{"id":3564,"date":"2022-03-16T09:33:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/telling-african-stories-through-video-games"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:39:13","slug":"telling-african-stories-through-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/telling-african-stories-through-video-games","title":{"rendered":"Telling African stories through video games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Inspired by famous footballers and other African heroes, 27-year-old Teddy Kossoko creates video games with the aim of promoting the &#8220;cultural richness&#8221; of his native continent.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kosoko said,&#8221;we have countries in northern Europe with viking stories, in Asia, in South Korea, in Japan with samurai stories. Thanks to video games, people know these stories. So I thought that with all the cultural richness of Africa, the 54 countries, the folklore, why don\u2019t I use these tales to tell the story of Africa? &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you take the trader video, the trailer, we travelled to Central Africa and we made a real film. We took real actors for two days, we shot in stadiums, we chose sports, &#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Haunted with the negative stereotypes of Africa Kossoko wants to change that through video games<\/p>\n<p>Kosoko argued that &#8220;as Africans, we start with an historical disadvantage. There is a whole set of things to be deconstructed. We must teach young people to love themselves, to value themselves. There is a huge problem with this. And for us, that is the heart of our creations. We really want people to deconstruct the things that have been put in their head: that they are not beautiful, that they are useless, that they are good for nothing etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Based in Toulouse, France, Kosoko outlines his latest creation, &#8220;Golden Georges&#8221;, whose main character is inspired by Liberian football legend and current president George Weah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Inspired by famous footballers and other African heroes, 27-year-old Teddy Kossoko creates video games with the aim of promoting the &#8220;cultural richness&#8221; of his native continent. Kosoko said,&#8221;we have countries in northern Europe with viking stories, in Asia, in South Korea, in Japan with samurai stories. 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