*After a couple of years of communicating on the phone, I finally met cartoonist and animator, Alex Tefera at the Cartoon Museum in Oxford Circus, London whilst attending Steve Bell’s The Monarchy Tapestry cartoon exhibition, I was in no doubt how good a cartoonist Alex is. I had asked if he would come to the exhibition, he said he would, he did and used the opportunity to meet him.
So, we met up again at the nice and friendly Marathon Ethiopian restaurant in Kings Cross over a meal where we were able to discuss his work as I needed to know more about this talented cartoonist who is a member of Cartooning For Peace.
Tefera, also known as Alemayehu Tefera, is an Ethiopian cartoonist, animator, and illustrator who draws his cartoons from London, U.K. shines his light on the political and social happenings in Ethiopia.
Alemayehu’s artwork mainly focuses on politics. However, some people on his platform where his cartoons are shown, are not happy with his portrayal. Alex has received death threats and been harassed online because of his drawings touching nerves. Is it any wonder he is in exile?
Tefera’s cartoons are often signed as “Alexucartoon.”
UK Based Samuel Ojo – A Nigerian cartoonist making inroads
Nigerian cartoonist, Samuel Ojo who is making inroads in the UK internationally, has teamed up with British artists to showcase his work in the Let it Snow Cartoon Exhibition at The Duke of Greenwich pub in Southeast London.
The exhibition started last November where Ojo displayed his work ‘Boxes of Chaos’. Samuel’s Boxes of Chaos was inspired by the recent global dynamics, most especially the impact of the recent American elections.
Also, Ojo has his work as one of the immigration-themed pieces at the Cartoon Museum in Oxford Circus, London.
“It’s called ‘Come Care for Ours, Forget Yours’ and is a reflection on the immediate past UK government’s policy that prohibits foreign care workers from bringing their dependents’. Dreams do come true.
I was elated for Ojo to talk through his cartoon to me currently on display at the Cartoon Museum during the private viewing of legendary British cartoonist, Steve Bell’s Tapestry Monarchy exhibition which Ethiopian cartoonist, Alex Tefera attended. Ojo could be seen happy making inroads into cartooning internationally.
Ojo is a graduate of the University of Benin, Mid-west Nigeria. He was amongst other Nigerian cartoonists selected for the Bournemouth University archival project in 2019. His work has appeared in several exhibitions in Nigeria, the UK, and the US, including Chatham House’s ‘Humour as Black Experience’ Exhibition.
His cartoons have been published in Business Day Newspaper, Somaliland Chronicle, Document Women, Sachs Media, BBG The West Virginian, and The Cultura Media. Ojo is a member of the Africartoons and Cartoon Movement.
Fred Eboka wins FIASA award
Congratulations to Nigerian Fashion Designer, Fred Eboka for winning AFRICAN FASHION PIONEER in South Africa. The awards celebrate the past, present, and future of the fashion industry value chain in South Africa.
TAYO Fatunla whose work has been featured on MSN.com via EURweb.com is an award-winning British-Nigerian Comic Artist, Editorial Cartoonist, Writer, and Illustrator and 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 Fela Kuti image is prominently featured in Burna Boy’s mega-Afrobeat hit song “Ye”. – TAYO is the illustrator behind the pictorial Black history walk map on a lectern that guides the walk-in Camberwell, South East London, U.K. https://www.instagram.com/tfatunla123
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