Mama K's Team 4

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The main characters from the Netflix upcoming series 'Mama K's Team 4' .

Mama K's Team 4 is an upcoming Zambian animated superhero series set to premiere on Netflix, created by Malenga Mulendema[1]. The four characters and their world were created by Malcolm Wope, a Cape-Town based Cameroonian animator[2].

Plot

Set in a neo-futuristic version of Lusaka, Zambia, the series follows four teenage girls recruited by a retired secret agent to save the world[3].

Empowerment

The creator, Malenga, was inspired to create a show where the heroes looked like her or lived in a world that resembled her own. To introduce the world to four strong African girls who save the day in their own fun and crazy way, and pointed that anyone from anywhere can be a superhero. Vice president of original animation at the streamer, Melissa Cobb, said that " 'Mama K's Team 4' has the potential to give whole new generation of African Children the opportunity to see themselves on screen in the powerful, aspirational characters they look up to"[4].

References

  1. Mama K's Team 4. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. " Netflix's first chidlren's animation from Africa is an all-girl spy theam written by women". April 18, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. Mama K's Team 4 (TV Series). Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  4. "Netflix Picks Up Its First Animated Series From Africa, 'Mama K's Team 4'". April 16, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2020.