Abstract
Extracts of the interview of Max Musau and Marc Rigaudis by Faustine Ngila Nation Newspaper Nairobi KENYA … Max Musau, former head of innovation at United States International University Africa (USIU) in Nairobi and Marc Rigaudis former Film Production director at the same university have teamed up to develop a video game to get the conversation of climate change and futurism active -- even among the young.Dubbed Jiwe Studios, the online game downloadable from the web is the meeting point of literature and technology, equipping children with digital skills as they play a game based on the current geo-political happenings, where Africa has become the battleground.… In Marc Rigaudis’s screenplay titled Usoni (Swahili for ‘the future’), he paints a picture of a Global North ravaged by the effects of climate change, forcing populations to seek refuge in the Global South – Africa.In his 160-page piece of art, Ophelia, the protagonist, initially from the El-Molo community in Kenya, runs away from her Paris home, and starts to trace her way back to her motherland...In an apocalyptic vision in 2063, Rigaudis foresees that Europe is covered by a black cloud and the sun has disappeared. Following a chain of catastrophes mainly caused by human abuse, Mother Nature reacts in a grand finale with all the volcanoes erupting, blocking the sun, blocking life. People from the North have to escape to the South, to Africa, where the sun still shines. A pure analogy with what is happening nowadays with many Africans trying to cross the Mediterranean sea and too often losing their life because the African sun which burns their skin is not shining for them! A replica of what is happening now but in complete reverse.
Highlights
Kenya’s gaming enthusiasts, creatives and innovators are teaming up to combat climate change with video games.According to Mr Musau, himself a lover of video games, telling the African story through a 30-minute video game is one of the best ways to let children comprehend the value of a healthy environment.Image 2 - Usoni the game release posterUSONI, swahili for ‘future’ is a home coming story for the main character Ophelia, back to Turkana, Kenya, a place where she has never been and where her father and revered leader left decades earlier
Pollution and environmental destruction that was caused by the runaway greed of the elites of the world, who drained the world of its natural resources and polluted what remained, to line their pockets and to make their already comfortable lives ultra luxurious and decadent
World system that has imposed its values - non-values rather - leading to the destruction of humanity. On her way to Lake Turkana, Ophelia will transform herself from a simple woman who does not want her baby to be born in the dark into a unifier of the people of the world, freeing them from the yoke imposed by a system
Summary
Kenya’s gaming enthusiasts, creatives and innovators are teaming up to combat climate change with video games. WHO IS OPHELIA world system that has imposed its values - non-values rather - leading to the destruction of humanity On her way to Lake Turkana, Ophelia will transform herself from a simple woman who does not want her baby to be born in the dark into a unifier of the people of the world, freeing them from the yoke imposed by a system. Usoni is the story of her journey to the light She carries life within her, like any pregnant woman, but in Ophelia’s case the symbol goes much further, much higher...Ophelia carries within her the life of a world that will completely disappear in favor of a Ulysse was born autistic in 2010.
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