Chinua Achebe (1930 - 2013)
Click on the cartoon to listen to NIgerian playwright Biyi Bandele talk about Achebe and the profound influence Achebe had on younger NIgerian writers, like Bandele.  And listen to Achebe himself in earlier interviews… 
Cartoon: Taylo Fatunla, Nigeria/UK (Courtesy: Africartoons)

Chinua Achebe (1930 - 2013)

Click on the cartoon to listen to NIgerian playwright Biyi Bandele talk about Achebe and the profound influence Achebe had on younger NIgerian writers, like Bandele.  And listen to Achebe himself in earlier interviews… 

Cartoon: Taylo Fatunla, Nigeria/UK (Courtesy: Africartoons)

Obama’s victory is tempered by the fractured nature of the country he gets to preside over for another four years. Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte of Switzerland.

Obama’s victory is tempered by the fractured nature of the country he gets to preside over for another four years. Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte of Switzerland.

Get ready for the third and final presidential debate tonight. The topic: foreign policy…..

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Some of the latest cartoons about the festering sore that is Syria.

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The freedom to hate freedom of speech seems to be the message of this cartoon by Norway’s Roar Hagen.

The freedom to hate freedom of speech seems to be the message of this cartoon by Norway’s Roar Hagen.

Slicing the Euro sausage….thinner and thinner and thinner…… Cartoon byHajo de Reijger of The Netherlands

Slicing the Euro sausage….thinner and thinner and thinner…… Cartoon byHajo de Reijger of The Netherlands

Badminton in Afghanistan with the Taliban serving up a new (and lethal) kind of birdie. Cartoon by Sergei Tunin of Russia.

Badminton in Afghanistan with the Taliban serving up a new (and lethal) kind of birdie. Cartoon by Sergei Tunin of Russia.

Four cartoons about the sorry state of Syria.

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Bashar al-Assad with his Hitleresque mustache, Bashar al-Assad being existential, Bashar al-Assad covering his ears, Bashar al-Assad dodging bullets. Just some of the images you’ll see in this group of cartoons about the deteriorating situation in Syria. Includes cartoons by two Syrian cartoonists: Juan Zero and Saad Hajo

Nelson Mandela turns 94 on July 18th. South African John Curtis of Africartoons is inviting cartoonists — professional and amateur — to post a cartoon of their own  to celebrate Mandela’s birthday. Look what’s been created so far and …..give it a go! 





(Source: africartoons.com)