Supported project
FOCUS Comics & Webtoon – Création Africa
Sectors :
Books
Countries :
France
Création Africa promotes the mobility of African webtoon and comic book artists on the French market via a program between Angoulême, Paris and Saint-Malo.
Project starting date : October 21, 2024
Project end date : October 27, 2024
A project led by: :
Contexte
As part of Création Africa, the Institut français is setting up a FOCUS dedicated to comics and webtoon, aimed at supporting the mobility of players in the African book industry on the French market. This mobility scheme will take place between Angoulême, Paris and Saint-Malo from October 21 to 27, 2024, in partnership with the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image, the Centre national du livre, and the Quai des Bulles festival.
This FOCUS BD & webtoon brings together seventeen professionals from the African continent (authors, illustrators, publishers, cultural entrepreneurs and program managers in these sectors) for a series of professional meetings, conferences, studio visits and immersion in a comics festival between Angoulême, Paris and Saint-Malo.
The aim of this mobility scheme is to showcase the dynamism of CCIs in Africa, strengthen cultural and economic exchanges between African professionals in these sectors and their French counterparts, and bring concrete benefits in terms of networking and cooperation opportunities.
FOCUS Comics & Webtoon guests
Sabri Benbassite, Nebul’arts (Algeria)
Salim Brahimi, Z-link editions, Alger International Comics Festival (Algeria)
Constantin Adadja, AS-Bénin/Vootoon Festival (Bénin)
Marvin Suyru Njoka, Zebra Comics (Cameroun)
Yannick Deubou Sikoue, Waanda Stoudio (Cameroun)
Amandine Stéphanie Atangana, Kuza SARL (Cameroun)
Didier Kassai, autor (Centrafrique)
Chyldran Pascal Ndong Evouna, Yaïss Prod/FGIBD (Gabon)
Akosua Hanson, Moongirls (Ghana)
Marcelline Akinyi, Reveal Comic (Kenya)
Elizabeth Kilili, Creatives Garage (Kenya)
Somto Ajuluchukwu, Vortex Comics (Nigéria)
Rhys-Jonarol Massengo, Kukia (Republc of Congo)
Dominique Uwase Alonga, Imagine We Rwanda (Rwanda)
Seydina Issa Sow, SIS Illustrations (Sénégal)
Nada Dagdoug, Studio Grif Graf (Tunisia)
Bill Masuku, autor (Zimbabwe)
Goals
Support for key events and professional platforms on the continent
Structuring regional sector dynamics
Supporting French and African CCI professionals in specifier markets
Support for CCI players in target countries
Expected results
- The aim of this mobility scheme is to promote the dynamism of CCIs in Africa, strengthen cultural and economic exchanges between African professionals in these sectors and their French counterparts, and bring concrete benefits in terms of networking and cooperation opportunities.
Partners
CNL
Festival of comics and projected images
(Quai des bulles)
International City of Comics and Images
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