A dive into the world of four “African Supersheroes” via a conversation between People’s Stories project contributor, Moshood, and Moongirls speculative fiction series founder, Nana Akosua Hanson.
At this year’s NOMMO Awards for African Speculative Fiction, there were at least two pioneering entries in the longlist for the ‘Best Graphic Novel’ category.
One was Ethiopia’s Hawi – reported to be the country’s ‘first female superhero comic’ – and the other, Moongirls, from Ghana, featuring what may just be Africa’s first LGBTQ+ ‘supersheroes’.
Only the former went on to make the awards’ shortlist; but the Moongirls – created and produced by Pan-African and feminist NGO, Drama Queens Ghana– are moving on with their mission to “save Africa from a diverse range of forces.”
Drama Queens have, in the last three years, been one of the most active outfits in Ghana engaged in the struggle to alter sociocultural conditions that are oppressive towards women, queer people and other marginalised identities in-between.