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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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#16 Lombe Mulenga
Lombe is a lawyer, casual gamer, horror enthusiast, and now Youtuber from Zambia. Her first experience with game development happened during Global Game Jam 2016 in Lusaka where she made…
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#15 Kike Ayoola
Kike is a game writer currently working for Twin Drums on their afro-fantasy tabletop RPG and upcoming digital game, The Wagadu Chronicles. Her Nigerian heritage has contributed to some of…
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Gamer girl stereotypes I’ve had to unlearn as a Zambian gamer
An article by Celina Mwape “Woke” adj, (informal US). Perceived awareness or alertness of issues which concern social justice and racial justice. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Bugs Bunny - a slay queen…
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My 2020 Game of the Year – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
A review by Malindi Chipenzi The year 2020 was not an especially great year for the majority of people. Due to the pandemic, I, like many other people, found myself…
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We’re looking for a Social Media Manager
Prosearium.net is looking to hire and train a Zambian social media manager on a contract basis to help bolster our initiative to document 1000 African women and their contributions to…
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#14 Joy Ajayi
Introducing Joy Ajayi, a gameplay programmer from Lagos, Nigeria. Joy is not just dedicated to a career in the realm of game development, but she is also the first Women…
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#13 Neema Iyer
It's time to meet another amazing African woman who has contributed to the world of games. We would like to introduce Neema Iyer, a civic technologist and visual artist based…
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#12 Kirsten Lee Naidoo
Kirsten Lee Naidoo is a South African game developer with an array of fun jam games under her belt and a passion for her local game development community. Get to…
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#11 Adeline Tushabe
Adeline is a young game developer from Uganda who has worked on games with valuable user experiences. From working on a game that can be enjoyed by both sighted and…
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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