Launched for the first time in 2002, the “Africa e Mediterraneo for Best Unpublished Comic Strip by African Author” has been until its last edition – completed in 2015 – one of the most important comics award for African artists and the only one open to comics artists who come from all over Africa.
The award aimed at promoting the work of African cartoonists in Europe, both to the general public and to experts, enables them to enter the international market. The activities involved in the project had the further aim of making the European public aware of the issue of inter-cultural exchange through the art of comics, a medium that facilitates immediate communication.
Over the space a decade we compiled 6 editions of the Africa e Mediterraneo Award and published 5 catalogues collecting some of the most fascinating and relevant comics published in each of the 6 editions. The catalogues can be bought directly on Lai-momo’s website.
Africa Comics 2002: the winners
Category:
Comics on Human rights
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Chrisany (Cameroon) , Article 5et 9 de la Declaration des Droits de l’Homme
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Marisa Cloete (South Africa), Gebuza – To dig a big hole
Special Jury Mention:
Faustin Titi (Ivory Coast) & Michel Conversin (France), Soukoubadjona. Le réveil
Category:
Stories and chronicles
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Adérito Wetela (Mozambique), A Lenda Da Leoa Da Montanha
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Pat Masioni (DR Congo), Ô mon pays
Special Jury Mention:
Mendozza Y Caramba (Ivory Coast), AAAAA!
Special Jury Mention:
Clinton Jordaan (South Africa), Johannesburg 2002
Special Jury Mention:
Daniël Du Plessis (South Africa), Space Dust
Africa Comics 2003-2004: the winners
Category:
Comics on Human rights
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Faustin Titi (Ivory Coast) – Eyoum Ngangué (Cameroon), Le flic de Gnasville
Special Prize:
Didier Mada-Bd (Madagascar), Enfant de rue
Mention:
Jean Claude Ngumire (Rwanda), Sans titre
Category:
Stories and chronicles
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Al’ Mata (DR Congo) – Sapi Gampez (Rep. of Congo), Tout ce qui tombe
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Pat Mombili (DR Congo), Défense de rentrer à minuit
Special Prize:
Joe Daly (South Africa), Kobosh and Steve in «Art lover»
Mention:
Daniël du Plessis (South Africa), Make Tracks
Mention:
Jo Palmer (Togo), On a fumé Malrobo!
Mention:
Adérito Wetela (Mozambique), A tribo das trevas
Mention:
Hissa Nsoli (DR Congo) – Patrick DeMeersman (Belgium), Pénitence
Africa Comics 2005-2006: the winners
Category:
Comics on Human rights
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Samba Ndar Cisse (Senegal), Ouläi. Pour que cesse l’excision
First Prize (ex-aequo):
D’Dikass (Central African Republic), Azinda et l’horreur d’un mariage forcé
Mention:
Tetshim (DR Congo), A paraître
Mention:
William Rasoanaivo (Madagascar), Cut off
Category:
Stories of migration
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Didier Viodé (Benin), Visa rejeté
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Piazo Detcheuk (Cameroon), Le voyage
Mention:
Daniel Severin Ngassu (Cameroon), Entre la vie et la mort
Category:
Creative comics – free subject
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Anani & Mensah Accoh (Togo), Africavi
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Ramón Esono Ebalé (Equatorial Guinea), Votez… encore et encore
Mention:
Mendozza (Ivory Coast), Bon appétit
Mention:
K. Benjamin (Ivory Coast), Drame familial
Mention:
Laércio George Mabota (Mozambique), A maldição Africana
Mention:
Valéry Badika Nzila (DR Congo), Si la Mer Méditerranée pouvait parler
Africa Comics 2007-2008: the winners
Category:
Comics on Human rights
First Prize:
Hector Sonon (Benin), Darfour
Mention:
Pov (Madagascar), Une histoire triste
Category:
Stories of migration
First Prize:
Jason Kibiswa (DR Congo), Priez pour moi
Category:
Creative comics – free subject
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Japhet Miagotar (Cameroon), Guizi. La longue traversée initiatique
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Alastair Findlay (South Africa), Thomas
Mention:
Evan Sohun (Mauritius), Le lac de lumière
Mention:
George Laercio Mabota (Mozambique), Metamorfose de arte
Africa Comics 2009-2010: the winners
Category:
Creative comics – free subject
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Roberto Millan (South Africa), Hello Neighbour
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Popa Matumula (Tanzania), Expectations!
Mention:
Jason Bronkhorst (South Africa), 1600 and Something
Category:
Comics on poverty
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Mola Boyika (DR Congo), Pauvreté en Afrique
First Prize (ex-aequo):
Valérie Badika Nzila (Rep. of Congo), Les laissés-pour-compte de Kitokoville
Mention:
Boureima Nabaloum (Burkina Faso), Le citoyen
Mention:
KanAd – Mawuto Koffivib Assem (Togo), Haïti, mon amour
Category:
Comics on sport
First Prize:
DWA (Madagascar), Là où je suis
Mention:
Lamine Dieme (Senegal), Modou
Mention:
Edin Pumbulu (DR Congo), Foot Afrika
Africa Comics 2011-2012: the winners
Category:
Internet and social network in Africa
First Prize:
Anthony Kokouvi Dodjivi (Togo), Rentrer chez moi
Category:
Food and food sovereignty
First Prize:
Ngande Djialeu Martial (Cameroon), Pour une histoire de plantain
Category:
Free subject
First Prize:
Rais Brahim (Morocco), Soulèvement