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[04/16/19 - 04:08 AM]
Netflix Announces First Original African Animated Series "Mama K's Team 4"
The series tells the story of four teen girls living in the neo-futuristic African city of Lusaka, Zambia who are recruited by a retired secret agent still committed to saving the world.

[via press release from Netflix]

NETFLIX ANNOUNCES FIRST ORIGINAL AFRICAN ANIMATED SERIES "MAMA K'S TEAM 4"

Launches Continent-Wide Initiative to Engage Local Female Writing Talent

Johannesburg, ZA and Hollywood, Calif. - April 16 2019 - Netflix, the world's leading internet entertainment service, today announced its first original African animated series, Mama K's Team 4, produced by Cape Town-based Triggerfish Animation Studios and leading London-based kids' entertainment specialist CAKE.

Mama K's Team 4 tells the story of four teen girls living in the neo-futuristic African city of Lusaka, Zambia who are recruited by a retired secret agent still committed to saving the world. The series joins Netflix's growing slate of original animated programming designed for kids and families everywhere, brought to 190 countries by artists from around the world.

Mama K's Team 4 is created by Zambian writer Malenga Mulendema, who was one of eight winners in the Triggerfish Story Lab initiative in 2015, a pan-african talent search.

Designed by Cameroonian artist Malcolm Wope, it draws visual inspiration from retro-'90s R&B and hip hop girl groups.

To join the creative team on the series, Netflix is collaborating with Triggerfish Animation studio and CAKE to launch a continent-wide search for local female writing talent.

Malenga grew up watching cartoons on TV and found herself asking why no heroes looked like her and why they didn't live in a world that felt like her own. "In creating a superhero show set in Lusaka, I hope to introduce the world to four strong African girls who save the day in their own fun and crazy way. Most importantly, I want to illustrate that anyone from anywhere can be a superhero," commented Malenga.

"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," said Melissa Cobb, vice president of original animation at Netflix. "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."

"After animating four multi-award-winning BBC Christmas specials set in England, including the Oscar-nominated Revolting Rhymes, Triggerfish is delighted to bring an African capital city to life on Netflix," added Vanessa Ann Sinden, Triggerfish's development producer. "Female writers from Africa who have had their work produced for either TV, film or theatre can find out more about the Writers Lab and how to apply from the careers page of our website, www.triggerfish.com."

CEO & Creative Director at CAKE, Tom van Waveren concluded, "We are delighted to be partnering with Triggerfish and Netflix on Mama K's Team 4, a uniquely empowering, but most of all fun project, which brings a fresh perspective to a classic cartoon genre."

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About Netflix

Netflix is the world's leading internet entertainment service with 139 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.

About Triggerfish Animation

Triggerfish has produced two feature films, Adventures in Zambezia (2012) and Khumba (2013), which have been licensed to around 160 countries and translated into 25 languages. Triggerfish has also provided animation for four multi-award-winning BBC Christmas adaptations produced by Magic Light Pictures: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's Stick Man (2015), The Highway Rat (2017), and Zog (2018), as well as Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes (2016). Revolting Rhymes was nominated for an Oscar and won over 15 international awards, including the International Emmy Awards Kids: Animation prize; the Cristal at Annecy; Best Animated Special at the Annie Awards; Best One-Off Special at Kidscreen; and Best Animation at the BAFTA Children's Awards. https://www.triggerfish.com/.

About CAKE

CAKE is one of the world's leading independent entertainment companies specialising in the production, distribution, development, financing and brand development of kids' and family properties. CAKE works with renowned producers of animation and live-action content, including Rovio Entertainment Ltd, Channel X, Fresh TV and Animation Collective on the worldwide roll out of their brands. In addition, CAKE partners with production companies such as Anima Estudios (Space Chickens in Space for Disney EMEA), Paper Owl (Pablo for CBeebies), TeamTO (Angelo Rules, Mighty Mike), Thursitar (Mush-Mush and the Mushables), Cheeky Little Media and Kickstart Productions co-producing exciting new entertainment properties and turning them into aspiring brands. An award-winning company, CAKE was most recently voted Best International Distributor by Animation Magazine and No 2 Distributor in Kidscreen's 2018 Hot 50. CAKE is based in London and is headed up by Ed Galton and Tom van Waveren. http://www.cakeentertainment.com





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