Netflix will continue to bring exciting content to its platform, and for the first time ever, a children’s series from Africa will be brought to the popular streaming service.
According to Variety, Mama K’s Team 4 is produced by South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios and CAKE, a British kids’ and family entertainment production company. The series follows four teenagers who live in a futuristic version of Lukasa, Zambia. They are called on to save the world by a retired secret agent.
“[Mama K’s Team 4] was created by Zambian writer Malenga Mulendema, who in 2015 was one of eight winners of the Triggerfish Story Lab, a pan-African talent search backed by the Cape Town-based animation studio and The Walt Disney Co.,” Variety continues. “The series is designed by the Cameroonian artist Malcolm Wope.”
Even better, Netflix is also working with Triggerfish and CAKE to find a local Pan-African writer to join “Mama K’s” creative team.
“In addition to giving African writers a global platform on which to be heard, we are excited to present this powerful and entertaining new animated series that brings Malenga’s incredible and unique vision to life on Netflix,” Melissa Cobb, vice president of original animation at Netflix, said in a statement. “‘Mama K’s Team 4’ has the potential to give a whole new generation of African children the opportunity to see themselves on screen in the powerful, aspirational characters they look up to.”
Netflix is also home to Queen Sono, which is the first African Original Series to stream on the platform.