Go, Read: A Short Tribute To Frank Odoi



I greatly enjoyed this tribute to the late Ghanian-born Kenyan cartoonist Frank Odoi, although it's not exactly hugely comics-centric. If you have a few minutes to give it a read -- even if the claim in the headline raises your nerdly hackles -- I think there's something to be learned there. Cartooning in Africa is something about which I know very little, although I get the sense that more than anywhere else the vitality of the form depends on artists like Odoi who have reached a comfortable position with an audience; in other words, it's not like there are slots that cartoonists fill, it's more like cartoonists claim a certain position and I'm not sure that gets replicated in any way when they're gone. The linked-to article also has much more about the family that survives Odoi, to whom all continued condolences.

There's a nice, short selection of Odoi cartoon here, and some adorable photos of a class visit.
 
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