Most, 30 and above grew up adoring the extraordinary beautiful faces served by Walt Disney cartoon for years. From Beauty and The Beast to the Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and more. At some point, it dawned upon all of us if we will ever get to see a beautiful African representation of these enchanted love stories, especially shortly after seeing Alladin and Pocahontas.
And although we were granted the wish to see an African representation, it seemed Walt Disney wanted to explore animals and a love story amongst animals before looking in the direction of African people. Yes, eventually Cinderella got a black make-over, but till today that gap was never filled.
And maybe it is a positive thing that gap was never filled. It might be an indication of the need for us to fill in the gap ourselves, a message indicating that we create our own love stories from our perspective, and our concept of beauty. Individually we might not all have the resources to pull such an act together, but once the ball gets rolling the demand will exist, and one talented individual spot on with making this a reality is none other than digital artist Andy. Going by the public name of Andy’s Art and @andrejdigitalart, the young cartoonist has managed to put up a great number of extraordinary enchanted African/black beauties on his Instagram page.
Beauty so captivating one can already visualize beautiful animated stories simply by looking at the images. We aren’t sure if there are any motion graphics to come from the artist yet, but that’s where the public comes in. The young man is already selling his art in hopes that he can further pursue his dream as a digital artist in the field of promoting black beauty. So head on to his Instagram and give what you can, and if you can’t make sure you share this article, hopefully, a motion editor might be able to bring his characters to life. Enjoy the talent below.
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UPCOMING TOP EVENTS!
Volta Fashion Week, Awards and Honors will be happening this year from 10th-12th February at the serene Holy Trinity Spa and Hotel in the Volta region Of Ghana. Having an array of spectacular designers from both Ghana and other parts of Africa showcasing. This year’s event is fused with a special massage package for VIP guests. Ticket cost ranges from 50 cedis for students, 100 cedis single, 150 cedis double, 1000 cedis VIP and 1500 cedis for VVIP.
The International Fashion Festival in Togo (FIMO 228) has established itself for nine years now as a benchmark fashion event that promotes the talents of designers from all over the world. Like every fashion event, FIMO 228 reflects the art in fashion and all the cultures of the countries represented by the designers present. Presently on the FIMO 228, creators, models, photographers, journalists, national and international media. But it does not stop there. Each year, FIMO228 is part of a logic of commitment to solving the problems of our society. Thus, the 10th edition of FIMO 228 has the social theme “Fashion is committed to protecting the environment” and the artistic theme “Féérie”. Now the dice for the 10th has been rolled; 
All-African Leather Fair (AALF): the trade show organizing by The Ethiopian Leather Industries Association
(ELIA) from the first edition in 2008 up to 12th successfully. AALF brings together tanners, footwear and
other leather goods manufacturers, in addition of equipment and technology suppliers, chemical and
inputs suppliers, manpower training institutions, trade promotion organizations, etc from all over the
world.
African companies and organizations are expected to constitute the largest attendance. The Fair is a
specialized one designed to promote the African leather industry and to enable it create an interface with
its partners within the continent and around the world. There is side events included occurring parallel
with the show Panel discussion, Fashion show, Fashion Zone, Leather Talent show.
Due to the Global market situation and the pandemic impact the leather sector in Ethiopia and Africa at
large heavily affected. It is expected that the upcoming AALF trade fair will play its role in motivating the
sector in market expansion, facilitating inter Africa business relation .Investment Attraction, Technology
transfer and etc… To motivate the sector The government starts school shoe and bag project under the
initiation the manufacturing sector “Let Ethiopia produce “ “ Ethiopia Tamret“ as the sector dependent
on inputs such as chemical, accessories and component supplier will be expected in wide participation.
Considering these AALF2023 will Have new components fashion show will be including some Africa
countries participations, Fashion Zone(where many designers will participating by showing the Fashion
trends) Talent show (leather products creativity, any innovation creativity in the sector ) in addition to this
Ethiopia Leather journal upgraded to Africa Leather journal (sector based studies ,research and potential facts for Africa will be published inspirational descriptive motto also included .
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