Ayo Makinde
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Ayo Makinde

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Ayodeji Makinde is an Author, comic book writer, public speaker, art director, lawyer and founder of ComicsDI ; a renowned comic brand in Nigeria, Africa. His Afro-futuristic Comic Web Series, "LAGELU, the Kingdom on Four Hills" is his most celebrated work yet. The Afro-futuristic Comic Web Series got a feature on BBC in September, 2020 and two months afterwards got featured on Forbes in November, 2020. Also, the work was given prominence in a phenomenal documentary by DW (Germany) in 2021, the work was featured alongside the work of the legendary Ruth E. Carter who designed the costume for the globally acclaimed Black Panther movie, and also the multiple Grammy Award winner “Beyonce.” Duro, his first African Mythological short work done in honor of late Pius Adesanmi, the enigmatic former director of the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada became the first ever comic to get a Royal Endorsement in Africa from one of the highest custodians of culture in Yorubaland, Nigeria, West Africa, His Imperial Majesty "Oba Ogunwusi, the Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife." The work was later exhibited on Digital Nollywood by Dr. James Yeku, Assistant Professor of African Digital Humanities, Kansas, Texas, USA. He is an highly innovative young man who likes to explore new things while setting new paces for himself within the creative sphere.
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