What would you see if you closed our eyes after hearing the word “Africa”? A wild landscape, maybe a savana? Giraffes, lions, elephants, gazelles? African tribes hunting and farming? Starving children and terrible wars? Our imagination is hugely shaped by discourses reiterated and built through different cultural channels: television, Internet, books, diaries, etc. When it comes to Africa, these discourses, and therefore our imagination, remain chained to a colonial and imperial sets of images and concepts, such as savagery, wilderness, darkness and lack of civilisation. However, behind this thick layer of problematic and stereotypical postcards, a wonderful, extremely diverse continent is hiding. Africa is an enormous universe where contradictions, progress, inequality and opportunities restlessly interact with each other.
Talking about progress, something that many African countries have started to witness is the rising of start-ups that focus on digital contents, including games. Luma Arcade, for instance, is now a well known South African video game developer (in the digital world, South Africa represents also one of the most influential markets on Earth). Another extremely exciting company is Maliyo Games, from Nigeria. Their philosophy? “To share the experiences of everyday Africans with a global audience through games”, as stated on their website. The African continent, then, is much more than a post-colonial reality fighting to erase a painful past and struggling with a problematic present: it is also the place where thrilling digital start-ups grow. Are you interested to know about the best African digital games? Keep on reading.
Talking about progress, something that many African countries have started to witness is the rising of start-ups that focus on digital contents, including games. Luma Arcade, for instance, is now a well known South African video game developer (in the digital world, South Africa represents also one of the most influential markets on Earth). Another extremely exciting company is Maliyo Games, from Nigeria. Their philosophy? “To share the experiences of everyday Africans with a global audience through games”, as stated on their website. The African continent, then, is much more than a post-colonial reality fighting to erase a painful past and struggling with a problematic present: it is also the place where thrilling digital start-ups grow. Are you interested to know about the best African digital games? Keep on reading.
Ready to Face Rufa?
Funny, easy to play, Football Goalie, produced by Maliyo Games, brings you face to face with Rufa, the best African goalkeeper of all time. Keep your focus and try to score as many goals as you can. Besides, you won’t even have to download the game: you can play online.
War has Come
The Harvest, developed by Luma Arcade, is a science fiction action game. Aliens, known as the Harvesters, invaded our dear planet. The worst thing, however, is that they started to create cyborgs using both animals and humans. Are you ready to fight back? War has come and you’ll have to give all you got: the destiny of our world is in your hand.
A Game to Lose the Sense of Time
Maliyo Games brings us another funny little treat: Mosquito Smasher. It’s the middle of the night and you just can’t sleep… because a group of annoying mosquitos has decided that you are gonna stay up all night long. It’s time to do something about it, don’t you think? Get your big thumb ready to go, and smash them all!
Do you like Zombies?
Zword is a gaming app that was developed by a Ugandan company named Kola Studios. This little game is not only pretty; it’s also very helpful. Why? Because it helps kids and adults to learn English. If you want to kill all the terrible zombies coming towards you, in fact, you have to spell words correctly. Remember to type as fast as you can!
Snails and Fun
Thoopid, a South African indie mobile games company, has just released Snailboy. If you decide to play with it, your mission will be to help a cute garden mollusk to find his shell, stolen by the Shadow Gang. How could you say no to such a nice little friend?
Funny, easy to play, Football Goalie, produced by Maliyo Games, brings you face to face with Rufa, the best African goalkeeper of all time. Keep your focus and try to score as many goals as you can. Besides, you won’t even have to download the game: you can play online.
War has Come
The Harvest, developed by Luma Arcade, is a science fiction action game. Aliens, known as the Harvesters, invaded our dear planet. The worst thing, however, is that they started to create cyborgs using both animals and humans. Are you ready to fight back? War has come and you’ll have to give all you got: the destiny of our world is in your hand.
A Game to Lose the Sense of Time
Maliyo Games brings us another funny little treat: Mosquito Smasher. It’s the middle of the night and you just can’t sleep… because a group of annoying mosquitos has decided that you are gonna stay up all night long. It’s time to do something about it, don’t you think? Get your big thumb ready to go, and smash them all!
Do you like Zombies?
Zword is a gaming app that was developed by a Ugandan company named Kola Studios. This little game is not only pretty; it’s also very helpful. Why? Because it helps kids and adults to learn English. If you want to kill all the terrible zombies coming towards you, in fact, you have to spell words correctly. Remember to type as fast as you can!
Snails and Fun
Thoopid, a South African indie mobile games company, has just released Snailboy. If you decide to play with it, your mission will be to help a cute garden mollusk to find his shell, stolen by the Shadow Gang. How could you say no to such a nice little friend?