Welcome!

This site is conceived as an educational encyclopedia of African cartooning and cartoonists. As such, when finished, it will have entries on cartoonists from all African countries, show samples of their works, contain brief explanatory notes on the different traditions of cartooning on the continent, plus a section devoted to scholarly essays on, and reviews of, cartooning in Africa generally, and individual cartoonists.

To use the map below, roll your cursor over the map and click on a country to view cartoons and cartoonist pages from the following countries: Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania & Zimbabwe.

Please look around and enjoy, and please send me your suggestions. I am particularly looking for assistance in compiling the names, brief bios, and samples of works of cartoonists past and present in and from each African country. So, if cartoonists from your country are not represented here yet, please send me their names.

Thank you.

Tejumola Olaniyan
tolaniyan@wisc.edu