Deeper Research
This page lists book-length secondary materials and other sources about comics in or concerning Africa. For articles, check the Databases" box on the "Getting Started" tab.
We also own a wide variety of primary sources like comic books, cartoon collections, and graphic novels. Try NUsearch for comics anthologies and titles by specific cartoonists.
On Comics about Africa
Tintin et Spirou contre les négriers : la BD franco-belge : une littérature antiesclavagiste ? by ISBN: 9782811110123Publication Date: 2013
On Comics in Specific Countries and Regions
Salomon Assus : illustrateur humoristique de l'Algérie, 1850-1919 by ISBN: 2906431443Publication Date: 1999
- Histoire de la bande dessinée congolaise : Congo belge, Zaïre, République démocratique du Congo by ISBN: 9782296120280Publication Date: 2010
- L'idéologie par la bande : héros politiques de France et d'Egypte au miroir de la BD by ISBN: 2905838086Publication Date: 1987
Online Resources:
- Cartoonists Association of Nigeria (CARTAN) - "Nigerian cartoon art has a great history and boasts an impressive pool of talent that deserves a higher media presence. Our aim is to make sure it gets this by promoting our members’ work, via our Cartoonists pages, and by promoting cartooning news using our blog and other social networking sites."
- Nigerian Politics and Society in Cartoon Art ("Africa Past and Present" podcast): Ganiyu Akinloye Jimoh (Creative Arts, University of Lagos) on his work in Nigeria as a popular cartoonist, with the pen name “Jimga,” and as a cartoon scholar. Issues discussed include: political aspects of cartooning; visual aspects of the art; language and graphic styles; and the future of cartooning in Nigeria.
- Bitterkomix - A South African Comic as an Indigenous Ethnography by ISBN: 9780820499048Publication Date: 2007-02-01
The Bob Connolly Story by Publication Date: 1957
Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels by ISBN: 9781138025158Publication Date: 2014-12-17- Van Kaspaas tot Kaas : die lewe en werk van T.O. Honiball by ISBN: 9781919980539Publication Date: 2005
What's So Funny? : Under the skin of South African cartooning by ISBN: 9781770130715Publication Date: 2011-01-15
Useful Websites
South African Comic Books: From the Golden Age to present, recording the history of Comic Book publishing and collecting in South Africa.
- Cinquante années de bandes dessinées en Afrique francophone by ISBN: 9782296136540Publication Date: 2010
- Dictionnaire de la bande dessinée d'Afrique francophone by ISBN: 9782336298986Publication Date: 2013
Fumetto e animazione in Medio Oriente : Persepolis, Valzer con Bashir e gli altri : nuovi immaginari grafici dal Maghreb all'Islam by ISBN: 9788897165163Publication Date: 2011
