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We’re bringing a new light to the comic book industry
Somto Ajuluchukwu is a Lagos based cartoonist.
We speak to Somto Ajuluchukwu, the founder of Lagos based Vortex 247 comics. He talks about his journey telling African stories through cartoons and comic books.
More than 1.5 million final-year secondary school students in Nigeria have started to sit their final exams from today.
In Cameroon, women are campaigning for an end to violence in the country. More than 3,000 people have been killed and 700,000 displaced since Anglophone rebels started fighting the government.
( Credit: Vortex Corporation)
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