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The Squid Mag database of African Creativity

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comics

Afri Kuti

KUTI’s 41st edition, collecting contemporary comics by creators connected to several African countries.

comics

Carry On

Etan Comics’ Pan-African folklore and science-fiction anthology. Includes Fate Lock by Bill Masuku and Tatenda Ndove.

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ComicUp

Comexposed’s Zimbabwean comics anthology, documenting work from multiple local creators. The source describes editions available when the article was published.

comics

Drawn to Change the World

Sixteen illustrated biographies of youth climate activists, written by Emma Reynolds. Bill Masuku illustrates Edgar Edmund Tarimo; Natasha Nayo illustrates Leah Namugerwa.

animation

Freak the Fxxk Out

Kanso Ogbolu and OBK Studios’ animated horror anthology tells unsettling short stories with dark humour.

comics

Gods: Untold

Paganini Stories’ international anthology of comics inspired by lesser-known gods. Bill Masuku contributes a story about Tiurakh and Olokun.

comics

Gods: Untold — Africa

An African mythology comics anthology from Paganini Stories, featuring five stories and a cover illustrated by Bill Masuku.

comics

Kalabash Anthology

Afrotokyo’s manga anthology featuring four short stories by Zimbabwean writers and illustrators.

Anthology

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire

Ten African filmmakers imagine radically different futures through standalone science-fiction and fantasy shorts featuring high technology, alien encounters, ancestral spirits and extraordinary heroes.

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comics

Kugali African Comic Anthology

An anthology bringing together comics by African creators and the diaspora. Squid’s historical guide documents its selection of stories.

comics

Long Distance

Etan Comics’ Pan-African anthology of ten stories mixing folklore, history and science fiction.

comics

Sam Graphico Anthology

A Zambian comics anthology collecting work from several creators, documented in Squid’s historical anthology guide.

Short film

Twaano

An animated anthology of three intersecting experiences: a woman looking for relief from depression through dance, a freedom fighter searching for justice and a college student confronting anxiety after a friend's death. Director

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UHLAKANYANA

A South African anthology of isiZulu stories, assembled by Michael Maqungo and featuring eight artists.

comics

You Called?

Etan Comics’ third Pan-African folklore and science-fiction anthology. Crowdfunding began in October 2026; physical delivery is estimated for March 2027.

animation

aniRadar

Squid’s animation reviews, with writing by Nana Yaa Serwaa Osei.