Three friends from Nigeria and Uganda founded Kugali Media in 2017 to share tales from the continent because they were tired of non-Africans portraying African stories.
Tolu Olowofoyeku, Hamid Ibrahim, and Fikayo Adeola, the friends who founded the entertainment company, produced a comic book series titled “Iwaju” that is set in a futuristic version of Lagos, the capital and largest metropolis of Nigeria.
Now, “Iwaju” — which roughly translates to “the future” in the Yoruba language spoken in West Africa — will be on Disney Plus in 2023.
Iwáju, a project from Disney Animation and Kugali, would look at “a futuristic version of Lagos, Nigeria,” the company announced on Friday at the D23 Expo in Anaheim. In the series’ first trailer, a world of vivid colors, flying cars, and endearingly eccentric critters that resemble frogs and lizards is depicted.
