Audio By Carbonatix
Tributes are being paid to one of Africa's leading cartoonists, Ghanaian-born Frank Odoi, who died over the weekend in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
He was killed in a traffic accident involving a minibus, known as a matatu, on Saturday but his family only learnt of his death on Monday.
His Driving Me Crazy comic strip that tackled the subject of the matatu's notoriously reckless driving.
Mr Odoi, 64, moved to Nairobi in the 1970s and have worked there ever since.
Mr Odoi was one of two passengers to die when the matatu in which they were travelling veered off the road into a ditch on Saturday.
When the cartoonist did not return home over the weekend, family members searched all the hospitals before finding his body in a Nairobi mortuary on Monday morning.
Mr Odoi was one of the first visual artists to be given a daily slot in Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper about 30 years ago - and he has dominated the Kenyan artistic scene ever since.
His work - fiction and political commentary - was also featured in newspapers all over Africa and the BBC's Focus on Africa magazine.
He was most famous for his Golgoti series, about a white man who comes to Africa, and Akokhan, the tale of two centuries-old squabbling men which was based on the folklore of his native Ghana.
News of this death broke on Monday evening in Kenya.
Fellow cartoonist Paul "Maddo" Kelemba, who was a fellow director of the media company Four Dimension Innovative, was among those to pay tribute to his colleague.
"Looking at the empty desk in the corner and expecting to see Frank has been very difficult, disturbing and has made us very angry," Mr Kelemba told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
"It is so sad that he met his end at the hands of the matatus which were the subject of his comic strip," he said.
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
Sam George cautions ministers against reading unverified AI-generated speeches
1 second -
Ghanaian entrepreneur Mary Nyamekye Asamoah wins Africa Travel 100 award
3 minutes -
Obuasi SHTS abuse: Sanction all officials who failed to act – Moving Masculinity
8 minutes -
Lucy Agyepong honoured for excellence in engineering education at maiden GAAS Women’s Awards
11 minutes -
Harriet Afia Konadu Asiedu
18 minutes -
AFCON 2027: Sports Minister ‘convinced’ Black Stars will qualify despite losing opening two games
19 minutes -
CUTS welcomes VAT collection on cross-border digital services, urges fair treatment of Distance Learning students on overseas programmes
23 minutes -
Leave the Chiefs and fix the Galamsey Problem: Dr Solomon Owusu Advises President Mahama
26 minutes -
Pay attention to teachers and give them what is due – Ho District GNAT tells government
30 minutes -
Authorities knew of abuse allegations against Obuasi headmaster months before suspension – JoyNews investigation
34 minutes -
US teenager appears in court over alleged Hindu temple shooting plot
37 minutes -
Academic City donates paediatric rehabilitation staircase to Ga East Hospital
40 minutes -
Services drive 7.4% expansion in Ghana’s economic activity
52 minutes -
‘I don’t make music for awards, I make it to connect people’ – Rocky Dawuni
1 hour -
Farmer jailed for three months over assault on wife in viral video
1 hour