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Nigerian Adamu Waziri: creates “Bino and Fino”, Africa’s answer to Dora the Explorer
Bino and Fino
A Nigerian animator has produced an educational cartoon to teach youngsters about African culture.
Tired of African children watching only imported cartoons that didn’t reflect their lives, for Nigerian architect turned animator, Adamu Waziri decided to do something about it.
His creation is “Bino and Fino” , a cartoon aimed at three to five year olds, about a brother and sister who live with their grandparents in an unnamed African city.
“I want to create a brand that’s as good as Dora the Explorer, Charlie and Lola, quality wise, made in Nigeria, that is educational, and also shows positive aspects of Nigerian/African culture, not just to Nigerian or African kids but to kids everywhere,” says Waziri.
He adds that he wants the program to “teach kids and show that the stuff you see on TV of starving people isn’t the only thing in Africa — you have a middle class here who have the same aspirations as everybody else.”
