit over a cartoon depicting him with his pants undone, preparing to rape a blindfolded, female figure symbolizing justice, a ...

It’s common knowledge that children gain pride when they see positive images of themselves during their early years. African and African American children don’t have many opportunities to see ...

Cartoon Network is looking for new talent – in Africa. Cartoon Network Africa Creative Lab is a new program with the objective of bringing locally-produced short-form content to the network’s Africa ...

Cartoon Network Africa Creative Lab is a brand-new initiative designed to bring innovative, local short-form content to Cartoon Network Africa and its digital platforms and to bolster the local ...

Three years after winning Cartoon Network Africa’s Creative Lab program, Garbage Boy and Trash Can is becoming a series. Cartoon Network will produce ten short episodes of the idea about Garbage Boy, ...

Move over Disney – a Nigerian animator has produced an educational cartoon to teach youngsters about African culture. Tired of African children watching only imported cartoons that didn’t reflect ...

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Self-taught South African 3D animator Lwazi Msipha wanted to create something for both grown-ups and kids, along the lines of The Simpsons, when he dreamed up the ...

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 ...

The Cartoon Network and Gulli, the Lagardère-owned kids network, are doubling down on African animation. Gulli announced in Annecy June 14 that it’s pre-purchased “L’arbre à Palimpseste” (The Tree of ...