Adamu Waziri
The Nigerian animator had for a long time wanted to do a Nigerian-based cartoon because he realized that all the shows Nigerian children watched were foreign and rarely had a representation of Africans. In 2011, Waziri launched “Bino & Fino,” a children’s cartoon starring a brother and sister in a modern-day city in Africa to teach children about the history of Africa and offer an accurate representation of children growing up on the continent.
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Since then, Waziri and his team have released two English-language DVD sets and a toy range for the educational show, which has gained fame among children the world over. In Germany, Sweden, the U.S. and Japan, it has become a tool to teach young children about Nigerian cultures and languages. Waziri’s EVCL animation house aims to develop brands that would immediately be identifiable as coming from Africa.
