*It’s week three and OUR ROOTS features an actor who was raised in Sacramento, California and made his acting debut in Alex Hailey’s original 1977 ROOTS, TV miniseries. Of course, we’re referring to LeVar Burton.
OTHER NEWS ON EURWEB: Black History Month U.S.A. – OUR ROOTS Spotlight – The remarkable Toni Morrison
The illustrated OUR ROOTS Volume 2 is available to order this Black History Month – Contact – [email protected]/[email protected]
TAYO Fatunla is an award-winning Nigerian Comic Artist, Editorial Cartoonist, Writer and Illustrator is an artist of the African diaspora. 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 at UNESCO’s Cartooning In Africa forum held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Cartooning Global Forum in Paris, France and has held a virtual OUR ROOTS cartoon workshop for SMITHSONIAN-National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C. His image of Fela Kuti was used as a backdrop in the Burna Boy’s mega-Afrobeat hit song “Ye”. –– [email protected]
We Publish News 24/7. Don’t Miss A Story. Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to Our Newsletter Now!
