About Us

AFRICARTOONS WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN 2008 on the occasion of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday with a collection of international cartoons celebrating his political life and celebrity...       [contin. beneath image]

ENCOURAGED by the success of that venture, and inspired by Mandela's own appreciation for the contribution that editorial cartoons can make towards a healthy democracy, it was decided to broaden the scope of the site to include editorial cartoons from all published cartoonists in Africa, and to eventually include cartoons from overseas cartoonists about Africa.

AFRICARTOONS.COM relaunched in December 2009 as a comprehensive resource featuring contemporary cartoons by South Africa's top editorial cartoonists, profiles of the cartoonists, reviews of their published works (and others'), relevant news and notices of events; all fully integrated with social media services.

WE HAVE BECOME the greatest repository of editorial cartoons representing the broadest selection of cartoonists in the country; updated daily, at a rate of about 300 a month.

WE INTEND to extend this resource to include the works of past cartoonists, going back 100 years into South African history, and also inviting cartoonists from the rest of the continent to participate.

THE OBJECTIVE of this site is to promote freedom of expression through cartoons. We also hope to encourage and develop the art throughout Africa by giving it greater exposure and bringing cartoonists from all over the continent closer together, and closer to practitioners in the rest of the world as well.

AFRICARTOONS is the result of much hard work by a dedicated team from John & Michelle Curtis' design studio digitalJUNGLE in Cape Town. We are most grateful for the help and efforts of Daleen, Jo, Rich, Princess, Brian and Lee-Ann. We are currently self financing this work of love, but we're open to any suggestions for its sustainability (or gestures of generosity!).

Thanks for visiting us, please drop me a line if you have any ideas to contribute.

John Curtis

john(at)digitaljungle(dot)co(dot)za