*He did not make the World cup to represent his country Senegal, due to a knee injury, but he needs to be appreciated for his awesome footballing skills which will be missed at the competition in Qatar.
No wonder, he was twice named African Footballer of the Year. Sadio Mane was instrumental in the Senegal team winning this year’s Africa Cup of Nations as they beat Egypt on penalties in the final.
In his footballing career, he has made a mark with the teams he has prominently played for.
And lest we forget, Tunisia, Morocco, Cameroon, and Ghana are also, the other African nations represented at this year’s competition in Qatar.
Comic artist TAYO Fatunla – OUR ROOTS creator
TAYO Fatunla is an award-winning Nigerian Comic Artist, Editorial Cartoonist, Writer and Illustrator is an artist of African diaspora. He is a graduate of the prestigious Kubert School, in New Jersey, US. and recipient of the 2018 ECBACC Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award for his illustrated OUR ROOTS creation and series – Famous people in Black History – He participated at UNESCO’s Cartooning In Africa forum held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Cartooning Global Forum in Paris, France and has held a virtual OUR ROOTS cartoon workshop for SMITHSONIAN- National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C. His Fela Kuti outline image is featured in the Burna Boy’s mega-Afrobeat hit song “Ye”. –– tfatunla@hotmail.com
