Where They Stood The Animated Series
Meet the student creators behind Where They Stood. Explore student bios and watch their videos. For all student outreach, please contact BCRC.
Who is Ansi?
Ansi serves as the Black Community Resource Centre’s symbolic “mascot,” embodying creativity, resilience, and the power of storytelling.
During the first phase of our animation project, our participating youth drew inspiration from Anansi, the clever and charismatic trickster rooted in the oral traditions of West Africa, particularly among the Akan people of present-day Ghana, to bring to life our own Ansi. Through generations, Anansi’s stories journeyed across the Atlantic and became an integral part of Caribbean folklore, carried and preserved through the lived experiences of the transatlantic slave trade.
By shaping our character around Anansi, the youth not only engaged with a rich cultural legacy but also reimagined it through their own voices, highlighting wit, adaptability, and the enduring strength found in community and shared stories.
Monique Ajagu
(Theme song)
Nurakin Cobra
(Introduction to the series)
Kivens Sainte
(Missing chapter)
Kofi Oduro
(Chapter 7)
Monique Ajagu
Nmachukwu Monique Ajagu is an 18-year-old student currently studying at, Alberta University of the Arts located in Calgary, Alberta. Monique initially wanted to work in the medical or science field at a young age. But after realizing that she has the potential to build up her artistic skill, she is now working towards a career in the animation industry.
“Sometimes I surprise myself!” – Monique Ajagu
Nurakin Cobra
Kofi Oduro
(Chapter 7)
Kofi Oduro (Illestpreacha) is an Experiential Storyteller that transforms sounds, data, words and code into experiences that nurtures discussion, reflection, and interaction. Through Experiences of performance, event & audiovisual production, he takes inspiration from endeavors that are not normally together to create a harmonic experience for audiences. His artistic practice is an observation of the world around us that he puts into artworks for others to relate to or disagree with as to highlight the realms of human performance and the human mind in different scenarios.
- Illestpreacha on all social media (youtube,Instagram,facebook,twitter,tiktok)
Kivens Sainte
(Missing chapter)
Biography: Kivens is a former Dev from Ubisoft and Eidos Montreal. He is also a content creator, illustrator, and freelance writer. His current book is Living In Two Worlds, a Sci-Fi feature where a young girl meets the angel of death.
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