*Last week, on 1st October, Nigeria marked its 60th Independence Anniversary and will do so throughout October, in a subdued manner due to Covid-19.
The celebration continues on digital formats such as social media, as well as in places where with social distancing, small gatherings are permitted. This week, OUR ROOTS continues to highlight significant events, people, and places that have helped shape the nation’s history.
Nigeria was once a British Colony and ironically, Britain is also celebrating Black History month in October, with an emphasis on the importance of why Black History matters.
TAYO Fatunla is an award-winning Nigerian Comic Artist, Editorial Cartoonist, Writer and Illustrator and one of the participants of the CARTAN Virtual cartoon exhibition.He is a graduate of the prestigious Kubert School, in New Jersey, US. and recipient of the 2018 ECBACC Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award for his illustrated OUR ROOTS creation and series – Famous people in Black History – He participated in the UNESCO’s Cartooning In Africa forum held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Cartooning Global Forum in Paris, France and he also took part in the Afropolitan Comics virtual comics exhibition arranged by the French Institute of South Africa coinciding with its annual National Arts Festival –– www.tayofatunla.com
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