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A digital garden of African women's experiences with games.

Prosearium.net is an initiative to document 1000 African women of all backgrounds and their experiences creating and contributing to games.
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Prosearium.net is an initiative to document 1000 African women of all backgrounds and their experiences creating and contributing to games. This is a step towards increasing the participation of African women in game development, and carving a space for ourselves in the continents digital history.

Here's our progress so far:
100 by 2021
1000 by 2026
Workshops hosted

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#20 Wendi Ndaki Mutisya
Wendi is a game developer and game writer whose first game development experience was in Enter Africa, a project by the Goethe Institut. She has worked on Unplugged 2121 and…
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Spotlight: Chikonde Chembe – Zambian Gamer Girl
Meet Chikonde Chembe, a Zambian game streamer and player for Team Gematrix. Chikonde streams video games on her YouTube Channel chikobiscuit_. She also plays competitively in Call of Duty tournaments…
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Talking to Lydia and Tabitha of Kawia’s Adventure
We recently interviewed Lydia Mugure and Tabitha Karaba as part of our journey to document 1000 African women in games. Lydia and Tabitha are a Kenyan duo behind the game…
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#19 Tabitha Karaba
Tabitha Karaba (or Tabi), is a self-professed movie nerd and lover of music. Together with her friend Lydia, Tabi developed a video game called Kawia’s Adventure for The Sony Talent…
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#18 Lydia Mugure
Meet Lydia, a self-confessed coffee addict and self-taught digital artist who adores 3D animation. Together with her friend Tabitha, Lydia developed a video game called Kawia’s Adventure for The Sony…
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Talking about African women in games on The Johana Riquier Show
Words by Chechiwa Nyangu Sithe on The Johana Riquier Show In 2021, it is safe to say that many people have experienced video games in some way and that you…
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#17 Patience Ashiokai Ocquaye
Meet Patience, a Ghanaian game designer and developer who works as a Level Designer at King in Stockholm, Sweden. Patience is currently working on Crash Bandicoot: On The Run! and…
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The Last of Us Part II Review
A review by Pamela Kalimukwa Right from jump, The Last of Us Part II throws you into some uncomfortable situations, it made me feel things I did not want to…
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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Review
A review by Cholwe Shabukali I was first introduced to the Uncharted series in 2018. I immediately fell in love with the protagonist Nathan Drake – a smart mouth with…
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Get involved

Here are ways that you can help us get to our goal of documenting 1000 African women creating and self-publishing their own games.
Let us profile you
Are you a woman in Africa that has made a game before or wants to make a game? It doesn’t matter what kind of game as long as we can see it exists! If you are interested, we would love to profile you and highlight your game here. Click here for a profile request or contact us below.
Support us on Patreon
Contribute to the growth of prosearium.net by supporting at patreon.com/proseaium. All patrons will have early access and exclusive content available to them every month from our team. You may also contribute more to request and have access to approved statistics that will be sent monthly.
Host a workshop
If you would like to have a group of friends or women you know learn to make games and self-publish them, contact us. We can work together to host a workshop in any location remotely, or a physical workshop if we have volunteer leads in your area.

Games

Here are some games that African women have worked on
Port Elizabeth, South Africa Africa at large
Contact
E-mail: hello@prosearium.net