Out of Context Twende

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Out of context moments from the African furry animated series "Twende", about the titular pangolin operating a boda boda (motorcycle taxi) in "East Africa." (totally Kenya)

Kwame Nyong’o brings African stories to screen The creator of Kenya's first in-competition short at Annecy plans to use his festival presence and growing interest in the continent's animation industry to get new projects highlighting African culture off the ground. By Ryan TuchowJune 14, 2021 With two projects headed to Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Kenyan author, producer and director Kwame Nyong’o is hoping to make a splash on the global stage. Kicking things off, he’ll unveil his 2D-animated short The Wonderful Story of Aisha, Ali and Flipflopi the Multicoloured Dhow Boat in the young audiences short films competition, marking the first time a short from Kenya has been selected in this category. The 3.5-minute film is about a group of kids who build a boat out of found plastics, and the story was inspired by the real-life The FlipFlopi Expedition, an organization that builds boats out of garbage (primarily flip flops). Nyong’o is also executive producing a 52 x 11-minute comedy series called Twende, which will be showcased in the TV Films in Competition category at Annecy. Aimed at kids ages seven and up, this 2D-animated comedy was created in partnership with London’s Braintrust Productions and stars a pangolin—one of the slowest-moving animals in the African savannah—who operates a motorcycle taxi and navigates everyday challenges in a bustling city. “I was always interested in African culture when I was young, but there was so little content about [the continent],” Nyong’o says. “Africa is an unexplored territory with so many stories, and now it feels like the industry is starting to embrace its content.”
A clown named Kaufmo, talking to Jax. (from Jax's POV scene in the last episode of The Amazing Digital Circus titled "Remember")
Two children’s books displayed upright. Left: “Penny Pangolin and the Missing Ant”. Right: “Penny Pangolin Wants A Pet”. Third book facing flat reads “Penny Pangolin and the Termite Trophy.”
Time unfreezes itself and the rainbow vomit from one of the pups splashes at Boss Hyena’s face.
Time unfreezes itself and Twende’s tortoise dad starts showing off his photo album to the other bus riders around him.
The world unfreezes time and life continues like nothing ever happened.
Twende cheers after obtaining a plate holding it up high.
Twende steps down on his to-do list with his left foot.
Twende touchdowns his to-do list down like an American football player.
Twende attempts to grab his to-do list.
Twende checks off the first item from his to-do list.
Twende whips his to-do list around before it hits him.
Twende, while curled up into a ball (cuz he’s a pangolin), bounces on the sidewalk across town while wrestling with his incomplete to-do list. Space-time is falling apart around him.
Twende leaps and grabs his incomplete to-do list (and curls like a ball and bounces out of frame)
Twende wrestles with his incomplete to-do list outside (and curls like a ball cuz he’s a pangolin)
Incomplete to-do lists lands on Twende’s muzzle while he’s angry at it.
Twende wrestles with his incomplete to-do list.
Twende gets angry at his incomplete to-do list.
Twende gets angry
Twende sleeps on Madam Mongoose’s chair and Nuru skates on her dashboard…..all while time freezes around them.
Twende sleeps next to the Mayor in front of the podium…..all while time freezes around him.
Twende takes off his pants and hangs it on a flagpole right in front of the mayor’s mansion….all while, again, time freezes around him.
Nuru purposely sorts a blue book from the blue book shelf to the red book shelf. “I NEVER FELT SO ALIVE!”
Twende kicks a football to the goal and cheers…while time freezes around him.
Twende grabs a fuck ton of ice cream cones with his arms (and tongue) from an ice cream truck while time freezes around him.
Boss Hyena’s pup vomits a crayon rainbow at Boss Hyena before time freezes. His other pups cheer.
Promotional image for the African animated series “Twende”. Top-left to right-bottom: Boss Hyena, Twende, Nuru, Kimbe, Grease Monkey, Twende’s tortoise dad, Madam Mongoose, Dizi, honey badger, owl clerk
Boss Hyena holds up a half-eaten box of 24-pack Crayola crayons that one of his pups bit
Twende’s tortoise dad opens up a photo album in a bus before time freezes
Twende fainting from his hammock