Adebimpe Adebambo Was Inspired by Lion King to Write an African Animated Film Titled ‘Tejumade’
Adebimpe Adebabambo is the visual artist telling African stories through the cartoon she produces.
In 1994, Adebimpe saw the film, ‘Lion King’ and it inspired her to write her own story, titled, Tejumade. She then wrote to Walt Disney that she would like them to produce it but she got a reply in 1997 that they couldn’t produce a story that isn’t theirs.
23 years later, Adebimpe produced ‘Tejumade’ and it has shown on different international platforms as Silicon Valley African film festival, Ndiva Women’s film festival and Cardiff International film festival for 2017.
Adebimpe hopes that the support for the Nigerian animation industry will improve with time.
About the cartoon, Tejumade
Apata is a beautiful and peaceful kingdom but this ethereal set up is threatened by the circumstances of the birth of princess Tejumade—a gift to the royal family through the magical powers of the great Iroko tree and its emissary; Baba Ogbon. She must journey to the dreaded forest to obtain the last gold leaf from the great Iroko tree otherwise, Apata will be destroyed forever. Ika, the evil water spirit stands between her and the safety of her kingdom.
