Taking African Cartoons Seriously : Politics, Satire, and Culture / edited by Peter Limb and Tejumola Olaniyan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Peter Limb -- Nigeria -- The art of Bisi Ogunbadejo / Tejumola Olaniyan -- Wetin you carry? The Nigeria police force in cartoonists' space / Ganiyu A. Jimoh -- South Africa -- South African cartooning in the post-apartheid era / Andy Mason and Su Opperman -- Kenya -- The rise of Kenyan political animation : tactics of subversion / Paula Callus -- Kenyan cartoons and censorship / Patrick Gathara -- Ghana -- Ideology and intention in Ghanaian political cartoons, 1961-1966 / Baba G. Jallow -- "This cartoon is a satire" : cartoons as "critical entertainment" and "resistance" in contemporary Ghanaian democratic politics / Joseph Oduro-Frimpong -- Interviews with African cartoonists -- Zapiro (South Africa) -- Gado (Kenya) -- Mike Asukwo (Nigeria) -- Mabijo (Botswana) -- Dudley (Namibia).

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"Cartoonists make us laugh--and think--by caricaturing daily events and politics. The essays, interviews, and cartoons presented in this innovative book vividly demonstrate the rich diversity of cartooning across Africa and highlight issues facing its cartoonists today, such as sociopolitical trends, censorship, and use of new technologies. Celebrated African cartoonists including Zapiro of South Africa, Gado of Kenya, and Asukwo of Nigeria join top scholars and a new generation of scholar-cartoonists from the fields of literature, comic studies and fine arts, animation studies, social sciences, and history to take the analysis of African cartooning forward. Taking African Cartoons Seriously presents critical thematic studies to chart new approaches to how African cartoonists trade in fun, irony, and satire. The book brings together the traditional press editorial cartoon with rapidly diverging subgenres of the art in the graphic novel and animation, and applications on social media. Interviews with bold and successful cartoonists provide insights into their work, their humor, and the dilemmas they face. This book will delight and inform readers from all backgrounds, providing a highly readable and visual introduction to key cartoonists and styles, as well as critical engagement with current themes to show where African political cartooning is going and why." --Publisher's description.

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