Nigeria’s growing animation industry
By Guardian Exclusive
19 February 2020 |
12:54 pm
With Dawn of Thunder set for release in 2020, Nigeria could get its first animated feature highlighting the growth in the country's animation industry. Funding and manpower are major challenges but animation studios continue to produce animated projects despite different disappointments.
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